COVENTRY ONLINE · UNITED KINGDOM
About the practice
On the name. Chotayah - in Igbo, "find it."
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.
The FOUNDERS
Held by two founders.
Founder · INTEGRATIVE DEPTH Psychotherapy & Consultancy
Chiddie Anyasodo
I work as an integrative therapist 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 counselling & 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
Two years of formal training at the Relational Life Institute. A case study of my application of RLT to cultural conflict is featured on the Relational Life Foundation website.
IV.
Gottman Couples Therapy
Gottman Institute · Levels 1 & 2
Formal training in the Gottman Method across Levels 1 and 2, informing the couples work alongside the psychoanalytic frame.
V.
Workplace Mediation
Civil Mediation Council · accredited training
Certified workplace mediator. The mediation training 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). Clinical work with the Personality and Complex Trauma service at NHS. In weekly clinical supervision and three-times-weekly Jungian analysis as part of continuing clinical practice.
Co-founder · Hypnotherapy, Coaching & Behavioural Research
Ben Anyasodo
Co-founder of Chotayah. Ben is a dedicated and versatile hypnopsychotherapist and coach. His disciplines are Hypnosis, NLP, Counselling, Coaching, and Psychotherapies. 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 patented scientist, 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).
Hear directly from Ben's clients
"Ben helped me regain my sanity and showed me how to best handle and control my emotions. Ben is the most kind, patient and understanding coach I have met. He helped me boost my self-esteem, manage my emotions, and moved my one-time chaotic home to a peaceful loving home. The best part of my journey with him is definitely the way I could hear and feel every of his words replaying in my heart as I go through my daily routines. I can't tell how he did magic without a wand — the self-consciousness and awareness of my general being and how my body works is enormous."
"I have become a better person talking to Ben, and have learned a lot of things that I never imagined when I asked him to be my coach. How he figured out my communication style and speaks to me in my language is something I found very valuable because it made me hear him. I recommend Ben strongly if you are looking for someone to talk or a coach to guide you or a counsellor that will say it to you the way you will understand."
"Ben is an excellent counsellor and behavioural coach. I say this because he has helped me immensely in my personal life and self-rediscovery journey. Ben will listen and talk to me without any type of judgement and mapped out a personalised, structured process to coach and counsel me towards a predetermined goal. More importantly, he comes to you with friendship, and genuine commitment to see you succeed."
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
Integrative Psychoanalytic grounded 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.
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.
Chotayah — "find it" — a specialist integrative depth therapy practice grounded in psychoanalytic thinkings with an organisational consultancy arm.
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Coventry, United Kingdom
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