About Promise
Promise Igba helps people who are coping with stress, anxiety, relationship and family conflict, trauma and abuse, and struggles with self-esteem. He is an AASW social worker with eight years of experience and a calm, direct style that suits people who want practical support. He works one-to-one to untangle difficult feelings and recurring patterns.
Sessions focus on what is happening now and on small, useful steps people can try between meetings.
How Promise works
Conversation is straightforward and grounded rather than clinical jargon-filled. Promise draws on a mix of approaches including acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive behaviour techniques, attachment-focused thinking and emotionally-focused methods. He uses motivational interviewing to help people clarify what matters to them and stay on track with change.
His work covers many life issues such as panic attacks, workplace stress, body image concerns, caregiving strain, and loneliness. He also supports people dealing with guilt, forgiveness, control issues and sexual identity questions. The aim is to build practical coping skills and stronger emotional awareness.
Promise sometimes runs workshops and partners with community groups to promote emotional wellbeing. Outside work he spends free time with family and follows football (soccer).
Promise lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Promise works with
The areas below are the ones Promise selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
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Training and background
| Register | AASW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
Approaches that suit online therapy and everyday life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress and finding direction. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thought patterns and trying small behaviour changes to reduce symptoms like panic attacks and social anxiety. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and helps people change how they relate to others and to themselves.Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made, keeping the work collaborative and practical.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to make regular work on issues possible around busy schedules. Video is often used for deeper conversational work, phone fits when bandwidth is limited, live chat or messaging can suit quick check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting it into work, family or study commitments.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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