Counsellor profile
Dumebi Onyejiaka, BACP
Counsellor - Relationships and Family
See online counselling options- Attachment-based work
- Client-centred approach
- Trauma-focused care
About Dumebi
Counsellor Dumebi Onyejiaka is a BACP member with five years of practice in the United Kingdom. She works with relationship concerns, family and parenting matters, self-esteem and motivation, and stress and anxiety. Sessions also address trauma, grief, anger and life changes.
Dumebi uses a conversational style. She encourages people to speak about their experiences and notices the patterns that matter. Sessions focus on practical steps and on understanding how past experiences affect current feelings and relationships.
Her approach draws on attachment-based ideas and psychodynamic thinking to look at how early relationships shape present reactions. Client-centred methods are used to keep the clients perspective central. Motivational interviewing can help when a person wants clearer goals or more drive for change.
Dumebi helps with a wide range of family-related issues such as blended family dynamics, fatherhood concerns, divorce and separation, and caregiving stress. She also works with abandonment and attachment issues, codependency and problems with control and commitment.
People bring difficulties such as domestic violence aftermath, guilt and shame, hoarding, or problems with intimacy and sexual connection. Dumebi aims to make those topics easier to talk about and to identify small, practical steps forward.
She offers her work in English and accepts international clients. Before booking, readers should confirm current session options and practical arrangements via the service booking flow.
How her approaches translate to online counselling
Attachment-based work focuses on how early bonds shape current relationships. Online sessions look at patterns of closeness, trust and fear of abandonment and help people notice how these patterns show up now. Client-centred work keeps the persons own view at the centre, helping them speak freely about what matters and set the pace of sessions. Existential therapy looks at meaning, choices and responsibility; it helps when someone faces life changes or questions about commitment.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Dumebi will help the client and her decide which methods fit their needs and preferences. She frames this as a collaborative process and checks in about goals, pace and what is helpful after the first sessions.
Session formats are not specified in the supplied biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also suit people who prefer not to use a camera or who need sessions at different times due to work or caregiving commitments.
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
Which concerns does she most often help with?
Dumebi works with relationship issues, family and parenting matters, self-esteem, stress, anxiety and trauma-related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a conversational, client-centred style and looks at patterns from past relationships that affect current life.
How much practical experience does she have?
She has five years of professional experience working with the issues listed in her profile.
Which professional body is she a member of?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.
In what languages can sessions be conducted?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can I work with her from outside the UK?
International clients are accepted; confirm practical session details during booking.
How are sessions charged?
Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I arrange a first session?
Use the See online counselling options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.