Olivia Stewart, BACP

Olivia Stewart is BACP registered and has three years of counselling experience. She draws on a decade of background in helping relationships to guide people through stressful times. Olivia works with both short-term and longer-term needs. Her approach centres on the relationship she builds with each person.

Olivia listens for the life patterns that shape how people behave and relate. She uses relational work and ideas from Transactional Analysis to look at recurring roles and interactions. This helps clients notice unhelpful cycles and make different choices.

She has supported people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship and family difficulties. Other areas she works with include coping with life changes, addictions, intimacy-related issues, sleep problems, anger and self-esteem. Jealousy, attachment and abandonment concerns are also mentioned among her focus areas.

Olivia draws on several therapeutic approaches to suit different needs, including client-centred ways of working, cognitive behavioural techniques and solution-focused strategies. She aims to help people identify practical steps they can take between sessions. The tone in sessions is collaborative and down-to-earth.

Clients can expect a calm, respectful space to talk through difficult moments and consider new ways forward. Olivia emphasises people’s strengths and supports them to make changes at a pace that feels manageable.

Approaches that guide online counselling and practical benefits

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. It helps people feel heard and supports them to trust their own decisions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns and reduce symptoms of anxiety or low mood.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will explore goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and together they will decide which methods to try. This is a collaborative process and can change as progress is made.

Please confirm the current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy life, for example by saving travel time, making it possible to have shorter check-ins, or allowing sessions at times that suit work or caregiving commitments. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt their methods for remote sessions and help people practise tools between meetings to support steady progress.