Ganiyat Olaleye

Ganiyat Olaleye is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with six years of professional experience. She works with people facing common life stresses and helps them find clearer ways forward. Ganiyat speaks English and Yoruba and draws on a range of approaches to match each person's needs.

She helps with anxiety, stress and depression, and with relationship and intimacy-related concerns. She also supports people dealing with grief, anger, low self-esteem, addictions and trauma and abuse. Practical everyday difficulties such as sleep problems, eating concerns, parenting strain and career transitions are part of her work too.

Ganiyat uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy and Client-Centred Therapy. She aims to keep sessions straightforward and focused on small, manageable steps. She encourages people to build on their own strengths instead of being told what to do.

Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Ganiyat listens first, then helps clients try practical ways to reduce distress and improve day-to-day functioning. She emphasises clear goals and skills people can use between sessions.

People who prefer a calm, practical counsellor may find her approach helpful. To begin, clients use the site Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire to arrange sessions according to the therapist's schedule.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and take small steps towards what matters to them. It suits struggles with anxiety, low motivation and coping during life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at connections between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical exercises for issues like anxiety, depression and sleep problems. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns and can help with intimacy-related concerns and attachment issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The counsellor will discuss goals and preferences and then suggest which methods to try. This is a collaborative process and approaches can be adjusted as the work progresses.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the available online options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow quicker check-ins between appointments. They also let people use tools and exercises during sessions, such as worksheets or guided practices, which can be useful for building new skills in day-to-day life.