Aoife Chew

Aoife Chew is a trainee counsellor and a student member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and the British Psychological Society (BPS). She holds a Master’s degree in Psychology and is currently completing a Diploma in Integrative Counselling at The Awareness Centre. Aoife works within NHS Talking Therapies Lambeth as part of her clinical placement, supporting clients with a range of emotional and psychological difficulties. Her training draws on integrative approaches, including Gestalt, Psychodynamic, and Person-Centred therapy, allowing her to tailor each session to the unique needs and experiences of the individual.

Aoife is a warm, empathetic, and collaborative trainee counsellor who aims to support and empower individuals by creating a safe and supportive space where clients feel genuinely heard and understood. She believes in the importance of the therapeutic relationship and works alongside clients to explore their experiences at their own pace. Alongside her counselling work, Aoife is also a trauma-informed yoga teacher, with a keen interest in health psychology and the mind–body connection. This complements her therapeutic practice by bringing an understanding of how stress and trauma can impact the body and nervous system, including experiences such as difficulty feeling safe, muscle tension, sleep disturbance, digestive issues, anxiety, and panic. Where appropriate and helpful, she may gently invite embodied techniques into sessions, always guided by the client’s comfort, consent, and individual needs.

Before training as a counsellor, Aoife spent nearly 20 years working in fast-paced market research agencies with global brands, travelling extensively to better understand how and why people behave as they do. This background has given her valuable insight into stress, burnout, identity, life transitions, and the pressures of modern life, as well as how these experiences can sometimes lead to unhelpful coping strategies. Having lived and worked across cultures, Aoife brings sensitivity, openness, and respect for diverse backgrounds and lived experiences into her therapeutic work. She is passionate about helping clients develop greater self-awareness, reconnect with their strengths, and find more balanced and compassionate ways of relating to themselves and others.