Promise Igba, AASW

Promise Igba is an AASW credentialed social worker with eight years of clinical experience supporting individuals and families through stress, anxiety, relationship and family conflict, trauma, and self-esteem concerns. He combines a warm, empathetic presence with evidence-based practices to help clients build resilience, deepen self-awareness, and work toward meaningful change.

After earning a master degree in Social Work, he focused his practice on family and relationship conflict resolution, motivational interviewing, and trauma recovery. His training includes a range of therapeutic models such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Internal Family Systems, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, and trauma-informed approaches. He is also trained in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and in addressing self-harming behaviours and disordered eating.

Promise works with a wide array of concerns including attachment issues, body image, caregiver stress, communication and control problems, forgiveness, guilt and shame, isolation and loneliness, life purpose, panic disorder and panic attacks, self-love, sexuality, social anxiety and phobia, and workplace difficulties. He also supports clients dealing with depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation, and offers relationship and family counselling aimed at improving connection and conflict resolution.

In addition to individual and family work, he sometimes facilitates workshops and partners with community organisations to promote emotional well-being. He offers therapy through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit clients' needs and schedules. Outside of practice, he enjoys spending time with his family and both playing and watching football (soccer).