About Orlando
Orlando Hollingsworth welcomes people who are facing stress, anxiety, depression, or struggles with relationships and self‑worth. He works with those coping with life changes, grief, anger, addiction concerns, and challenges around intimacy or parenting. Orlando is a BACP counsellor with eight years of professional experience in the United Kingdom.
He keeps sessions straightforward and centred on the person in front of him. Conversations are tailored to what matters most to the client, with practical steps and small goals to try between meetings.
How Orlando works
The focus is on noticing what gets in the way of daily life and finding ways to shift it. Orlando draws on several established approaches to shape sessions. He uses attachment ideas to look at how past relationships influence current ones.
Cognitive behavioural techniques help to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and habits. Narrative and psychodynamic work can help unpack past events and the stories people tell about themselves. He also offers coaching-style support for career questions, motivation and building confidence.
Sessions can address a wide range of concerns from ADHD and compassion fatigue to communication and commitment issues. The aim is to make progress in manageable steps that suit each person. Clients can expect a respectful, calm tone and a practical focus.
Orlando encourages people to set the pace and brings curiosity to difficult topics. That shared approach helps people try new ways of coping and relating.
Orlando lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
What Orlando works with
The areas below are the ones Orlando selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Anger management
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- 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 sessions
Orlando uses attachment-based ideas to help clients understand how early relationships still shape feelings and behavior today. This approach can be useful for people who struggle with trust, closeness or repeated relationship patterns.He also uses cognitive behavioural therapy or CBT to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try small behavioural experiments. CBT is often helpful for anxiety, stress, depression and changeable habits. Narrative and psychodynamic elements may be included to look at personal stories and past experiences that influence current beliefs and reactions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. He will discuss options and adapt methods depending on a person’s needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative planning helps match techniques to what the client wants to achieve.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversations and seeing non-verbal cues. Phone sessions can fit a busy day or use less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, written reflections or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel.
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