About Afusat
Dr. Afusat Apata helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship strain, parenting challenges and depression. She is based in the United Kingdom and practises in English and Yoruba.
She has ten years of experience and holds HCPC registration. Her style is warm and respectful. She aims to tailor sessions to each person’s situation.
Conversations focus on what matters most and on small, usable steps between meetings. Dr Apata draws on a mix of practical approaches.
How Afusat works
She uses techniques that help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test them, and methods that build skills for managing intense feelings. She also works with attachment patterns to understand how past relationships affect current ones. Sessions are an opportunity to talk through problems, try out new ways of coping and set realistic goals.
She supports people dealing with issues such as abandonment, codependency, body image, chronic illness, caregiver stress, addiction, eating concerns, communication problems, divorce and control issues. Her background includes a decade of clinical practice and work across different settings. That experience informs a flexible way of working that blends structured tools with listening and practical problem solving.
People can expect clear explanations and collaborative planning in sessions. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is used and sessions are arranged according to therapist availability. Costs vary depending on location and the subscription model that is used, which can be cancelled at any time.
Afusat lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
What Afusat works with
The areas below are the ones Afusat selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- 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
Training and background
| Register | HCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English, Yoruba |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and focus on actions that match their values. It is useful when anxiety or low mood stops someone from doing things that matter. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical exercises to test unhelpful beliefs and change habits.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist discusses goals, preferences and day-to-day needs and recommends methods that fit. This is a collaborative process and adjustments can be made as progress is assessed.
Online sessions can suit different needs and schedules. Video calls let people talk face to face and use visual cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a short break. Live chat or text-based messaging can be a good option for quick check-ins, shorter reflections or when someone prefers writing to speaking. Registered or accredited professionals can offer these formats so therapy is more flexible and easier to attend from different locations.
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