Folashade Dada, BACP

Folashade Dada is a counsellor with four years' experience helping adults and young adults facing stress and life changes. She works with common concerns like anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem and grief. Her style aims to help people find practical ways forward while respecting their own pace and values.

She uses a blend of approaches to suit each person. That means she listens first, then offers strategies from approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy. Sessions mix gentle challenge with warm support so clients can notice patterns and try out different coping skills.

Folashade supports people who are dealing with parenting strain, intimacy-related issues, sleeping problems, career uncertainty, anger and communication problems. She also works with concerns like abandonment, attachment issues, body image, chronic illness and caregiver stress. The focus is on practical steps that fit everyday life.

In sessions she helps people build clearer priorities and manageable routines. She encourages small experiments to test new ways of thinking and acting. The aim is to increase confidence and reduce the hold of difficult thoughts and feelings.

Her practice is rooted in a client-centred attitude that values each person's experience. She invites collaboration about goals and methods so therapy aligns with what matters most to the individual.

How her approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and coping with change by focusing on what really matters. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical tools to change patterns that cause distress. It can help with sleep, anxiety and low mood by teaching experiments and activity plans. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and helps people understand and shift repeated interaction styles, which can be useful for intimacy-related issues and communication problems.

Finding the best approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to identify priorities and try methods that fit the client's goals and preferences. This is reviewed along the way so plans can change if something is not helping.

If you are considering online therapy, check the current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy day, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when time is limited. It also lets people keep continuity of care if they are travelling or living abroad. Confirm which formats are available and schedule sessions that suit daily routines and responsibilities.