Hannah Ilori, BACP

Hannah Ilori is a BACP counsellor who helps people facing relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, and eating difficulties. She works with a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, stress, self-esteem, addictions, and questions about intimacy and identity. Hannah writes plainly and offers a listening space where people can be heard without judgement.

Hannah practises in a person-centred way, which means the conversation and the relationship come first. She aims to make each person feel understood and to tailor discussions to their needs. Over four years in practice she has worked with people from varied cultural and national backgrounds and values learning from those different perspectives.

She describes herself as pluralist in approach. That means she mainly offers person-centred work but draws on other methods where helpful, such as cognitive behavioural techniques and emotionally-focused ideas. She will explain options and agree a plan together with each person.

Her approach also includes attention to patterns of attachment and mindful ways of noticing thoughts and feelings. Sessions focus on clear, practical steps as well as helping people make sense of past experiences that still affect them now.

Hannah asks people to take their time with the first step. She encourages honest talk, mutual respect, and a collaborative plan to move toward more manageable daily life and clearer goals.

How therapeutic methods translate to online work

Hannah draws on person-centred practice alongside cognitive behavioural approaches and attention to attachment patterns. Person-centred counselling focuses on empathic listening and helping people find their own direction, which can help with grief, relationship questions and midlife change. Cognitive behavioural techniques offer practical steps to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour, useful for anxiety, low mood and sleep issues. Attachment-informed ideas look at how early relational patterns shape current bonds and coping, which can clarify recurring relationship struggles.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Hannah discusses options with each person and decides together what to try based on needs, goals and preferences. She treats the choice as collaborative and may blend methods over time so the work fits what the person wants to achieve.

Please confirm which online session formats are available before booking, as the biography does not specify formats. In general, online work can make therapy easier to fit into a busy life - it avoids travel, can allow shorter check-ins, and makes it possible to have sessions across different time zones. Talk with the therapist about practical arrangements so sessions suit your daily routine and technical setup.