Counsellor profile
Celestina Oniye-Thomas, BACP
BACP counsellor - relationships and family
Continue with CelestinaAbout
- Relationship issues
- Parenting struggles
- Trauma and abuse
About Celestina
Celestina Oniye-Thomas is a BACP-registered counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with 20 years of experience. She works with adults facing relationship and family concerns, parenting and co-parenting difficulties, trauma and abuse, and common mental health struggles such as anxiety and depression. She also offers coaching around career and confidence issues.
Her approach is straightforward and practical. Sessions focus on what matters most at home - mending strained communication, managing anger, coping with life changes, and handling the everyday pressures of parenting. She uses evidence-informed methods drawn from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to address unhelpful thinking and to build workable habits.
She also draws on existential and Jungian ideas to explore meaning, identity and recurring life patterns that affect relationships. Mindfulness techniques are used to help with stress, emotional regulation and grounding after traumatic experiences. Therapy mixes talk, practical exercises and reflective work.
People meet to set clear goals together, then try small changes between sessions. Progress is reviewed regularly and plans are adjusted when needed. She accepts international clients and runs sessions in English.
Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, the site asks people to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first appointment using the online options button.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and how online work fits in
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on values and taking action despite difficult thoughts and feelings. It helps people move toward the life they want while learning simple skills to handle distress. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour that keep problems going. It uses practical exercises and homework to reduce anxiety, low mood and unhelpful coping habits. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss your goals and preferences and together you will pick methods that suit those aims. That decision is reviewed as therapy proceeds so the plan can change if something is not helping. The biography does not specify session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a working day, cut travel time, or allow shorter check-ins when that is needed. They also make it possible to see a registered professional from another location. Practical arrangements such as scheduling, session length and any subscription terms are clarified during the sign-up and booking process.Areas of focus
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Experience
20+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family concerns are addressed?
She helps people with family problems including blended family issues, adoption and foster care matters, family of origin difficulties, and communication problems.
How does she work with relationship or intimacy problems?
Sessions use talk work and evidence-informed methods to address communication, control issues, codependency and intimacy-related concerns.
What experience does she bring?
Cele stina has 20 years of experience working in mental health and related areas with adults on relationship, parenting and trauma-related issues.
What formal credential does she hold?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP in her profile.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Yes, international clients are accepted and sessions are provided in English.
Which session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are costs handled?
Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.