Celestina Oniye-Thomas, BACP

Celestina Oniye-Thomas is a UK-based psychotherapist with two decades of clinical experience supporting individuals and families through a wide range of life challenges. She is registered with the BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - and brings a calm, respectful, and compassionate presence to therapeutic work.

Her practice focuses on relationship and family issues, parenting and coparenting challenges, poly dynamics, and blended family concerns, alongside trauma and abuse recovery. She also works with clients facing anxiety, stress, low self-esteem, intimacy difficulties, eating and anger concerns, career questions, depression, and the strains of caregiving and compassion fatigue. Additional areas of attention include attachment and abandonment issues, adoption and foster care dynamics, codependency, communication problems, and separation or divorce.

Celestina adapts sessions and treatment plans to each person or family, tailoring talk therapy and practical strategies to meet specific needs and goals. She approaches clients with sensitivity and respect, aiming to build confidence and strengthen coping skills. Taking the first step can take courage, and she acknowledges and supports that decision to begin therapy.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Sessions

Celestina commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Mindfulness Therapy in her work. ACT focuses on helping clients clarify what matters most to them and take committed action toward those values while learning to accept difficult thoughts and feelings; it supports coping with life changes, anxiety, and issues that involve avoidance. CBT looks at the connections between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors and offers practical tools to change unhelpful patterns; it is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and self esteem concerns. Mindfulness Therapy cultivates present moment awareness and gentle attention to internal experience, which can help with emotional regulation, stress, and compassion fatigue.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Celestina works collaboratively with each client to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors interventions and adapts the pace to what feels most helpful for the individual or family.

Online therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text based messaging offers flexibility for people with busy schedules, caregiving responsibilities, or those living at a distance. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, access therapy from different locations, and choose the format that feels most comfortable while working with licensed professionals and therapists.