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Folashade Dada

Relationship-focused counsellor for everyday struggles

BACP United Kingdom

Experience
4 years in practice
Focus areas
Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
Approaches
Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Languages
English
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About Folashade

Folashade Dada is a counsellor who uses relationship-focused approaches to help adults and young adults. She works with people facing anxiety, depression and stress.

Background and approach

She also supports those dealing with relationship difficulties, low self-esteem and the pressures that come with life changes. She believes therapy is a process of discovery.

Sessions are guided conversations where clients notice what already works for them and build new skills from there. She combines warmth with gentle challenge to help people make practical changes.

Her practice draws on several approaches to match each person's needs. Methods such as the Gottman Method and attachment-based ideas are used to understand relationship patterns and improve communication.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy help with mood, unhelpful thoughts and coping strategies. With four years of experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP - she works in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English.

She accepts international clients and adapts her style for different life situations. In a typical session she listens closely, reflects what she hears and offers practical steps to try between meetings.

People can expect clear explanations, simple exercises and a focus on small, achievable change. Sessions are paced to suit the client's goals and comfort level.

How relationship and acceptance approaches work online

Folashade commonly draws on the Gottman Method to look at how people interact and to teach clearer communication and connection skills. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help clients notice difficult thoughts and still move toward valued goals. Each approach is explained in plain language and linked to the issues a person brings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences, and they will decide together which methods to try first. This collaborative planning means sessions change if something feels unhelpful or a different focus would be better.

Offering video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging makes therapy more flexible. Video is useful for deeper conversations and exercises that use facial cues. Phone calls are good when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Chat and messaging suit brief reflections, journalling-style check-ins or people who prefer not to be on camera. These options help fit therapy around work, caring duties and travel.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she help with?
She helps people with anxiety, depression, stress and low self-esteem, along with relationship and intimacy-related issues. She also addresses parenting, grief, sleeping problems and career or life-change stressors.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her approach is integrative and relationship-focused, blending empathic listening with gentle challenge. She uses practical exercises and conversation to build skills and insight.
What experience does she bring?
She has four years of clinical experience working with adults and young adults on a range of emotional and relationship concerns. That experience informs a practical, calm approach.
Which credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and works from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she can work with international clients who communicate in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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 counsellingImmigration 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-Centred TherapyCognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Gottman MethodPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

4+ years

Registered with

BACP

Languages

English