Katya Olateju , NCPS

Katya Olateju is a counsellor who draws on human-centred and mindfulness-based ways of working. She combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with attachment-informed thinking to help people manage stress, anxiety and difficult life shifts. Katya uses straightforward conversation and practical tools to support clearer thinking and steadier emotions.

With 16 years of professional experience, Katya has helped people facing low self-esteem, career uncertainty and the pressures of parenthood. She also works with concerns such as depression, anger, sleep and eating difficulties, and attention-related challenges. Katya pays attention to how relationships and past hurts shape present responses.

Her sessions are guided by what each person needs. She listens first, then agrees goals and easy-to-use steps that fit day-to-day life. Mindfulness skills, gentle values work and emotion-focused techniques often feature in her sessions.

Katya also supports people dealing with family-related issues such as adoption and blended family dynamics, caregiving stress, and communication problems. She is comfortable addressing trauma and relationship intimacy issues while keeping conversations grounded and practical.

Clients can speak with her in English or French. She practises from the United Kingdom and accepts international clients for remote sessions. Katya describes the work as collaborative - she offers guidance, coaching and tools while clients decide the pace and direction of change.

Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. It uses simple exercises and values-based goals that are easy to practise between sessions and suit video or text work.

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people understand emotional reactions and build safer ways of relating, which can be explored through conversation, role work and reflective exercises during online sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and everyday life, and then suggest approaches to try. That decision is made together and can be adjusted as therapy continues.

Online therapy offers flexibility for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a break, while live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it simpler to keep momentum between meetings and to practise skills in real life moments.