Benedicta Sanio Ala-Oborie, BACP

Benedicta Sanio Ala-Oborie is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She brings four years of practice helping people who feel overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, grief or big life changes. Benedicta focuses on building a respectful, compassionate space where people can speak openly about what is troubling them.

She combines person-centred and psychodynamic ideas in her work. That means conversations look at what is happening now and how earlier experiences may still shape feelings and choices. Benedicta also draws on emotionally-focused ideas to help people understand and repair painful patterns in close relationships.

Mindfulness and breath work are used when they suit the person in front of her. These practices help with grounding, stress and managing intense emotions. Benedicta says somatic approaches can be useful when feelings feel stuck in the body.

She works with a wide range of concerns, including stress, family and parenting pressures, trauma and abuse, eating and body image issues, intimacy and relationship problems, ADHD-related struggles, and compassion fatigue. She also supports people facing abandonment, attachment or commitment questions.

Benedicta aims to tailor each course of work to the individual's needs. Sessions are delivered with warmth and without judgement, and she seeks to help people make sense of their experience rather than impose labels.

How Benedicta's approaches work online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on a supportive, accepting relationship where the person leads the pace and topic of the conversation. It helps when someone needs space to make sense of feelings without pressure to change immediately. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at patterns in close relationships and how emotions shape interactions, which can help with intimacy and communication problems. Existential Therapy helps people explore meaning, choice and responsibility when life feels unstable or empty.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. Benedicta will work collaboratively to decide which methods suit the person's goals and situation. She tailors the mix of person-centred, psychodynamic and emotionally-focused ideas based on what the person finds most useful.

Online work is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls let people see facial cues and work more like a face-to-face session, while phone calls need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat or text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, ongoing reflection and people who prefer writing their thoughts. These options make it easier to book sessions around work, family life or other commitments.