Hannah Ilori

Hannah Ilori BACP is a counsellor who supports people dealing with trauma, relationship difficulties, grief, eating concerns, anxiety and low self-esteem. She works with issues such as stress, anger, addictions, parenting strains and challenges around intimacy. She also helps with career transitions, coping with life changes and compassion fatigue. Hannah’s practice is informed by work with diverse clients from different backgrounds and nationalities. Hannah adopts a person-centred stance that focuses on being heard and respected. She emphasises a non-judgemental and compassionate space where people can speak freely and be themselves. Conversations are shaped around each person’s needs, and she tailors the approach rather than using a single method for everyone. Alongside client-centred work, Hannah uses practical tools from cognitive behavioural therapy to address unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. She also draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships affect present ones, and on emotionally-focused and mindfulness approaches to help with emotion regulation and awareness. These methods are blended to suit what each person needs. With four years of professional experience, she frames therapy as a collaborative process. Sessions focus on small, achievable steps so people can practise new ways of relating and coping between meetings. Hannah supports exploration of values and goals as part of planning change. Hannah is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, which is shown as BACP. Sessions are offered in English and she works with people in the United Kingdom and internationally.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape current patterns. In online sessions this can mean talking through past experiences and noticing how those patterns show up now in emotions and relationships. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing practical changes in behaviour, which can be practised between sessions and reviewed together. A client-centred approach prioritises being truly listened to and having sessions shaped around the person’s priorities and pace. Finding the right approach is part of the work itself. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, and then adapt methods collaboratively. That might mean starting with listening and emotional support, then adding CBT exercises or attachment-focused reflections if they fit the situation. Please confirm the session formats available before booking, as the biography does not list specific options. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by reducing travel time and offering shorter check-ins when needed. Some people find video helps them read non-verbal cues, while phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is required. Registered or accredited professionals can help you decide the most practical way to meet your needs.