Dumebi Onyejiaka, BACP

Dumebi Onyejiaka is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience. She focuses on relationship concerns, family and parenting strains, self-esteem, motivation and confidence. People contact her about stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, anger and life transitions.

Dumebi works from the view that each person knows their own story best. She treats clients as the experts on their lives and draws on their strengths when decisions are needed. Sessions are conversational and aim to make difficult topics clearer and more manageable.

Her approach looks at how early attachments and past relationships shape current feelings and behaviour. That can help when someone struggles with abandonment, attachment issues or problems trusting others. She also uses client-centred methods that focus on listening and reflecting what matters to the client.

Dumebi brings elements of psychodynamic and existential thinking when exploring patterns that repeat across relationships. This can be useful for people dealing with codependency, commitment worries, control issues or repeating family problems. Motivational interviewing techniques help clients find practical steps when they feel stuck.

She often works with adults facing blended family challenges, fatherhood issues, caregiver stress, divorce and separation, and domestic violence aftermath. Other topics she addresses include forgiveness, guilt and shame, hoarding, and career-related stress. Sessions are delivered in English and Dumebi accepts international clients.

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