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About the practice

A specialist practice, held by two founders.

Chotayah is a specialist psychotherapy practice with an organisational consultancy arm. Founded in 2021 by Chiddie Anyasodo and Ben Anyasodo.

On the name. Chotayah — in Igbo, "find it."

— The founders

Held by two founders.
Chiddie's work runs psychoanalytically. Ben's work runs through hypnotherapy, coaching, and behavioural research. The arms are separate; the methodology is shared.

Chiddie AnyasodoChiddie Anyasodo
Founder · Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy & Consultancy

Chiddie Anyasodo

I work as an integrative psychotherapist from a psychoanalytic base, with a particular clinical interest in complex trauma, personality dynamics, and the multigenerational patterns that show up in the lives of people who are quietly exhausted underneath a functioning surface.

Before I retrained, I spent over a decade as a subsurface engineer in oil and gas, at Schlumberger, Baker Hughes, and Siemens, across four continents. The work taught me to trust the data from below the surface more than the assumptions above it. It also gave me a long exposure to people working inside complex systems under sustained pressure, and to the particular shape that pressure, performance, and professional identity take when the working life is demanding. That formation continues to shape how I listen now. The subsurface detective became a clinician who listens the same way.

I retrained in psychotherapy and I am now a doctoral researcher at the University of Exeter, on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.

Igbo, firstborn, and only daughter in a family of four. The cultural dimension of her clinical work is structural, not decorative.

Qualifications & Affiliations

Advanced training in the leading evidence-based models for complex relational and personality work.

Formal training, clinical supervision, and ongoing analysis as part of continuing clinical practice.

MSc Integrative Counselling, Birmingham Newman University.

I.
Mentalisation-Based Treatment Anna Freud Centre · London
MBT Practitioner training at the Anna Freud Centre — the leading evidence-based model for personality disorder work and the treatment of complex trauma with borderline features.
II.
Transference-Focused Psychotherapy International Society for TFP · Kernberg faculty
One year of advanced training in personality disorder treatment with Otto Kernberg MD. ISTFP-recognised didactic training in Transference-Focused Psychotherapy with Dr Tennyson Lee. Individual TFP supervision with Dr Lee, one of the most senior TFP clinicians in the United Kingdom.
III.
Relational Life Therapy Relational Life Institute
Two years of formal training at the Relational Life Institute. A case-consultation culture of Relational Life clinicians informs the couples and relational work alongside the psychoanalytic frame.
IV.
Structural Couples Therapy Gottman Institute · Levels 1 & 2
Gottman Levels 1 & 2 training, informing the couples work alongside the psychoanalytic and relational frames.
V.
Workplace Mediation Civil Mediation Council · accredited training
Certified workplace mediator (CMC). The mediation credential applies primarily to the organisational consultancy arm and to high-conflict family work, where structured dispute resolution is sometimes required alongside clinical intervention.

Registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Honorary clinical work with the Personality and Complex Trauma service at Coventry. In weekly clinical supervision and three-times-weekly Jungian analysis as part of continuing clinical practice.

— Selected work

Speaking & publications.
Peer-reviewed conference presentations and published clinical reflection. A public record that the practice's thinking stands up outside the consulting room.

  • Conference · Peer-reviewed research

    Navigating power imbalances in couple relationships: a review of therapeutic interventions.

    BACP International Research Conference Manchester · 16–17 May 2025 With Patti Phillips-Wallace
    Peer-reviewed
  • Case study · Feature

    Used Relational Life Therapy for cultural conflict.

    Relational Life Foundation · Clinician feature
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Ben AnyasodoBen Anyasodo
Co-founder · Hypnotherapy, Coaching & Behavioural Research

Ben Anyasodo

Co-founder of Chotayah. Ben's disciplines are hypnopsychotherapy, NLP, counselling, coaching, and applied behavioural research. He leads the hypnotherapy, coaching, and organisational-research arm of the practice.

Trained at the University of Nottingham, with clinical hypnotherapy training and ongoing professional registration with the National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH), the Association for Neuro-Linguistic Programming (ANLP), and the Complementary Medical Association (CMA).

With a deep fascination for the mind–body connection and a commitment to continuous learning, Ben stays at the forefront of therapeutic techniques. Clients appreciate his ability to tailor his methods to their specific needs, whether they are seeking relief from psychological distress or aiming to enhance their overall wellbeing.

Alongside his clinical work, Ben is a senior behavioural researcher and Human–Machine Interaction specialist, with over a decade of applied research leadership across automotive (Jaguar Land Rover), UK government (HMRC, DWP, UKHSA, MHRA), and private consultancy. That research eye is part of the clinical work — clients are not generic cases. The engagement is designed around who the specific person is and what will actually work for them.

Ben speaks internationally on behavioural research, user experience, and complex systems (World Usability Congress, TED, WeTest Athens).

Disciplines & Applied Work

A practitioner register that sits between the clinical and the applied, with real depth in both.

I.
Hypnopsychotherapy Clinical hypnotherapy · registered practice
One-to-one clinical work with adults. Indications include anxiety, insomnia, childhood trauma, phobia, performance, confidence, and transition.
II.
Neuro-Linguistic Programming NLP · Coaching · Counselling
Solution-focused, evidence-informed methods applied in both the clinical and the coaching arms. Bespoke programmes per client rather than packaged interventions.
III.
Applied Behavioural Research Human–Machine Interaction
A decade of applied research leadership across automotive and UK government — Jaguar Land Rover, HMRC, DWP, UKHSA, MHRA — and private consultancy. That research eye informs how the organisational consultancy engagements are scoped and run.
IV.
International Speaking Behavioural research · complex systems
International speaker on behavioural research, user experience, and complex systems — World Usability Congress, TED, WeTest Athens.

Registered with the National Council for Hypnotherapy (NCH), the Association for Neuro-Linguistic Programming (ANLP), and the Complementary Medical Association (CMA). Sessions are in-person and online. Engagements are bespoke, confidential, and discussed privately.

Where to next

Choose the arm relevant to what you are facing.

Each arm of the practice holds its own intake pathway.

For individuals, couples & families

Private Practice

Psychoanalytic psychotherapy for people navigating complex trauma, personality dynamics, and the relational patterns that keep repeating. Online across the United Kingdom and internationally, with selective in-person sessions in Coventry.

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For leadership teams & family enterprises

Organisations

Depth-psychological consultancy for leadership teams and family enterprises on the interpersonal patterns that drive attrition, derailment, succession difficulty, and operational failure. Engagements scoped by arrangement.

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