About Oliver
Oliver Chidwick is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, addiction, grief and relationship strain. He understands taking the first step feels hard and aims to make sessions straightforward and encouraging. Oliver holds BACP accreditation and brings eight years of professional experience to his practice.
In sessions he keeps the tone direct and down-to-earth. Conversations focus on what is happening now and on small, do-able changes that can ease pressure.
Background and approach
He encourages people to name difficult feelings, notice unhelpful patterns, and try different ways of responding. Oliver draws on approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centred Therapy to shape work with each person. He adapts methods to suit how someone prefers to work rather than following a fixed recipe.
That can mean practical exercises between sessions, gentle reflection, or learning new coping skills. People come to him for a wide range of concerns including phobias, trauma and abuse, depression, addiction, self-esteem and relationship difficulties. He also helps with sleep, eating concerns, parenting stress, ADHD and major life changes.
Sessions are offered online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. Oliver supports international clients in English and uses a subscription model for sessions that can be cancelled at any time.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and make room for difficult feelings while committing to actions that matter to them. It can be useful for anxiety, stress and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with phobias, depression and sleep problems. Client-Centred Therapy emphasises a warm, non-judgemental relationship where the client sets the pace and direction of work.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Oliver uses these methods flexibly and will discuss which fits your needs, goals and preferences. That means trying different techniques together and adjusting the plan based on what helps you in real life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to give practical options. Video calls allow more natural conversation and visual cues, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break, live chat suits brief check-ins and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments while working directly with a registered professional.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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