Bolanle Babatunde, BACP

Integrative counselling brings together techniques from different approaches to fit what a person needs. It might include exploring past attachments to understand current relationship patterns, or using practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking. This flexibility helps with depression, anxiety and life transitions. Some work focuses on attachment ideas, looking at early relationships and how they shape feelings and choices today. That can be useful when patterns of avoidance, abandonment worries or difficulties with commitment are causing distress. Other sessions concentrate on building everyday coping skills to manage mood, stress and overwhelming thoughts. Finding the right approach is part of the process. Bolanle will work collaboratively to decide which techniques to try based on a person’s goals, history and preferences. That may mean starting with short-term steps and adapting as progress is made. Online sessions offer practical benefits for busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when travel is difficult. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging let people communicate in writing between appointments or when talking is hard. These options make it easier to fit counselling around work, family and other commitments.