Benedicta Sanio Ala-Oborie, BACP

Benedicta Sanio Ala-Oborie is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She brings four years of clinical practice to sessions and works with people facing midlife shifts, grief, anxiety and relationship concerns. Benedicta frames therapy as a collaborative process and aims to create a calm, respectful space for people to speak openly.

Her background combines person-centred and psychodynamic ways of working. That means conversations often focus on how past experiences shape current feelings and patterns. She also draws on mindfulness and somatic ideas, using breath work and body-focused noticing when it helps the conversation.

In practical terms Benedicta supports people dealing with stress, depression, trauma and complex grief. She also helps with issues such as self-esteem, parenting strains, anger, eating and body-image concerns, and questions about intimacy and identity. She will work with an existing diagnosis where helpful to make sense of what is happening.

Sessions are described as warm, respectful and non-judgemental. Benedicta aims to adapt the pace and focus to each person, rather than following a single fixed method. She encourages people to name what they most want to change and to set realistic steps toward those goals.

Seeking therapy can feel daunting, and Benedicta acknowledges that first step. She offers steady support while people explore painful memories, difficult choices or the quieter sense of emptiness that can arrive in midlife.

How her approaches translate to online work

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and creating a respectful space where the client leads the conversation. It helps people who need acceptance and clearer self-understanding. Emotionally-Focused Therapy looks at patterns in relationships and feelings, helping people notice and name emotions that drive their responses. It can be useful for those wanting to change how they relate to others. Existential Therapy invites questions about meaning, choice and life direction, which can be helpful during big life changes such as a midlife reassessment.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy itself. Benedicta will work with each person to decide which methods suit their goals and preferences. That choice is collaborative and may change as the work progresses.

The original biography does not list specific online or in-person formats, so please confirm the available session types before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It also means sessions can continue when life is unpredictable, while the counsellor and client check together what works best for focus and comfort.