Dorothi OviosuBACP

Dorothi Oviosu is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship worries. She supports people dealing with pregnancy and childbirth-related concerns, grief, addiction and issues around self-esteem and intimacy. She works in English and brings nine years of experience to her practice under the BACP ethical framework.

Her approach is practical and person-focused. She offers a warm, open space where people can be heard and begin to map their next steps. Dorothi uses simple, hands-on tools such as life graphs, sand work and stress balls to help people notice patterns and feel changes in the moment. Sessions aim to build personal agency and a clearer sense of what to try next.

She draws on attachment-based ideas to explore how early bonds shape current relationships. Cognitive behavioural tools are used to spot unhelpful thinking and test more helpful ways of responding. Client-centred principles guide the way she listens and follows each persons pace.

Dorothi has worked with people from a variety of backgrounds on concerns including family and parenting stress, eating and substance issues, ADHD and trauma. She also supports people dealing with commitment, communication and abandonment worries. Practical exercises and reflective conversation are used together to create small, manageable changes.

Sessions are framed so people can bring specific problems or just start by talking things through. The emphasis is on honesty, respect and helping people regain a sense of control as they move forward.

Approaches that translate to online counselling

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current needs and reactions; it helps people understand patterns in close relationships and the emotional triggers that follow. Client-centred therapy places the persons experience at the heart of sessions, offering empathic listening and space to make choices at their own pace. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers simple experiments to test more helpful ways of coping.

Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the therapy process. Dorothi will work together with each person to decide which methods suit their goals, needs and comfort level. That choice is reviewed as sessions progress so techniques stay relevant and practical.

The original profile does not specify the exact online formats used, so please confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, reduce travel time and allow focused shorter check-ins when that helps. It can also make it straightforward to use visual exercises and worksheets during a session, and to try behavioural experiments between meetings without changing daily routines.