Benedicta Okoli, BACP
Benedicta Okoli is a psychotherapist and relationship coach practising in the United Kingdom.
About Benedicta
Benedicta Okoli is a psychotherapist and relationship coach practising in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP accreditation and has nine years of experience supporting people through trauma, anxiety, depression and relationship strain. Benedicta speaks English and Igbo and works with individuals and couples to address practical problems in daily life.
Benedicta focuses on clear, straightforward conversations. She helps people talk through childhood-related difficulties, identity questions, and the effects of abuse or physical injury.
Background and approach
She also supports those coping with grief, addiction, eating and sleeping problems, and stress linked to work or caregiving. Her approach blends talking therapies and coaching skills to create plans that feel usable. She draws on techniques from Trauma-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based work and cognitive methods.
Sessions aim to build skills for managing emotions and improving relationships. Benedicta takes a respectful and non-judgemental stance. She pays attention to each person's past and current challenges, and adapts conversations to match their needs.
This includes work on intimacy, sexual identity and kink-related concerns, as well as practical support for parenting, career choices and life transitions. People can expect a calm listening style that also focuses on useful steps forward. Benedicta encourages small changes that fit into busy lives.
She accepts international clients and offers sessions in multiple formats to suit different schedules.
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 403083 | May 2026 |
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Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Benedicta lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Benedicta names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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Therapeutic approaches and online care
Benedicta uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people clarify what matters to them and take small, meaningful actions despite difficult thoughts or feelings. ACT is useful for anxiety, depression and life changes because it focuses on values and practical steps.She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This work can help with intimacy issues, trust and the ways people react under stress. Cognitive behavioural methods are used to identify unhelpful thinking and build new coping skills for mood, sleeping and eating difficulties.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Benedicta treats choice of method as a joint decision and checks in about what feels helpful. Together they shape goals and try different techniques until something fits the client's needs and preferences.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video helps when visual connection matters, phone can be easier if bandwidth is limited, chat or messaging suits shorter check-ins and day-to-day support. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep momentum between sessions.
Frequently asked
What kinds of concerns does Benedicta address?
She works with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, anxiety and depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, addictions, ADHD, parenting stress and career challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is direct and compassionate, combining talking therapy and coaching to set practical goals and build coping skills over time.
What is her professional background and experience?
She has nine years of clinical experience and a background in relationship coaching alongside psychotherapeutic practice.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is BACP accredited and works from within the United Kingdom.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Igbo.
What session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions paid for and what do they cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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