Adeshalewa Kolawole, BACP

Adeshalewa Kolawole is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with ten years of experience. She holds BACP registration, which she uses to guide practical, readable therapy rather than jargon. She aims to make talking about hard things feel straightforward and human. Her day-to-day style is warm and down-to-earth. Sessions focus on what is happening now and on clear ways to manage stress, anxiety, low mood and trauma. She helps people spot their triggers and try different ways to respond so feelings feel less overwhelming. Adeshalewa draws on cognitive behavioural approaches alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centred methods. That means she will look at thoughts and behaviours, explore values and acceptance, and centre the conversation on the client’s own goals. She uses techniques that help with obsessive thoughts, compulsions, postpartum depression, self-harm and other pressing concerns. She also supports people facing immigration challenges, adoption and foster care questions, commitment worries and wider multicultural issues. Work often covers relationship strain, bereavement and problems at work, all handled in a respectful, non-judgemental way. New clients usually begin by describing what matters most to them. From there she helps build small, practical steps to reduce distress and increase control. Sessions are collaborative and paced to match each person’s needs and comfort.

Therapeutic approaches you can try online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on values and small committed actions so life can feel more meaningful even when emotions are hard. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical strategies to reduce anxiety and low mood. Client-Centred Therapy puts the person's experience at the heart of each session and emphasises being listened to and understood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk through goals, preferences and what has helped before. Together they will try methods and adjust as needed so the plan fits the person's life and aims.

Online therapy using video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging makes sessions easier to fit around work, childcare or study. Video is useful for a standard counselling session, phone calls can be less demanding on bandwidth, and messaging options suit short check-ins or when notes are needed between meetings. These formats provide flexibility while allowing meaningful therapeutic progress with registered or accredited professionals.