Adama Giquina, BACP

Adama Giquina is a person-centred integrative counsellor who brings a calm, compassionate presence to her clients. She qualified in 2020 after completing the TC - L4 Diploma In Therapeutic Counselling at Inspire Counselling / Barnabas Counselling and Training, and she later gained membership of BACP, a professional counselling association that recognises trained practitioners. Adama follows the BACP Ethical Framework to guide her practice and maintain professional standards.

She works as a sessional counsellor at Survivors in Transition, having completed her placement there and remained with the service. Her work focuses on helping people make sense of their experiences in a non-judgemental environment, offering space to explore how past events can shape present feelings and behaviours. She uses grounding techniques and awareness exercises to help clients settle from hyperarousal and to begin learning how to regulate emotions in the here-and-now.

Adama creates a trusting therapeutic relationship through attentive listening, empathy, and acceptance. She aims to support clients toward greater self-awareness and to help them identify practical steps for change, guiding them toward increased confidence and empowerment. She is experienced in supporting people with stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, and anger, and she is attentive to immigration, multicultural, and young adult issues, as well as sexual assault and abuse. Adama tailors each conversation and treatment plan to the individual, meeting clients where they are and respecting their cultural and personal diversity.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support with Adama Giquina

Adama integrates person-centred principles with approaches that suit the needs presented by each person. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on offering empathic listening and acceptance, helping individuals explore their feelings and build self-understanding in a supportive, non-directive way. This approach is often helpful for stress, anxiety, relationship concerns, and issues where building confidence is a priority.

Trauma-Focused Therapy involves gently working with the effects of traumatic events to reduce overwhelming symptoms and to help clients make sense of their responses. Techniques include grounding and present-moment awareness to help regulate arousal and increase a sense of stability, which can be useful for survivors of abuse and sexual assault.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns of relating and can support people to develop safer, more secure connections. It can be valuable for intimacy-related issues, relationship difficulties, and those wanting to understand repetitive relational patterns.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Adama works collaboratively with each person to identify what fits their needs, goals, and preferences. Registered professionals and therapists may adapt techniques over time so the work remains relevant and responsive.

Online therapy with Adama is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make therapy more accessible for people who balance work, family, or mobility considerations, while allowing continuity of care even when in-person meetings are not possible.