Promise Igba, AASW

Promise Igba is an AASW social worker with eight years' experience. He works with adults facing stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, and issues with self-esteem. He also helps people who are questioning life purpose after changes in work, relationships or health.

He uses straightforward talking and goal-focused steps rather than jargon. Sessions often look at how thoughts, behaviours and attachment patterns shape everyday choices. He draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Emotionally-Focused Therapy to guide conversations and practical exercises.

Promise pays attention to relationships and how past hurt affects current connections. That can mean looking at communication habits, control and trust, or patterns that keep someone feeling stuck. He also works with issues like body image, guilt and shame, loneliness and workplace stress.

Practical skills are mixed with reflective questions. Clients can expect to try small experiments between sessions, practise new ways of talking, and notice what matters most to them. The aim is clearer priorities and steadier coping, not quick fixes.

He trained to a masters level in social work and sometimes runs workshops with community groups. Outside work he spends time with family and follows football (soccer).

How Promise uses common approaches in online work