Dr. Afusat Apata, HCPC

Dr. Afusat Apata helps people facing stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, and depression. She also supports those dealing with relationship strain and parenting challenges. She works in English and Yoruba and practices from the United Kingdom.

With ten years of experience, Dr. Apata blends practical talking therapy with tools people can use each day. She keeps conversations respectful and straightforward. Sessions focus on what a person wants to change and on small steps that build confidence.

Her work draws on several approaches including acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based thinking, client-centred listening, cognitive behavioural techniques and dialectical behaviour strategies. In practice this means identifying unhelpful thoughts, noticing core relationship patterns, and learning skills for managing strong emotions.

Dr. Apata adapts sessions to each person’s needs. Some meetings focus on hands-on skills like breathing and grounding. Others look at patterns from past relationships and how they affect current ones. The aim is steady progress, not quick fixes.

People can expect a calm, empathetic presence and clear suggestions to try between sessions. She explains concepts in everyday language and checks in about what is working. Over time the emphasis moves from coping to building greater self-trust and more satisfying connections.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, often called ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on clarifying values and taking small actions that matter, which can help with anxiety, stress and depression. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect present connections and communication, helping people understand and change repeating cycles that cause distress.

Finding the best approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, try different techniques, and adapt methods based on what helps most. That collaborative process aims to match practical tools to the person's needs and preferences rather than using a single fixed method.

Online sessions offer flexibility. Video calls let the therapist see facial expressions and body language, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth or motion is a problem. Live chat and text-based messaging can be useful for brief check-ins, journalling between sessions or when people prefer writing to speaking. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring responsibilities and travel, and to continue the same therapeutic approach across different formats.