Funmi's approach and qualifications

DIT is an evidence‑based therapy for low mood, anxiety and depression linked to relational difficulties and early life experiences. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommends DIT as a treatment for depression. DIT focuses on how early experiences and relational patterns shape current relationships and emotional responses.

Funmi’s clients often come to her feeling depressed or anxious, or feeling overwhelmed, misunderstood, or caught in relational patterns that leave them stuck. It is often the case that previous therapeutic approaches have not reached and addressed the root of their distress. Working collaboratively, Funmi helps clients understand the emotional themes driving these patterns, supporting them to develop clearer boundaries, healthier relationships and a stronger, more grounded sense of self.  

Funmi sees clients from our Blackheath clinic, serving Greenwich, Lewisham and the wider South East London area, as well as online across the UK.

Autism

Funmi has both professional and personal experience of the challenges that autistic individuals face. 

For autistic clients, DIT can be especially helpful because it offers a clear and predictable structure while fully embracing neurodiversity. Many autistic clients have experienced misunderstanding, social exhaustion or isolation. Funmi creates a calm, respectful therapeutic space where these experiences can be explored without judgment.

Techniques such as mentalisation (understanding our own and others’ thoughts, feelings, and intentions) are thoughtfully adapted (if needed), using concrete examples, visual supports or adjusted pacing, to ensure the work is accessible and collaborative. Throughout, the client’s identity is affirmed and their unique way of experiencing the world is valued. 

Women’s Mental Health

Funmi has a longstanding commitment to women’s mental health, informed by her past involvement with the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Women and Mental Health Special Interest Group and her current role as a trustee of a women’s health and wellbeing charity.

DIT offers women a structured, reflective space to explore how early relational experiences, cultural expectations and caregiving roles shape emotional responses and relationship patterns. It is particularly valuable during major life transitions such as motherhood, career shifts, menopause or identity changes where emotional demands can intensify.

Her work helps women understand relational triggers, express emotions that may have been suppressed and develop a clearer, more compassionate sense of self. This can reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression, which women are statistically more likely to experience, while strengthening emotional resilience and relational clarity.

Global Majority Communities

Funmi has a strong commitment to culturally responsive and equitable mental health care, informed by her work with a charity dedicated to improving mental health awareness within global majority communities. She understands how racialisation, racism and cultural expectations can shape emotional wellbeing, identity and relationships. DIT provides a space to explore these experiences with sensitivity and depth. Clients are supported to understand how cultural identity, discrimination, bicultural stress or internalised oppression influence relational patterns and emotional responses. Her approach supports clients to recognise and shift relational patterns that no longer serve them. It also strengthens their sense of identity and helps them cultivate relationships that feel safe, respectful and aligned with their values.