About Ijeabalum
Ijeabalum Asike helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or major life changes. She welcomes conversations about depression, grief, trauma and problems with intimacy or addiction. She also supports people facing parenting pressures, career uncertainty and low self-esteem.
Sessions can be held in English or Igbo. She works in a respectful, non-judgemental way and tailors conversations to each person’s needs. Ijeabalum uses approaches that centre the client’s experience and pay attention to emotions and present-moment awareness.
How Ijeabalum works
That means sessions focus on what matters most to the person in front of her and how feelings affect everyday choices. Across six years of practice she has supported people through family conflict, grief and chronic illness, and helped when addictive patterns or anger get in the way of life. She also offers help with attachment concerns, abandonment worries and communication problems.
Therapy sessions aim to be practical and clear. Ijeabalum helps clients identify patterns and try small changes between appointments. She encourages skills that can reduce stress, improve emotion regulation and strengthen relationships with others.
People looking for a comfortable, collaborative approach often find it straightforward to talk things through with her. She explains therapy in simple terms and works at a pace the client chooses. The goal is to help people feel more able to cope and move forward.
Ijeabalum lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Ijeabalum works with
The areas below are the ones Ijeabalum selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- 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
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English, Igbo |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Ijeabalum Uses Emotion and Mindfulness Online
Ijeabalum draws on client-centred work that keeps the person’s needs at the centre of every session. This approach means conversations are guided by what the client brings, with the counsellor listening, reflecting and helping the client make sense of their experience.She also uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy principles to help people notice, name and work with strong feelings. That can be useful for problems with intimacy, attachment worries or for anyone who finds emotions overwhelming. Mindfulness Therapy is used to build awareness of thoughts and bodily sensations so clients can respond to stress with more choice and less reactivity.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, life circumstances and preferences, and together they will try methods that suit those needs. This is a collaborative process and adjustments are made as therapy unfolds.
Online formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a fuller discussion is helpful. Phone sessions can work when a lower-bandwidth option is needed or for a quick check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter updates, emotional processing between sessions, or people who prefer writing. These options aim to give flexibility and consistent access to support.
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