Etienne Oblado
Person-centred counsellor with practical therapy skills
About Etienne
Etienne Oblado uses a person-centred approach that places the client at the heart of therapy. He combines this with practical techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy and other methods to help people manage clear problems. Etienne's style aims to be warm and straightforward so people feel understood from the first session.
He has nine years of professional experience working with a wide range of concerns. These include addictions, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, anxiety and stress.
Background and approach
He also supports people with grief, sleeping problems, parenting strain, anger and career uncertainty. Etienne often helps clients who are navigating separation, infidelity, jealousy and forgiveness. He works with issues linked to narcissism, obsessive-compulsive behaviours, phobias and personality difficulties.
Process addictions such as pornography, exercise and gambling are also within his focus. His approach draws on motivational interviewing to strengthen commitment to change, and psychodynamic ideas to look at recurring patterns from a life story perspective. Sessions typically aim to build on a person's existing strengths while developing new coping skills.
Etienne explains things plainly and helps people set realistic steps they can use between sessions. Clients can expect a practical, steady process. The work is collaborative - goals are agreed together and reviewed over time.
Etienne is based in the United Kingdom and conducts therapy in English for local and international clients.
What Etienne works with
How Etienne works
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Listed by Etienne among the ways they work.
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Sessions & fees
Therapeutic approaches you can access online
Etienne uses person-centred work to create a respectful, listening space where the client leads the pace and topics. This approach helps people feel heard and helps identify their own strengths for change.He also draws on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), which focuses on spotting unhealthy thinking and testing new behaviours. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleeping problems and many stress-related issues because it gives concrete exercises to practise between sessions.
Motivational interviewing is another common tool he uses to build readiness for change and strengthen commitment to recovery, especially with addictions and behavioural concerns. Together, these approaches help shape a plan based on what the person wants to achieve.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Etienne will discuss goals and preferences with each person and suggest which methods to try first. The choice is collaborative and reviewed as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual contact helps, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or messaging suit shorter check-ins or those who prefer typed communication. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family commitments and travel, while still using the same therapeutic techniques as in-person sessions.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
