Lanre Adeyekun, BACP

Lanre Adeyekun is a counsellor who brings three years of professional experience to her work. She holds a BA (Hons) in Counselling and an MSc in Psychology of Mental Health & Wellbeing, and she is a BACP member. Lanre combines a nursing and midwifery background with her counselling practice to offer practical, person-focused support.

She offers a warm, respectful approach and aims to make people feel heard. Sessions are straightforward and focused on what matters to the individual. Lanre helps people who are feeling stressed, anxious, low, overwhelmed, or struggling after loss or difficult events.

Her work suits people dealing with trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, and depression. She also supports those facing issues like abandonment, attachment difficulties, chronic illness or pain, codependency, communication problems and the effects of separation or domestic violence. Lanre addresses complex emotional reactions such as dissociation, guilt, shame and impulsivity.

Therapy draws on a mix of evidence-based techniques alongside psychodynamic ideas to explore patterns and make practical changes. Sessions are tailored to each person, with clear goals and steps that can be tried between meetings. Lanre aims to balance understanding what happened with small doable changes in thinking and behaviour.

She accepts clients in the United Kingdom and works with international clients in English. Appointments can take place by video, phone, live chat or text messaging, and practical steps are discussed at the first meeting.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online counselling

Lanre uses a blend of evidence-based techniques and psychodynamic ideas. Evidence-based techniques focus on changing unhelpful thinking and small behaviours that keep problems going; they are useful for anxiety, low mood and stress. Psychodynamic approaches look at patterns from past relationships and how they affect current feelings and choices; this can help with attachment issues, abandonment and repeated relationship patterns.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Lanre will work with each person to agree on goals and try methods that suit their situation. If something does not feel helpful, she will adjust the plan and try different ways to reach the same aim.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video is useful when visual connection helps discussion, phone works well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and live chat or messaging can fit into busy schedules or feel less formal. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel while keeping continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.