Benedicta Sanio Ala-OborieBACP

Benedicta Sanio Ala-Oborie is a counsellor and psychotherapist who trained and practised in Edinburgh. She holds BACP accreditation and brings four years of clinical experience. Benedicta aims to create a calm, respectful space where people can talk about difficult feelings without judgement.

She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, grief and depression. She also helps people facing relationship and intimacy problems, parenting-related strain, issues around body image and eating, and challenges connected to trauma and abuse. Pregnancy and childbirth concerns are among the areas she lists.

Benedicta combines person-centred and psychodynamic approaches in her sessions. That means she pays attention to feelings in the present and to patterns that may come from past relationships. She also uses mindfulness, breath work and somatic techniques when these fit a person’s needs.

Her manner is described as warm and non-judgemental, with a focus on treating people with sensitivity and compassion. Benedicta aims to tailor the work to each person’s circumstances and goals rather than applying a single method to everyone.

She does not diagnose, but she will work with any existing diagnosis to help a person understand and make sense of their experiences. To begin, a person chooses the Start Therapy button, completes a short matching questionnaire, and schedules sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Benedicta uses Client-Centred Therapy, which focuses on listening and reflecting so a person feels heard and understood. This approach helps when someone needs empathetic support to make sense of their feelings and make decisions about next steps.

She also draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy, which looks at emotional patterns in relationships and aims to help people change how they respond to closeness and conflict. EFT can be useful for those wanting clearer communication and stronger emotional bonds.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Benedicta will discuss different ways of working with a person and decide together what fits best for their goals and preferences. That makes the therapy a collaborative process rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.

Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments around a busy week, reduce travel time, and offer a quieter space for reflection. It can also allow shorter check-ins on days when a full session is harder to manage. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt techniques such as mindfulness and breath work to remote sessions, and the therapist will suggest practical adjustments to suit a person's routine and needs.