Ayotunde Popoola

Ayotunde Popoola offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anger or major life changes. She is a BACP-registered counsellor who listens without judgement and helps clients find clearer ways to respond to hard situations. Sessions focus on what matters most to the person in front of her.

Ayotunde uses a person-centred style at the core of her work, which means she follows the client’s lead and prioritises their goals. She blends that with structured tools from cognitive behavioural therapy to spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Emotion-focused methods are used when emotions need naming and soothing, and solution-focused techniques help set small, practical steps forward.

With four years of experience, she has worked with people dealing with anxiety, depression, grief and anger, along with relationship and career stresses. She also supports those coping with trauma, abuse, adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, and the pressures of caregiving.

Sessions aim to be straightforward and outcome-minded. Ayotunde helps clients identify what they want to change, try simple strategies between meetings, and check progress together. She explains ideas in plain language and adjusts the pace to each person.

Ayotunde practises from the United Kingdom and runs a private practice alongside other work. Conversations are held in English and she draws on a mix of approaches to suit each client’s needs.

How Ayotunde’s approaches translate to online therapy

Ayotunde blends person-centred counselling with cognitive behavioural techniques and emotion-focused work to help people manage anger, stress and anxiety. Person-centred counselling means the conversation follows the client’s concerns and priorities, creating space to talk things through at a comfortable pace. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) offers practical exercises to notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, which can reduce reactive patterns. Emotion-focused therapy helps name strong feelings and develop ways to soothe and regulate them.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Ayotunde will discuss goals and preferences, try methods in session, and adapt the plan as progress is made. That collaborative process helps clients feel involved in deciding what helps most.

If you are interested in online options, please confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy day, avoid travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when that suits the person. It also lets people use exercises between sessions in their everyday settings, which can speed up learning and change.