Dr. Ifeoma Egbuniwe
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About the Therapist
Ifeoma Egbuniwe is a BABCP Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist with extensive experience across NHS psychological services, Talking Therapies, clinical leadership, psychological research, and mental health support settings.
She provides structured, evidence-based CBT for adults experiencing anxiety disorders, depression, trauma, post-traumatic stress, obsessive-compulsive difficulties, phobias, stress, and emotional dysregulation. Her therapeutic work focuses on helping clients identify unhelpful patterns of thinking and behaviour, develop effective coping strategies, and make meaningful, sustainable changes.
Ifeoma works collaboratively and takes a client-centred approach, ensuring therapy reflects each person’s individual experiences, goals, cultural background, and psychological needs. Her wider clinical knowledge includes approaches informed by Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Compassion-Focused Therapy.
At a Glance
- Session format: Online
- Client groups: Adults
- Languages: Please enquire
- Areas of focus: Anxiety, Depression, PTSD, Trauma, OCD, Phobias, Stress and Emotional Dysregulation
- Registration: BABCP Accredited
- Approach: High-Intensity CBT with DBT, ACT and Compassion-Focused principles
Qualifications
- Postgraduate Diploma in High-Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- PhD in Psychology
- MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience – Merit
- BA in Psychology and Criminology – 2:1
- Institute of Leadership & Management Coaching Qualification
Therapy Approach
- High-Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Collaborative psychological assessment and formulation
- Behavioural experiments and exposure-based techniques
- Thought records and cognitive restructuring
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy-informed emotional regulation work
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-informed support
- Compassion-Focused Therapy-informed interventions
- Psychoeducation and relapse-prevention planning
Client Types
- Adults
- Clients from diverse cultural backgrounds
- People seeking individual CBT
- Clients who may benefit from structured emotion-regulation work
- People accessing short-term, evidence-based psychological therapy
Mental Health Issues and Areas of Support
- Generalised anxiety and other anxiety disorders
- Depression and persistent low mood
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Trauma and trauma-related emotional distress
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Specific phobias and avoidance
- Stress and emotional overwhelm
- Emotion-regulation difficulties
- Unhelpful thinking patterns and negative beliefs
- Behavioural patterns that maintain emotional distress
- Difficulties developing or maintaining healthy coping strategies
- Self-harm or suicidal thoughts requiring risk-aware therapeutic support and safety planning
- Complex emotional and interpersonal difficulties
- Relapse prevention and maintaining psychological wellbeing
Professional Registration
- BABCP Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist
- Experienced in safeguarding and clinical risk assessment
- Regular professional supervision and reflective practice
- Experienced working within NHS clinical governance frameworks
Professional Experience
- Clinical Lead for the Managing Emotions Programme
- BABCP Accredited CBT Therapist with Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- Assistant Psychologist within NHS Talking Therapies
- Assistant Psychologist supporting personality-disorder pathway development
- Experience facilitating psychoeducational and therapy groups
- Previous mental health support and clinical support roles
- Extensive psychological and neuroscience research experience
What to Expect
Ifeoma offers a structured, compassionate, and collaborative therapeutic environment. Therapy usually begins with a detailed assessment to understand the concerns you are experiencing, how they developed, and what may currently be maintaining them.
Together, you may explore the relationship between your thoughts, emotions, physical responses, and behaviour. Sessions can include practical CBT tools such as identifying and reframing unhelpful thoughts, behavioural experiments, gradual exposure, coping strategies, and relapse-prevention planning.
Ifeoma can support adults experiencing anxiety, depression, PTSD, trauma, OCD, phobias, stress, emotional dysregulation, self-harm-related distress, and wider psychological difficulties suitable for evidence-based CBT. Treatment is adapted to the individual and regularly reviewed to ensure it remains relevant to the client’s goals.