Ijeabalum Asike
Practical, person-centred support for stress and relationships
About Ijeabalum
Ijeabalum Asike works with adults who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or life changes. She helps people who are struggling with low mood, relationship or intimacy concerns, parenting stress, and issues around addiction and self-esteem. Sessions are offered in English and Igbo and she practises in the United Kingdom.
Ijeabalum uses a simple, person-first style. Conversations focus on what is happening now and what a person wants to change.
Background and approach
She draws on client-centred work to make sure each person feels heard and respected. Mindfulness techniques are used to help people manage worry and strong emotions in day-to-day life. Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas guide her when relationships and attachment are central to the problem.
That approach helps people name painful feelings and change patterns that keep them stuck. She also supports people dealing with trauma, bereavement, chronic illness and caregiving strain using practical tools and paced conversations. She has six years of professional experience and holds BACP credentialing.
Ijeabalum tailors sessions to each person, matching pace and focus to what feels helpful. Her way of working is collaborative and straightforward; she aims to build a workable plan rather than rely on jargon. If someone is ready to begin, the usual steps are a short matching questionnaire followed by scheduling a first session.
The therapist explains options for video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging and helps people pick what suits their life.
What Ijeabalum works with
How Ijeabalum works
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Listed by Ijeabalum among the ways they work.
Listed by Ijeabalum among the ways they work.
Sessions & fees
How these approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and responding to what matters to the person. The therapist follows the client's lead, offers empathic feedback and helps people clarify their goals and values. This approach is useful for stress, low mood and self-esteem issues.Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps when attachment and relationship patterns cause pain. It guides people to identify core feelings and change interaction patterns that maintain difficulties. EFT ideas can apply to personal relationships and to how someone relates to themselves after loss or trauma.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches practical attention skills for handling difficult thoughts and sensations. Short exercises and breathing practices are used to reduce reactivity and increase present-moment coping for anxiety and stress.
Deciding which approach to use is collaborative. The therapist will talk through options and try approaches that match the person's goals and preferences. It is common to blend methods and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by registered or accredited professionals using video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls are close to face-to-face work, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or messaging can be used for shorter check-ins, brief updates or when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family life and other commitments.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| 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
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 6 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Igbo
