Elly Oka

• Stress and anxiety
• CBT and ACT
• Bereavement support

About Elly

Elly Oka helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and related concerns such as self‑esteem, career difficulties and bereavement. She works in a collaborative, person-centred way, treating the person rather than the problem. Elly is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has five years of professional experience.

Elly draws on several well‑established approaches to counselling. She uses client‑centred methods to listen and reflect what matters to each person. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) is used to look at thoughts and behaviours that keep problems going. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Attachment‑Based ideas also inform her work when they fit the client’s needs.

Sessions focus on practical steps as well as understanding feelings. Elly helps people identify values, build coping skills, and practise changes between sessions. She also supports those facing parenting strain, addiction concerns, sleep or eating difficulties, and relationship and intimacy issues.

Elly has additional experience with adoption and foster care matters, attachment issues, autism and Asperger Syndrome, caregiving stress, chronic illness and loss. She mentions work around abandonment, blended family concerns, communication and control issues as part of her practice.

Her approach is straightforward and respectful. People meet to talk things through, try methods that suit them, and agree small actions to try between sessions. International clients may be accepted; sessions are conducted in English.

How her approaches are used in online counselling

Elly works with approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT). ACT involves noticing thoughts and feelings, clarifying what matters to the person, and choosing actions that match those values. It can help with anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns and testing small changes to reduce distress and improve daily functioning.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and what has helped before, and together they will decide which methods to try. That collaborative process may include short practical exercises, reflection on personal history, and agreed tasks between sessions.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current online options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules and to meet without travelling. It may also allow shorter check‑in sessions or audio‑only conversations if those suit a person’s circumstances. Registered and accredited professionals often use online work to make therapy more accessible while adapting methods to individual needs.

Topics Elly lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Relationship issues
• Grief
• Self-esteem
• Depression
• Addictions
• Family conflicts
• Trauma and abuse
• Intimacy-related issues
• Eating disorders
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Career difficulties
• Bipolar disorder
• Coping with life changes
• Coaching
• Compassion fatigue
• ADHD
• Abandonment
• Adoption and foster care
• Aging and geriatric issues
• Attachment issues
• Autism and Asperger Syndrome
• Avoidant personality
• Blended family issues
• Cancer
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Chronic pain, illness, and disability
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
• Dissociation
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Eating and food-related issues
• Emptiness
• Family of origin issues
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Fertility issues
• First responder issues
• Forgiveness
• Guilt and shame
• Hearing impaired
• Hoarding
• Immigration issues
• Impulsivity
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Money and financial issues
• Multicultural concerns
• Narcissism
• Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Phobias
• Polyamory and non-monogamous relationships
• Postpartum depression
• Post-traumatic stress
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Process addictions
• Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Visually impaired
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
• Solution-Focused Therapy
• Somatic Therapy
• Trauma-Focused Therapy
• Internal Family Systems

Questions about Elly

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety and stress are listed among the main concerns she helps people with.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses client‑centred counselling alongside Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), with attachment‑based ideas also informing the work.

What experience does she have?

She has five years of professional experience working with issues such as depression, trauma, career difficulties and bereavement.

Is she registered with a professional body and where is she based?

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.

Can I have sessions in English if I live abroad?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are offered.

How are fees managed?

Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I arrange a first appointment?

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