Ganiyat Olaleye, BACP, NCPS
Practical, values-led counselling for everyday challenges
Book with Ganiyat- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English, Yoruba
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Grief
About Ganiyat
Ganiyat Olaleye is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with six years of experience. She works with adults facing common life challenges such as stress, anxiety and depression. She also supports people dealing with relationship strain, grief, parenting concerns and changes at work.
Ganiyat believes people bring knowledge and strengths to therapy. She frames sessions as a collaborative process where the client’s goals guide the work. Conversations are straightforward and focused on practical steps that fit everyday life.
Background and approach
Her approach draws on several well-known methods so she can tailor sessions to individual needs. She uses tools from cognitive behavioural work to look at thoughts and behaviours, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people live by their values. Attachment-based ideas are used when relationship patterns and early connections are relevant.
Ganiyat also works with issues like anger, self‑esteem, addictions, intimacy questions and sleep or eating concerns. She has additional experience supporting people with chronic health matters, caregiver stress, neurodiversity and body image worries. She accepts clients who speak English and Yoruba and is available to work with people beyond the UK.
Starting therapy with her usually means setting clear, manageable goals and trying practical strategies between sessions. Sessions aim to build coping skills and small changes that add up. She encourages honest conversation and steady progress at the client’s pace.
What Ganiyat works with
Everything Ganiyat lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Ganiyat helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ganiyat lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How therapy approaches translate online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take actions that match those values. Online ACT sessions often use exercises and short tasks to practise noticing thoughts and staying engaged with meaningful steps. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviours. In remote sessions CBT can involve homework, thought records and simple behavioural experiments to try between meetings.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk through options and decide together which methods fit the person's goals and preferences. That collaborative process means techniques can be mixed and adjusted as needs change over time.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text‑based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into life. Video calls let people see body language and have a fuller conversation. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be a shorter check‑in. Chat and messaging suit quick updates, written reflection or when someone prefers not to use audio. These options aim to make it easier to use therapy regularly and consistently.
Questions people ask about Ganiyat
What concerns does she help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship strain. Other areas include parenting, grief, anger, self‑esteem, addictions and sleep or eating worries.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and down to earth. Sessions focus on practical steps, clear goals and learning skills that can be used between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has six years of professional experience in the United Kingdom working with a range of common mental health and life concerns.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is listed with BACP and NCPS and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported and can she work internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and Yoruba. She accepts international clients as well as those in the UK.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be held by video call, phone, live chat or text‑based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Therapy is arranged through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a course of therapy?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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