Gifty Ogene, NCPS

Gifty Ogene is a registered counsellor and psychotherapist who supports individuals and couples in navigating emotional and relational challenges. She holds NCPS, a registration indicating her professional standing as a counsellor and psychotherapist. With a practice informed by respect for each person’s culture and beliefs, she maintains a consistently non-judgemental stance and clear professional boundaries to foster trust and growth.

Gifty has extensive experience working with bereaved relatives, carers, and friends of those who have died in hospice care, addressing grief reactions including loss, shock, disorganization, reorganization and recovery. She also has experience supporting couples through conflicts such as communication breakdown, infidelity, unforgiveness and financial disagreements, and she has worked broadly with anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties.

Her clinical work draws on a person-centred approach that prioritizes the therapeutic relationship and core conditions that enable personal growth, alongside psychodynamic work that explores how past patterns influence present relationships. She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques to strengthen the working alliance and address unhelpful thinking that limits progress. Gifty emphasises listening and helping clients discover solutions that fit their lives, and she distinguishes counselling—which focuses on present concerns and practical support—from psychotherapy, which explores deeper patterns and emotional meaning.

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends counselling for depression, and Gifty combines her training and experience to offer tailored support that aligns with each person’s needs and goals.

Attachment, Client-Centred, and CBT for Online Care

Gifty uses Attachment-Based ideas to explore how early relationships shape expectations and patterns in current partnerships; this approach can help when feelings of abandonment, trust difficulties or intimacy issues affect relationships. She employs Client-Centred Therapy to create a listening, non-judgemental space where a person’s own strengths and choices guide the work; this approach supports personal growth, self-esteem and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify and challenge thinking patterns that contribute to anxiety, low mood or unhelpful behaviours, and to build practical skills for everyday situations.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Gifty works collaboratively with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals and preferences. Together they review progress and adjust direction so therapy remains relevant and effective.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, providing flexible options for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it easier to access therapy from home or work, support continuity when life is busy, and allow registered professionals like Gifty to offer consistent care across distances.