Ganiyat Olaleye, BACP, NCPS
Compassionate counsellor who centres your story
Details
| Name | Ganiyat Olaleye |
|---|---|
| Credentials | BACP, NCPS |
| Based in | United Kingdom |
| Registered with | BACP, NCPS |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English, Yoruba |
| Years in practice | 6 |
About Ganiyat
Ganiyat Olaleye is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with six years of experience helping people face difficult life moments. She works with individuals on stress, anxiety, depression and relationship worries. She also supports people dealing with grief, low self-esteem, parenting strain and life transitions.
Ganiyat believes each person is the expert in their own story. She uses that belief to help clients notice strengths and choices they may be overlooking.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to make those strengths more useful when life feels overwhelming. Her approach is flexible and shaped to the person in front of her. She draws on Narrative therapy to rewrite unhelpful stories, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to focus on valued action, and attachment-informed ways of looking at relationships.
Cognitive techniques and client-centred listening are also part of her work. Practical issues are addressed alongside emotions. That could mean talking through relationship patterns, building small routines to improve sleep, or practising steps to manage panic and low mood.
Ganiyat keeps language simple and tasks manageable so people can try things between sessions. She offers sessions in English and Yoruba and accepts international clients. If someone wants to begin, they follow the site's Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Relationship issues, Grief among the things Ganiyat works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- 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
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- 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
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Ganiyat among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Ganiyat among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Ganiyat among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Ganiyat among the ways she works.
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): Listed by Ganiyat among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Ganiyat among the ways she works.
- Existential Therapy: Listed by Ganiyat among the ways she works.
- Jungian Therapy: Listed by Ganiyat among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Ganiyat among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Ganiyat among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Ganiyat among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Ganiyat directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Ganiyat directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
Approaches to change online
Ganiyat uses Narrative therapy to help people separate themselves from unhelpful stories. That makes it easier to spot patterns and to create different meanings around past events. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice what matters most to them and take small steps towards those values even when feelings are hard.She also brings attachment-informed ideas to conversations about closeness and trust. Those ideas help when relationship patterns or early life experiences affect current connections. The therapist will work together with each person to decide which approach or mix of approaches feels most useful for their goals and temperament.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls let people read body language and have lengthier conversations. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text messaging are handy for shorter check-ins, ongoing support and for people who prefer not to be on camera. This range of formats makes therapy more flexible and easier to fit around everyday life, while the therapist and client adapt the method as they go to find what works best.
Common questions about this listing
What concerns does this counsellor help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, grief, anger and low self-esteem, among other concerns listed in her profile.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is flexible and collaborative, using narrative and acceptance-based ideas alongside cognitive techniques and client-centred listening.
How much experience does she have?
She has six years of professional experience working with people on a range of mental health and life issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is listed with BACP and NCPS and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and can she see international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and Yoruba, and she does accept international clients.
What session formats are available?
People can meet by video call, phone session, live chat or via text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
Contacting this therapist
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