About Annette
Annette Isibor helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression and addiction. She also supports those dealing with grief, parenting pressures, sleep and eating difficulties, anger and intimacy-related problems. Annette brings 21 years of counselling experience to her work in the United Kingdom and communicates in English.
Her style is straightforward and respectful. She listens first, then agrees clear goals with each person. Sessions focus on practical steps and honest conversation rather than jargon or complicated theory.
How Annette works
Annette draws on several approaches to suit a person’s needs. She uses cognitive behavioural techniques to challenge unhelpful thinking and behaviour. Attachment-based ideas help when early relationships affect current connection and trust.
Client-centred methods keep the person’s own values and choices at the centre of the work. In a typical session she will help someone identify small, manageable changes and practise skills between meetings. She adapts pace and tasks so people can try things that fit their day-to-day life.
The emphasis is on steady progress rather than quick fixes. Annette values sensitivity and dignity in every meeting. She tailors conversations and plans to each person’s circumstances.
Taking the first step can be hard, and she aims to make that step feel clear and supported.
Annette lists 11 ways of working on the entry:
What Annette works with
The areas below are the ones Annette selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 21 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches in online counselling
Annette uses cognitive behavioural therapy and attachment-based therapy as key parts of her online practice. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and replace them with more helpful ways of thinking and acting; this can be useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating difficulties. Attachment-based therapy looks at how early relationship experiences shape current connections and trust, and it can help with relationship problems, intimacy concerns and some trauma-related issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work itself. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as the work progresses, so the process stays collaborative and responsive.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that feels helpful. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat or messaging can be used for shorter check-ins or for people who prefer writing. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into everyday life while keeping the focus on steady progress.
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