Dr. Afusat Apata
Compassionate, practical therapy for stress and relationships
About Afusat
Dr. Afusat Apata helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression and relationship strain. She works with concerns around parenting and attachment, and also supports people facing issues such as body image, chronic illness, addiction and grief.
She practises in the United Kingdom and speaks English and Yoruba. She brings ten years of clinical experience to her practice and holds HCPC registration. Her style is warm and respectful.
Conversations are tailored to each person's situation rather than applying one fixed method.
Background and approach
Dr. Apata uses a mix of well established approaches. She draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns.
She uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people focus on values and manageable steps. Attachment-based and client-centred work guide how she explores relationships and emotional needs. Sessions are practical and down to earth.
People can expect clear goals, simple tools to try between sessions, and space to talk honestly about what is on their mind. The emphasis is on small changes that build greater confidence and steadier relationships. She is experienced in helping people cope with caregiving strain, ageing concerns, cancer and chronic pain, plus separation and addiction-related issues.
Language choices include English and Yoruba, and she accepts international clients for online work.
What Afusat works with
How Afusat works
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Listed by Afusat among the ways they work.
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Sessions & fees
How her approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and then choose actions that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, stress and low mood where getting back to meaningful activity matters. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with small, practical experiments; it is helpful for anxiety, depression and problem-solving. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relational patterns affect present relationships and emotional responses, and it can help with trust, closeness and communication issues.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will listen to your goals and suggest which methods might fit best. That choice is flexible and can change as work progresses, with the client involved in decisions about focus and pace.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy fit everyday life. Video allows face-to-face conversation for detailed work, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and text options can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer writing. These formats make it easier to slot therapy around work, caregiving and travel and help keep momentum between sessions.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 10 years
- Registered with
- HCPC
- Languages
- English, Yoruba
