Ebikefe Eldridge, BACP

Ebikefe Eldridge welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or major life shifts. She is a counsellor who focuses on helping individuals rebuild self-esteem, manage depression, and navigate relationship and intimacy concerns. Ebikefe also supports people exploring sexuality, multicultural pressures, and the impact of prejudice and discrimination.

Her work blends a person-centred stance with psychodynamic thinking. That means she listens closely to what matters to the person and also looks at patterns that come from past experience. She uses mindfulness to help with grounding and bodily responses, and cognitive behavioural techniques to teach practical skills for thinking and coping differently.

Ebikefe offers short-term and longer-term online counselling options. Short courses of about 12 weeks suit people wanting focused change, while longer work can support deeper exploration. Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to each person's needs.

She has six years of experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Ebikefe works with concerns including trauma and complex grief, caregiver stress, hoarding, and issues linked to identity and culture. She welcomes LGBTQIA+ people and describes the space as an ally for those clients.

Practical skills, psychoeducation and reflective dialogue are part of the process. The approach is gentle but goal-oriented, helping people make clearer choices and try out new ways of coping. Ebikefe invites people to start by making a short match questionnaire and booking a first session.

Approaches that suit online counselling

Client-centred work focuses on understanding the person’s experience and helping them feel heard and respected. It is useful for building trust, exploring feelings and deciding what matters most to the individual.

Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, teaches clear skills for noticing unhelpful thoughts and trying different behaviours. It often helps with anxiety, low mood and stress by giving practical tools people can use between sessions.

Mindfulness approaches train simple attention and grounding practices to reduce bodily reactivity and bring clearer perspective during difficult moments. These techniques can be used alongside talking therapy to help regulate emotions.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences and how they respond to different techniques. Together they will try methods that fit those needs and adjust the plan as therapy progresses.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone calls can fit a tight schedule or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging allow shorter check-ins, written reflection and ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to arrange therapy around work, family and daily life.