About Oliver
Oliver Chidwick offers calm, practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, addiction and loss. He writes clearly and listens closely, helping people talk through painful feelings and find small steps forward. Oliver aims to make sessions straightforward and focused so busy, worried parents can follow along easily.
He works from a mix of well-established approaches. Oliver uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people live by their values, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to spot and shift unhelpful thoughts, and Client-Centred ways of working to keep the conversation grounded around the person in front of him.
How Oliver works
He also draws on Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Jungian ideas when those perspectives seem useful. With eight years of experience, Oliver has supported people dealing with depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy issues, and a wide range of other concerns. He also helps with practical problems such as sleep, eating difficulties, career stress and managing anger.
His practice includes work on topics like attachment, abandonment, body image and complex medical or caregiving strain. Sessions are available to people in the United Kingdom and to international clients in English. Oliver explains what to expect, listens without judgement and helps people set realistic goals.
He encourages steady progress through short, manageable steps. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and book a session. Oliver uses a conversational, evidence-informed approach aimed at making therapy useful and achievable for everyday life.
Oliver lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Oliver works with
The areas below are the ones Oliver selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- 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
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice what matters to them and take small steps towards those values even when difficult thoughts or feelings appear. It is often useful for anxiety, stress and life transitions.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and offers simple practical exercises to reduce unhelpful patterns. It can help with depression, sleep problems, eating concerns and anxiety.
Oliver will work with each person to find the right blend of approaches. He treats choice of method as a shared decision and will adjust the focus based on the person's goals, preferences and how they respond during sessions.
Online therapy can make it easier to fit support into a busy life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick check-ins, written reflection or ongoing support between appointments. These options give flexibility so therapy can happen when it fits the client's schedule and needs.
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