- Collaborative approach
- Trauma informed
- Values based
About Olayinka
Olayinka "Mary" Akeju is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in New Jersey. She uses a collaborative, person-focused style to help people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, and relationship challenges. Mary centers clients' goals and works alongside them rather than prescribing one path.
Mary draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Attachment-Based Therapy to guide sessions. She helps people name their values, notice unhelpful patterns, and build practical steps for change. Sessions often focus on emotional regulation, coping with life transitions, and repairing or clarifying important relationships.
Her work includes attention to parenting, grief, addictions, career concerns, and issues like body image and self-esteem. She also supports people dealing with abandonment, adoption and foster care questions, caregiving stress, and dissociation. Mary brings 17 years of clinical experience to these concerns and aims for straightforward, useful tools rather than jargon.
Mary emphasizes cultural humility and trauma-informed care in the therapy room. She invites clients to take the lead in deciding what matters most and tailors strategies to each person’s needs. Progress is framed in small, practical steps that build toward clearer thinking and steadier emotions.
For people thinking about therapy, Mary encourages a hopeful, action-oriented stance. She helps clients reconnect with strengths and put manageable strategies into everyday life.
How Mary’s approaches guide online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take small committed steps toward those values. It is useful for anxiety, life transitions, and decisions about work or relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and replace them with more workable patterns, which can ease depression, panic, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns from early relationships and how they affect current connections, which can be helpful for intimacy and relationship concerns.Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Mary works collaboratively with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. She listens to what is most important, and then blends techniques so the plan fits the individual rather than forcing a single method.
The biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm current session options before booking. Many people find online sessions easier to fit into daily life because they reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins during a busy day, or let someone choose a quieter setting that works for them. Licensed professionals can use these approaches effectively in remote work, and Mary adapts exercises and tools so they work across different session arrangements.
Areas of focus
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Mary commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma, relationship issues, parenting and grief. Her practice also addresses addictions, body image, self-esteem, career concerns, and ADHD among other topics.
What is Mary’s therapeutic style like?
Her style is collaborative and client-centered. She combines practical tools with values work and emotional regulation strategies.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Mary has 17 years of clinical experience working with a range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What credentials and region are listed for this therapist?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) licensed in New Jersey.
Which languages are supported and can international clients connect?
Sessions are offered in English, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options with the service before scheduling.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Mary?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.