About John
John Odutemu offers calm, practical support for people facing relationship strain, anxiety, depression and issues with self-esteem. He greets new clients with plain talk and straightforward steps. The first meeting focuses on what matters to you and on simple goals you can act on between sessions.
He has 12 years of professional experience and is registered with the HCPC, the Health and Care Professions Council. John adapts conversations and plans to fit each person rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach.
How John works
He aims to make sessions feel like a steady, respectful place to sort things out. John uses a mix of well-established approaches to help people manage feelings and behaviour. He draws on cognitive-behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful thinking, and on acceptance approaches to help people live with difficult emotions.
He also brings attachment-based and client-centred perspectives when relationships and connection are central concerns. Work in sessions typically involves short-term practical strategies alongside deeper conversations about patterns and values. People who want coaching-style support for life or career choices can expect goal-focused discussion and tasks.
For those dealing with grief, trauma or addiction, he combines emotional support with clear steps towards safer routines. Sessions are offered in English and John accepts international clients. He provides therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging.
To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
John lists 16 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)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What John works with
The areas below are the ones John selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- 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
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | HCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, then choose actions that match their values; it is useful for anxiety, depression and coping with change. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and actions and gives practical tools to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with low mood, stress and some relationship problems. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how past relationships shape current patterns and aims to improve emotional connection and safety in relationships.Finding the right approach is part of the work. John will discuss options and try different methods based on what the person wants to achieve and what feels useful. He treats this as a shared process, adjusting methods as progress is reviewed.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls are close to face-to-face interaction, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These formats give practical flexibility while keeping the therapeutic focus on goals and coping strategies.
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