Gifty Ogene

• Stress and anxiety
• Relationship difficulties
• Bereavement support

About Gifty

Gifty Ogene works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, grief, trauma and addictions using a mix of person-centred, psychodynamic and cognitive approaches. She is a registered counsellor and psychotherapist with the NCPS and has 12 years of experience in the private sector and hospice-related bereavement support.

She offers one-to-one work that focuses on what the person wants to explore. Sessions are conversational and practical. The counsellor listens, helps people talk through problems, and supports them to find ways that work in everyday life.

Gifty has a decade of experience supporting bereaved relatives, carers and friends after hospice deaths. She helps people who are struggling with loss, shock and the disruption grief brings. Her work covers the phases of disorientation through to rebuilding routine and coping again.

She has also worked with couples for several years on conflict, communication breakdown, infidelity, unforgiveness and financial disagreements. This work aims to clarify patterns of behaviour and improve how people express needs and boundaries.

Her practice combines person-centred methods to build a therapeutic relationship, psychodynamic ideas to look at past patterns that affect current relationships, and cognitive techniques to challenge unhelpful thinking. She maintains clear boundaries and a non-judgemental approach in sessions.

Gifty works with a broad range of concerns including depression, parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem, career transition, compassion fatigue, ADHD and issues around attachment, codependency and body image. Sessions are conducted in English and she accepts international clients.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work with online counselling

Gifty uses person-centred methods that focus on listening and the client’s own priorities; this supports people to talk through problems and decide what to explore in sessions. Attachment-based ideas look at patterns from earlier relationships and how these affect current connections, which can help when working on relationship difficulties and attachment wounds.

Cognitive behavioural techniques look at thinking patterns and practical steps to change unhelpful behaviours, useful for anxiety, depression and coping with life changes. The therapist will use these methods in ways that fit the client’s goals and pace of work.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The counsellor discusses clients’ needs, goals and preferences and then agrees which methods to try. This is a collaborative process and may change as sessions progress.

Please confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, as the biography does not specify formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling around work, childcare or travel, and can reduce time spent on commuting. They also allow shorter check-ins when needed, or sessions without video if that suits the client better. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt the therapeutic methods above to an online setting to focus on practical tools, relationship patterns and thinking styles.

Topics Gifty lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Trauma and abuse
• Depression
• Addictions
• Grief
• Intimacy-related issues
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Self-esteem
• Career difficulties
• Coping with life changes
• Coaching
• Compassion fatigue
• ADHD
• Abandonment
• Attachment issues
• Avoidant personality
• Body image
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• Eating and food-related issues
• Emptiness
• Family of origin issues
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Fertility issues
• First responder issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Hoarding
• Hospice and end-of-life counselling
• Immigration issues
• Impulsivity
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Money and financial issues
• Mood disorders
• Multicultural concerns
• Narcissism
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Personality disorders
• Phobias
• Polyamory and non-monogamous relationships
• Post-traumatic stress
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Traumatic brain injury
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Imago Relationship Therapy
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Narrative Therapy
• Psychodynamic Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy

Questions about Gifty

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety is listed among the concerns she supports, alongside stress and related difficulties.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses a person-centred approach alongside psychodynamic ideas and cognitive behavioural techniques to support talking, insight and practical change.

How much experience does she have?

She has 12 years of experience in the private sector and in bereavement support work connected to hospice care.

Is she registered and where does she practise?

She is registered with the NCPS and works from the United Kingdom.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can she work with clients outside the UK?

Yes. The biography states that international clients are accepted.

How are sessions paid for?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start sessions with her?

Use the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.