Counsellor profile
Benedicta Sanio Ala-Oborie, BACP
BACP counsellor - family and parenting concerns
Continue with BenedictaAbout
- Grief and loss
- Anxiety and stress
- Mindfulness techniques
About Benedicta
Benedicta Sanio Ala-Oborie is a BACP-registered counsellor based in the United Kingdom with four years of professional experience. She works with adults on issues such as grief, anxiety, depression, stress, relationship concerns and parenting. Benedicta also addresses trauma and abuse, self-esteem, intimacy-related difficulties and concerns related to LGBT identities.
Her background includes psychodynamic and person-centred ways of working. She uses mindfulness, breath work and somatic techniques alongside talking therapies. Benedicta aims to help people make sense of their experiences and to work with any existing diagnosis rather than offering diagnoses herself.
In sessions she focuses on relational understanding and emotional processing. Conversations can look at patterns that repeat in relationships and at feelings that are hard to express. Practical breathing and mindfulness exercises may be used when a calmer body state will help.
People often come with specific problems such as parenting strain, loss, eating and body-image worries, anger or difficulties after separation. Benedicta can also address attachment and abandonment concerns, communication and commitment issues, and aspects of alternative sexual culture including BDSM and kink.
She brings short-term and longer-term perspectives to therapy depending on what a person needs. Work may involve exploring past experiences and current feelings, and practising ways to cope day to day. If you would like to begin, follow the advertised process to complete the initial matching questionnaire and arrange a first session.
How sessions work
Approaches used in online sessions and how they fit everyday life
Client-centred work focuses on the person's experience in the room and on what matters to them now. It helps people who need a listening space to clarify feelings and decide next steps. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) pays attention to patterns in close relationships and helps people identify and respond to core emotions behind conflict. It can be useful for clients who want to understand repeated relationship patterns. Existential therapy looks at meaning, choice and responsibility and can help when people are coping with big life changes or feelings of emptiness.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Benedicta will talk with you about your goals, preferences and what feels most useful. Together you will decide whether to focus on feelings and relationships, on present coping, or on exploring life meaning and past patterns.
Confirm which session formats are offered before booking as the biography does not list specific formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Registered or accredited professionals commonly use these options to help sessions work around parenting, work breaks or chronic health issues, and this therapist will discuss practical arrangements with you when you arrange a first session.
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Experience
4+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Which family and parenting concerns does she address?
She helps people with parenting strain, fatherhood issues, family problems and the emotional effects of separation or divorce.
What style of therapy can I expect?
Her work draws on person-centred and psychodynamic ideas with relational focus, plus mindfulness and somatic breath work when useful.
How long has she been practising?
She has four years of clinical experience working with adults on grief, trauma, anxiety and related issues.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is BACP registered and works from the United Kingdom.
In which language are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions charged?
Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I need to do to start?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.