Heather Oddy
Calm practical support for stress and trauma
About Heather
Heather Oddy works from an integrative approach that blends talking therapies with mindfulness and acceptance-based ideas. She aims to create a calm, steady space where people can sort through stress, anxiety, loss and low mood. Heather uses straightforward language and practical steps rather than jargon.
She is presented here with her NCPS credential, which is shown as NCPS. Heather has five years of experience supporting people who are dealing with grief, trauma, depression and relationship concerns.
Background and approach
She also helps with self-esteem, anger, sleep and eating worries, and with people who are exploring possible ADHD. Her work covers broader life changes such as career shifts, caregiving strain and compassion fatigue. Her method draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Emotionally-Focused ideas alongside client-centred listening.
That mix allows her to use thought-focused techniques, values-led exercises and emotionally rooted conversations depending on the person in front of her. Sessions often include practical exercises and simple mindfulness practices. Heather adapts the pace and tools to what each person prefers.
She meets people by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging so therapy can fit around work and family life. Her NCPS credential is shown as NCPS and reflects the professional framework she works within. People who choose Heather can expect open, plain-speaking conversations.
The aim is clearer thinking, calmer days and better ways to manage feeling overwhelmed. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling sessions to suit both parties.
What Heather works with
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Sessions & fees
How Heather's approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress and coping with life changes by teaching simple exercises to stay present and act with intention.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and uses practical tasks to change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often used for depression, anxiety and sleep or eating concerns.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on recognising and working with strong emotions in the moment, which can help with relationship worries and intimacy-related issues.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences and how they respond to different techniques. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy easier to fit into busy lives. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation, phone is low-bandwidth and better for shorter check-ins, live chat suits fast written exchanges, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options give flexibility so people can pick what works best for them.
| 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
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
