Funmilayo Oni, BACP

Funmilayo Oni brings over 10 years of practical experience helping people regain confidence, resolve relationship struggles, and navigate major life changes. Having personally faced long periods of low self-esteem, she understands how transformative skilled support can be for rebuilding self-worth and finding clarity. Her practice blends therapeutic counselling and coaching, and she works with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, family and parenting problems, workplace difficulties, anger, and questions around life purpose and self-love.

She trained as a therapist and relationship counsellor and is also an Accredited Personal Performance Coach. She holds membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), which is a UK professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists, and she is a member of the International Coaching Federation (ICF), a global organisation for professional coaches. Her core clinical foundation is person-centered therapy, which she integrates with other approaches to tailor work to each individual or couple.

Known for a warm, compassionate and non-judgmental manner, she aims to meet clients where they are while helping them set clear goals and build the skills needed to achieve them. Whether working in a counselling or coaching capacity, she focuses on empowering people to become more independent, resilient, and able to pursue their aspirations. She looks forward to supporting clients through practical, personalised work designed around their unique needs.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Client-Centered Therapy places the client's experience at the heart of the work. It focuses on creating a supportive, empathetic environment where people can explore feelings, build self-awareness, and develop confidence to make meaningful changes. This approach is well suited to issues like low self-esteem, life transitions, and emotional recovery. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on practical steps and strengths clients already have. Rather than dwelling on problems, it helps identify achievable goals and small, concrete actions that move someone toward the life they want, which is useful for stress, career decisions, and short-term goals. The Gottman Method is a research-informed approach to relationship work that helps couples improve communication, manage conflict, and rebuild connection through structured interventions and skills practice.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person or couple to explore needs, preferences, and goals, and will adapt techniques over time to find what fits best. This shared planning helps ensure therapy stays relevant and practical.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, maintain continuity during travel or relocation, and connect with registered professionals from different locations while keeping care focused and outcome-oriented.