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Rosalind Oliver, BACP

Credentials: BACP
Experience: 3 years
Practising in: United Kingdom
Languages: English, German
Sessions: Online only
Client ages: Adults, 18 and over

Works with Stress, Anxiety LGBT Trauma and abuse Depression Compassion fatigue

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Rosalind Oliver offers support for people facing stress, anxiety, depression and relationship or intimacy-related difficulties. She also helps those coping with trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue and challenges linked to identity, including LGBT issues. Rosalind works in English and German and practices across online formats including video calls and messaging.

Her approach is person-centred at heart. Sessions aim to be collaborative and warm, with practical steps as well as space to talk.

Background and approach

She draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to help with unhelpful thinking and behaviour, and uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to work with difficult feelings rather than fighting them. Rosalind also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This can help when difficulties feel familiar or repeat across relationships.

Therapy may include noticing body sensations or simple grounding exercises alongside talking about experience. She trained to postgraduate level and holds BACP registration, which appears after her name as BACP. Rosalind has around three years' experience working as a counsellor and psychotherapist in the United Kingdom.

Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, and subscriptions can be cancelled at any time. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and appointments are scheduled according to availability.

How therapeutic approaches work online with Rosalind

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It helps people live according to their values while carrying difficult emotions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at connections between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical skills for changing unhelpful patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship experiences shape current ways of relating and can help when patterns repeat in close relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Rosalind discusses goals and preferences with each person and adapts methods as therapy unfolds. That means sessions can focus on practical skills one week and relational patterns the next, depending on what is most helpful.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy fit around life. Video calls suit deeper work and visual connection, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat works well for short check-ins, and messaging lets people reflect between appointments. These options aim to give flexibility and access for people managing busy schedules or different day-to-day demands.

What kinds of problems does Rosalind help with?

She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy-related issues, low self-esteem, compassion fatigue and LGBT related concerns, plus many related issues such as eating difficulties and body image.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her work is person-centred and collaborative. She combines practical skills like cognitive behavioural techniques with acceptance-based and attachment-informed ways of working.

What is her background and experience?

She trained to postgraduate level and has about three years' experience as a counsellor and psychotherapist, bringing additional experience from work in creative industries and healthcare settings.

Where is she based and what credentials does she hold?

She practises in the United Kingdom and is registered with BACP, shown after her name as BACP.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English and German.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions operate via a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start working with her?

Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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Experience: 3 years
Registered with: BACP
Languages: English, German

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Rosalind Oliver, BACP

Background and approach

How therapeutic approaches work online with Rosalind

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

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