- Years in practice
- 21
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Annette
Annette Isibor is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 21 years of professional experience. She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression and parenting concerns. She also helps with relationship strain, trauma and abuse, and issues around self‑esteem and motivation.
Her style is warm and respectful. She listens first, then adapts the conversation to each person's needs. Sessions are practical and focused on what is most important right now.
Background and approach
Annette uses a mix of approaches including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), attachment‑based work and client‑centred therapy. She draws on what fits best for the person in front of her rather than relying on a single method. That means therapy may include talking through thoughts and behaviours, exploring attachment patterns, and building clearer ways to relate to others.
Over two decades of practice have given her experience with a wide range of concerns. These include addictions, grief, eating and sleeping issues, anger, bipolar difficulties and intimacy-related problems. She also supports people facing complex challenges such as abandonment, attachment issues, neurodivergence and caregiver stress.
Annette tailors each plan to individual goals. She aims to create straightforward steps people can use between sessions. Her approach is collaborative and paced to suit different lives and circumstances.
What Annette works with
Everything Annette lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Annette helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Annette lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Annette’s approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, often called ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It focuses on identifying values and taking small actions that match those values, which can help with anxiety, low mood and parenting stress.Attachment‑based therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current connections. It helps people understand repeating patterns and build different ways of relating that reduce conflict and improve intimacy or communication.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Annette collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs and preferences. That choice may change as therapy progresses and the focus becomes clearer.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face‑to‑face conversation when a visual connection matters. Phone sessions suit people who need less bandwidth or a quieter check‑in. Live chat or text messaging can be useful for shorter updates, tracking moods, or when someone prefers to write rather than speak. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family life and different time zones, while keeping continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.
Questions people ask about Annette
What concerns does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression and parenting issues, along with relationship strain, trauma and addiction-related difficulties.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and person‑centred, listening first and tailoring conversations to what matters most to the client.
What experience does she bring?
She brings 21 years of professional experience working with a broad range of concerns and complex presentations.
What credentials and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts clients from other countries.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone appointments, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin therapy?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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