Lanre Adeyekun, BACP

Lanre Adeyekun is an integrative therapist who supports adults and young people facing complex psychological and emotional challenges. She combines practical skills from several therapeutic models to create tailored treatment plans that reflect each person's unique needs, drawing on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, brief solution-focused methods, and psychodynamic ideas as appropriate. She approaches counselling with warmth and authenticity and aims to offer a respectful, compassionate space for exploration.

Lanre brings three years of professional counselling experience alongside academic training that includes a BA (Hons) in Counselling and an MSc in Psychology of Mental Health and Wellbeing. She is also registered with the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and has a long professional background in nursing and midwifery, having worked in the NHS for over 20 years. In addition, she is a Health Trainer and holds a postgraduate diploma in Maternal and Child Health.

Her practice focuses on issues such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem and depression, while also addressing related concerns including attachment and abandonment, chronic illness and pain, codependency, communication and control issues, and coping after separation or loss. Lanre tailors her approach with sensitivity and aims to help clients make sense of their experiences and build practical coping strategies. She encourages those taking the first step toward therapy and supports them through the initial stages of change.

Evidence-Based Approaches and Flexible Online Care

Lanre commonly uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and psychodynamic-informed work to support clients. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and developing practical strategies to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress. Psychodynamic-informed work explores the influence of past experiences and relationship patterns on current feelings and behaviour, which can be helpful for issues like attachment, abandonment and long-standing emotional difficulties.

She also draws on brief solution-focused techniques to help clients set concrete goals and build momentum in a short space of time. The choice of approach is collaborative - Lanre works with each person to identify the best fit based on their needs, goals and preferences, adjusting methods as therapy progresses so the plan remains relevant and effective.

Online therapy with Lanre is available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, offering flexibility to fit sessions around daily life. These options make it easier to access consistent support from registered professionals regardless of location, and they allow clients to choose the communication style that feels most comfortable for them.