Gifty Ogene , NCPS

Gifty Ogene is a registered counsellor and psychotherapist who supports individuals and couples as they work through emotional challenges. She holds NCPS, a professional counselling credential, and brings private sector experience to her practice while remaining non-judgmental and respectful of each client’s culture and beliefs.

For ten years she has offered support to bereaved relatives, carers, and friends of people who died in the care of a hospice, helping them navigate loss, shock, disorganization, reorganization, and recovery. She also has five years’ experience working with couples on conflict, communication breakdowns, infidelity, unforgiveness, and financial tensions.

Over the years she has supported people facing anxiety, depression, and relationship difficulties, tailoring interventions to the needs of each person. Her practical approach is centred on the person-centred model, which fosters a therapeutic relationship built on core conditions that allow growth. She integrates psychodynamic work to increase awareness of past patterns influencing present relationships and uses cognitive behavioural techniques to challenge unhelpful thinking and strengthen the working alliance.

Gifty maintains professional boundaries and a non-judgemental stance in her work. She offers both counselling, focused on listening and helping clients identify appropriate solutions, and psychotherapy, which explores emotions and life experiences to develop new coping strategies.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Gifty Ogene uses client-centred work to create a supportive environment where clients feel heard and respected; this approach emphasizes empathy, unconditional positive regard, and collaboration to help people explore concerns and discover solutions. Attachment-based therapy is used to examine relational patterns and the ways early attachments influence current relationships, making it useful for issues like abandonment, trust, and intimacy challenges. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) helps clients identify and reframe unhelpful thoughts and build practical coping skills for anxiety, depression, and behavioural patterns.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Gifty works collaboratively with each person to determine which combination of methods fits their goals, preferences, and current circumstances, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds. Licensed professionals and therapists aim to tailor interventions to the individual rather than applying a one-size-fits-all model.

Online therapy offers flexible options that fit modern lives, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to attend sessions from different locations, accommodate varied schedules, and maintain continuity of care when in-person visits are not possible, while preserving the collaborative therapeutic relationship that supports meaningful change.