About Fiwasade
Fiwasade Onifade helps people dealing with trauma and abuse, grief and loss, low self-esteem, depression, anxiety, and stress. She supports those facing relationship and intimacy concerns, family strain, and compassion fatigue. Fiwasade works with people affected by abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, immigration, HIV/AIDS, and separation or divorce.
She is based in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English. Fiwasade draws on seven years of professional experience to tailor conversations and plans to each person.
How Fiwasade works
She treats people with sensitivity and respect. Sessions focus on clear, practical steps as well as time to talk things through. The aim is to help people feel understood and more able to cope.
Her approach centres on listening carefully to what matters most to the individual. Together they identify manageable goals and small changes that build confidence. Fiwasade pays attention to how past events affect present life, including dissociation, domestic violence, and feelings of guilt or shame.
People can expect an empathetic, straightforward style in sessions. Fiwasade supports exploration of painful experiences and works on improving day-to-day functioning. She also helps with relationship problems such as infidelity, commitment worries, and control issues.
Practical matters such as scheduling and session format are discussed up front. Therapy aims are reviewed as work progresses, so plans can change when needed. Fiwasade emphasises collaborative steps and steady progress toward a more manageable life.
What Fiwasade works with
The areas below are the ones Fiwasade selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Therapeutic approaches and online support
Fiwasade draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on understanding how past experiences shape current feelings. One approach helps people process traumatic memories and reduce intense reactions by working at a pace that feels manageable; it aims to lessen the hold of painful memories on everyday life. Another method concentrates on practical coping skills for anxiety, depression, and stress - teaching breathing and grounding strategies, planning small behavioural steps, and improving daily routines to boost mood and energy.Finding the right way of working is a shared process. The therapist will discuss different approaches and together set goals that match the person's needs and preferences. Plans are reviewed regularly and adjusted if something is not helpful.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a fuller interaction is preferred. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when someone wants to avoid being on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, quick support between appointments, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family commitments, and daily life.
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