Annette Isibor, BACP
21 years in practice
Annette Isibor is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties.
License and registration
- BACP
- 73305 · expires March 2026
- Years in practice
- 21
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Annette
Annette Isibor is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties. She also supports those coping with trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, body image and sleeping or eating concerns. Annette brings 21 years of professional experience to her work and holds BACP accreditation.
Annette uses a blend of approaches to match what each person needs. She draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at emotions in relationships, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and build flexible responses, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to address unhelpful thoughts and patterns.
Background and approach
Client-Centred ideas shape the way she listens and responds in sessions. Sessions are practical and conversational. Annette works with people to set clear goals and tries techniques that can be used between meetings.
She pays attention to feelings and patterns that keep problems repeating, then helps people try different ways of behaving. Her style is respectful and down-to-earth. She aims to make sessions feel like a safe space to talk honestly and to plan small, realistic steps forward.
Annette adapts the pace and focus to each person’s situation. People often come to her for help with intimacy-related issues, parenting strain, communication problems, anger, attachment difficulties and complex mood concerns such as bipolar. She also offers support for less visible struggles like dissociation, abandonment fears and caregiver stress.
If someone wants to begin, Annette works with the person to choose a suitable format and to build a plan that fits their life and goals.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Annette lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- 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 names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic 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
Annette draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people notice and name emotions, especially in the context of close relationships. This approach looks at how feelings shape interaction and can be useful for intimacy-related problems and repeated relational patterns.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy which focuses on what matters to a person and on building flexible responses to difficult thoughts and feelings. ACT is often helpful for anxiety, depression and chronic stress where values-based action is important.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is another tool she uses to identify unhelpful thought patterns and try different behaviours. CBT can suit people wanting concrete strategies for mood, sleep, eating or anxiety difficulties.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, then try approaches together to see what fits. This collaborative process helps shape a clear plan tailored to the person.
Online therapy offers flexibility for different needs. Video calls let people use body language and see facial cues, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a short break at work. Live chat and text-based messaging allow ongoing contact and quick check-ins between sessions. Registered or accredited professionals can deliver these formats, making it easier to fit therapy into a busy life.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Annette help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, body image, eating and sleeping problems and parenting strain.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is conversational and practical. She listens in a Client-Centred way and works with emotions, thoughts and values to plan achievable steps.
How much experience does she have?
She has 21 years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns in the United Kingdom.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is listed with BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international access are available?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Sessions can be held by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging depending on what suits the person.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions run through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
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