Benedicta Sanio Ala-Oborie, BACP
4 years in practice
Benedicta Sanio Ala-Oborie is a BACP psychotherapist working from the United Kingdom.
License and registration
- BACP
- 391948 · expires May 2026
- Years in practice
- 4
- Languages
- English
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About Benedicta
Benedicta Sanio Ala-Oborie is a BACP psychotherapist working from the United Kingdom. She draws on four years of practice helping people who feel stuck by grief, anxiety, stress and life changes. She also supports those dealing with relationship strain, low self-esteem, trauma, eating concerns and chronic health challenges.
Her sessions aim to be warm and non-judgemental. Benedicta uses a relational, person-centred stance to help people talk through painful feelings and patterns.
Background and approach
She brings in breath work, mindfulness and body-focused techniques when these are helpful. She uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas alongside psychodynamic and existential perspectives. That means she pays attention to emotions in the moment and to how past experiences shape present beliefs and reactions.
Work is tailored to each person rather than following a fixed script. Typical sessions focus on making sense of difficult experiences, building emotional awareness, and finding practical ways to cope day to day. Benedicta encourages honest conversation about intimacy, sexuality and attachment without judgement.
She can also work with any diagnoses a person already has to help them understand their experience. People who prefer a reflective, compassionate approach, and who want to explore feelings and relationships, often find her style helpful. Benedicta aims to support clients to make clearer choices and to act on the changes they want in life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Benedicta lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Benedicta names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that guide online sessions
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on feeling and connection. In practice this means paying attention to the feelings that arise during a session and using them to understand patterns in relationships and personal reactions. EFT can be useful for people who want to change how they respond in close relationships and to feel more supported in expressing needs.Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s experience at the centre of the work. The therapist offers empathy, acceptance and genuine listening so the person can explore their thoughts and feelings at their own pace. This approach helps when someone needs space to process grief, identity questions, or stress without pressure to perform.
Existential Therapy looks at meaning, choice and responsibility. It helps people who feel lost, empty or overwhelmed by big life questions to clarify what matters and to make more conscious choices about how to live.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Benedicta treats this as a collaborative decision and will discuss different options based on a person’s goals, preferences and what comes up in early sessions. Together they review what feels most helpful and adjust the work as needed.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when a deeper emotional exchange is needed. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick check-ins, ongoing reflection, or when writing helps to organise thoughts. These formats make it easier to maintain therapy around work, family and health commitments while still accessing registered professionals and therapists.
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Questions people ask
What problems does Benedicta help with?
Areas she works with include stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma and relationship concerns. She also supports people with self-esteem, eating and parenting related issues.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and non-judgemental with a relational emphasis. Sessions focus on emotional awareness, making sense of past patterns, and practical coping strategies.
What background and experience does she have?
She has four years of clinical experience working in psychodynamic and person-centred ways and integrates mindfulness and somatic techniques where useful.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy can be delivered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How are fees and billing handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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