Dumebi Onyejiaka , BACP

Dumebi Onyejiaka is a counsellor who helps people work through relationship strain, family conflict and parenting challenges. She supports clients dealing with anxiety, stress, depression and grief. She also offers help for trauma and abuse, intimacy concerns, anger and issues around self-esteem and motivation.

Dumebi works from the view that each person knows their own story best. She focuses on listening carefully and helping clients notice their strengths. Sessions are straightforward and aimed at practical steps you can try between meetings. The goal is to make gradual change feel doable rather than overwhelming.

In sessions Dumebi uses approaches drawn from attachment-based work and client-centred practice. That means she pays attention to how early relationships shape current feelings, while keeping the session focused on your needs and choices. She asks questions that help clarify what matters most to you and where small shifts might make a difference.

She also draws on existential ideas to look at meaning, choice and values when that fits a person's concerns. Motivational interviewing and psychodynamic ideas are used where exploring ambivalence or deeper patterns helps progress. These methods are blended into clear, practical conversations rather than technical lectures.

Dumebi is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and has five years of experience. She offers sessions in English and works with people across the United Kingdom, including international clients. If someone prefers online options, she provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging.

People thinking about therapy are invited to begin with a short matching questionnaire and schedule their first session when ready. The focus is on creating a plan that fits each person's life and goals.

How Dumebi’s approaches fit online therapy

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships affect present feelings and patterns. Online sessions can make it easier to notice and talk about those patterns in daily life, such as responses in close relationships or parenting moments.

Client-centred therapy focuses on listening, empathy and helping you lead the conversation. That approach suits video or text sessions where a person can choose how much to share and at what pace while the counsellor follows their lead.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Dumebi will work collaboratively to decide which methods suit your goals and situation. She checks in about what feels helpful and adapts her approach as you progress together.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls are useful for deeper conversations when visual connection matters. Phone sessions take less bandwidth and can fit a break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging let you have shorter check-ins or ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around a changing schedule.