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Folashade Dada

Folashade Dada, BACP

United Kingdom

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BACP counsellor - anxiety and relationships

  • ACT informed
  • CBT techniques
  • Attachment focus

About Folashade

Folashade Dada is a BACP accredited counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with four years' experience. She works with adults and young adults on issues such as anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, low self-esteem and life changes. She also helps with anger, grief, sleep difficulties, parenting pressures and intimacy-related worries.

Folashade uses an integrative approach and adapts methods to what each person needs. That means she draws on approaches like Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based work depending on the situation. Sessions focus on practical steps and understanding patterns that keep problems going.

She supports people dealing with abandonment, attachment difficulties, codependency and communication problems. She also works with concerns linked to adoption and foster care, blended family issues, chronic illness, cancer and caregiver stress. These areas are handled with attention to how they affect daily life and relationships.

In sessions Folashade balances listening with gentle challenge. Conversations aim to surface values, spot unhelpful thinking and build small, manageable changes. She pays attention to both emotions and behaviours so progress can feel concrete.

Folashade offers therapy in English and accepts international clients. Fees vary by location and use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.

How Folashade brings therapeutic approaches to online work

Folashade uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. ACT focuses on identifying personal values and taking small, value-led actions even when emotions are hard. This approach can help with anxiety, low mood and guilt that keeps someone from moving forward.

She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early and current relationship patterns shape emotional responses. Attachment work helps people understand closeness, trust and fears of abandonment, which is useful for intimacy struggles and relationship conflict.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Folashade will discuss which methods fit the person's goals and preferences, and adapt the mix as therapy progresses. That collaboration helps shape sessions so they feel relevant and practical.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the current online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into daily life, such as shorter check-ins between commitments, fewer travel arrangements and the ability to choose quieter surroundings for reflection. Registered or accredited professionals can use this flexibility to match session length and pacing to what a client needs.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyRelationship issuesFamily conflictsSelf esteemCoping with life changes

Also works with

GriefIntimacy-related issuesSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesDepression

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMulticultural concernsPanic disorder and panic attacksPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-harmSelf-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Gottman MethodPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

4+ years

Listed in

United Kingdom

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

Which concerns does she focus on?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, self-esteem, grief, sleep problems and parenting pressures among other issues.

How does she approach feelings of guilt or shame?

Her integrative style uses approaches like ACT and attachment work to help people notice difficult feelings, clarify values and take small steps that reduce their impact.

What experience does she have?

She has four years of practice working with adults and young adults on a range of emotional and relationship difficulties.

What credential and location information is provided?

She is BACP accredited and based in the United Kingdom.

In which languages are sessions offered?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

The original biography does not list session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.

How are fees arranged?

Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Choose the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.

Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger or thinking about harming yourself, use the crisis numbers.

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