Celestina Oniye-Thomas, BACP
20 years in practice
Celestina Oniye-Thomas is a counsellor with 20 years of clinical experience in the United Kingdom.
License and registration
- BACP
- 194219 · expires October 2026
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
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About Celestina
Celestina Oniye-Thomas is a counsellor with 20 years of clinical experience in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP accreditation and has worked across issues such as relationships, family conflict, trauma and abuse, and parenting concerns. She aims to make the first step easier for people who are nervous about starting therapy.
Her work often focuses on day-to-day problems that feel overwhelming. She helps people address anxiety, stress and low mood.
Background and approach
She also supports those dealing with intimacy, eating concerns, anger and self-esteem challenges. Celestina draws on a range of approaches and adapts them to each person. Sessions look at patterns from family of origin, attachment and relationship dynamics.
She also uses practical strategies for managing thoughts and behaviour when helpful. Clients can expect a calm, respectful conversation that is shaped to their needs. She takes time to understand what matters to each person before suggesting ways forward.
Sessions are collaborative and aim to build tools people can use between meetings. Her areas of additional focus include abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, blended family challenges, codependency, communication problems and caregiver stress. She also works with people coping with career pressures, life transitions and compassion fatigue.
Celestina offers support for a wide range of concerns and tailors her sessions to individual goals. She speaks English and works with people in the UK and internationally through online formats.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Celestina lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Coaching
- Stress, Anxiety
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Celestina names
- Jungian Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused 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
Working with Jungian, ACT and CBT approaches online
Jungian Therapy looks at the stories, dreams and symbols that shape a person's inner life. It can help when people feel stuck by patterns rooted in family history or a sense of emptiness. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy or ACT emphasises values and practical steps. It helps people make space for difficult thoughts while taking action toward what matters to them. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy or CBT focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. It is useful for anxiety, depression, stress and practical problems that need clear strategies.Choosing the best approach is part of therapy. The therapist will work collaboratively to match methods to the person's goals, needs and preferences. This may mean mixing approaches and adjusting as progress is made, with regular conversations about what feels most helpful.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Video calls are close to an in-person conversation and allow visual cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a busy day. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer written communication. These options make it easier to access therapy around work, family and other commitments, and they allow continuity when travel or location changes occur.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, parenting and coparenting issues, anxiety, depression and stress among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style combines practical strategies with reflective exploration. Conversations are shaped to the person's needs and aim to build useful coping tools.
What is her professional background?
She has 20 years of experience working in mental health and counselling roles in the United Kingdom.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She is accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises from the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Yes. Sessions are offered to international clients and she conducts work with people outside the UK.
What formats are used for sessions?
She meets people online via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging according to client preference.
How are costs and payments handled?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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