About Afusat
Dr. Afusat Apata helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression and relationship strain. She uses clear, practical techniques so conversations stay focused and useful.
Her manner is calm and respectful, and she aims to create a space where people can speak honestly and be heard. She has ten years of professional experience and is registered with the HCPC, the Health and Care Professions Council. That background informs how she structures sessions and collaborates with the people she works with.
Background and approach
Sessions centre on real problems and steps that can be taken between meetings. Her work draws from several recognised therapeutic methods, including cognitive behavioural ideas to spot and change unhelpful thoughts, acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and build committed action, and attachment-based views to look at how early relationships shape patterns today.
She adapts these approaches to each person’s situation rather than following a fixed script. In sessions she listens for practical goals and then helps people practise new skills. That can mean trying short experiments, working on communication habits, or learning ways to handle difficult emotions.
Progress is steady and paced to what the person can manage. She offers appointments remotely and can work in English and Yoruba. People from outside the United Kingdom can also book sessions.
To begin, the site matching process pairs a person with her and then a first appointment can be arranged.
How therapeutic approaches adapt to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps towards those values despite difficult thoughts or feelings. It is useful for anxiety, worry and issues that sap motivation. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thought patterns and testing new ways of thinking and behaving; it often includes practical homework and short experiments to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and emotional responses, and can help people change recurring patterns in how they relate to others.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and suggest techniques from these methods. Decisions are made together so the style fits the person’s needs and pace rather than following one set model.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, which allows flexibility for different days and routines. Video lets you keep face-to-face contact and practice communication skills, phone calls can be easier when bandwidth is lower, and messaging or live chat can suit brief check-ins or people who prefer writing. This variety helps people fit therapy into work, family life or travel without losing continuity of care.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Yoruba
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