Olenka Hennessey , BACP

Olenka Hennessey is a qualified integrative counsellor registered in the United Kingdom and accredited with the BACP, a UK counselling association. She takes a sensitive, supportive stance and works collaboratively with people to build a trusting therapeutic relationship where they can feel heard and speak honestly about their experiences.

Olenka is committed to helping people increase self-awareness, gain insight, and challenge self-limiting beliefs so they can make meaningful change. Her integrative practice draws on evidence-based techniques, including CBT, and is tailored to each person’s needs. She emphasises that therapy is personal and that finding the right fit in the therapeutic relationship is an important part of the process.

She works with a wide range of challenges, such as anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, bereavement, trauma and abuse, life transitions, and coping with diagnoses like ADHD. Olenka also offers support around parenting, career concerns, compassion fatigue, intimacy-related issues, and a range of family and interpersonal problems.

Her aim is to help people feel less alone while they sort through feelings, thoughts, and experiences, and to empower them to embrace their individuality and move toward a more authentic, resilient life. Her private practice can be found at www.therapywitholenka.co.uk

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Olenka commonly draws on client-centered therapy, mindfulness therapy, and motivational interviewing. Client-centered therapy focuses on creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the therapist follows the client’s lead to explore thoughts and feelings - this approach is helpful for improving self-esteem, relationship concerns, and emotional processing. Mindfulness therapy uses present-moment awareness and gentle attention to thoughts and sensations to reduce stress and support emotional regulation, which can aid anxiety, sleep difficulties, and coping with life changes. Motivational interviewing is a collaborative conversation style that helps people clarify their goals and find internal motivation for change, often useful for engagement around behaviour change and ambivalence.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Olenka works together with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting techniques as progress unfolds to ensure a collaborative and personalized pathway.

Online therapy offers the flexibility to meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to connect across distances. These options can increase accessibility and convenience while allowing licensed professionals and therapists to provide consistent, ongoing support tailored to individual circumstances.