Olivia Stewart , BACP

Olivia Stewart is a BACP-registered counsellor, registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, who brings three years of formal counselling experience alongside a decade of work in helping relationships. She offers both short-term and longer-term therapeutic support, drawing on relational practice to understand how people connect with others and themselves.

Her work emphasizes Transactional Analysis, helping clients explore their life scripts and the recurring interaction patterns that shape relationships. This relational focus aims to uncover underlying dynamics so clients can make different choices in how they relate to others and to themselves.

Olivia has experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, family conflict, and depression, and she works to tailor sessions to each person’s particular situation. She views clients as the experts on their own lives and seeks to build on existing strengths to support change.

Olivia describes counselling as a courageous step toward a more fulfilling life and positions herself as a supportive, empowering guide throughout that journey, helping clients move toward greater clarity, resilience, and wellbeing.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Olivia Stewart blends client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, and psychodynamic ideas to support change. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a respectful, nonjudgmental space where the person’s experience guides the work and strengths are actively built on - this approach suits people seeking empathy and self-exploration. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, offering practical strategies for managing issues like anxiety, low mood, and stress. Psychodynamic Therapy explores patterns rooted in past relationships and unconscious processes to bring awareness to recurring difficulties and improve emotional understanding.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Olivia works collaboratively with each person, and with licensed professionals when appropriate, to determine which methods best match a client’s needs, goals, and preferences. This collaborative stance helps tailor sessions so they are meaningful and effective for the individual.

Online therapy with Olivia can take place via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and life demands. These options make it easier to access ongoing support from wherever the client is, while allowing therapists to adapt pace and format to what works best for each person.