Rosalind Oliver

Rosalind Oliver is a counsellor and psychotherapist who supports adults with depression, anxiety, stress and relationship or intimacy-related concerns. She also works with people affected by trauma and abuse, disordered eating, and compassion fatigue. Rosalind welcomes people from the LGBT community and draws on a person-centred, humanistic approach in sessions.

Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. She combines a humanistic base with cognitive-behavioural techniques and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to give practical skills alongside reflective work. Sessions often include mindfulness and somatic awareness to help clients manage overwhelming feelings in the moment.

Rosalind uses attachment-based and psychodynamic ideas to look at how early experiences shape current patterns. This can help people who struggle with abandonment, attachment issues, avoidance, or control and dependency difficulties. She also addresses communication problems, family of origin issues, body image and forgiveness concerns.

She has three years' experience and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Her background includes time working in the music and arts industries in Germany, and roles in law and healthcare management, which inform a practical understanding of workplace pressures and creative careers.

Sessions aim to build self-understanding and compassionate self-care alongside clear, manageable steps for day-to-day life. Rosalind adapts what she uses to fit each person's goals and circumstances, helping them find ways to cope with stress, improve relationships and rebuild confidence.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Rosalind regularly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in her work. ACT helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps towards those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and building practical skills for emotion regulation and behavioural change.

She also draws on attachment-based ideas to understand relationship patterns and how past connections affect present behaviour. That perspective can be useful for people dealing with intimacy-related issues, abandonment, or communication problems. Choosing which approach to use is a collaborative process and may change as therapy progresses.

Finding the right fit is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels manageable, and then agree on ways of working together. For session delivery, please confirm current options before booking as formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. They also let people work around creative schedules or work demands while still accessing relational and skills-based therapy.