Oana Chiru
Calm practical support for lasting change
About Oana
Oana Chiru welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or life changes and who want practical support. She is a BACP counsellor with 15 years of experience. Oana offers a calm, non-judgemental space for people to talk through what matters to them and find clearer ways forward.
Oana uses a blend of approaches to suit each person’s needs rather than one fixed method. Conversations focus on what is happening now, on patterns that keep problems going, and on small steps that can make day-to-day life easier.
Background and approach
She aims to help clients notice choices they can make and to build skills that fit their life. Her work pays attention to past hurts and how they affect present relationships and self-image. Trauma-focused methods and EMDR are part of how she addresses painful memories when needed.
At the same time she uses acceptance and values-based methods to help people find what matters to them and act on it. Oana also supports people dealing with grief, addiction concerns, eating and sleeping problems, anger, caregiving stress and long-term illness. She helps with issues around identity and intimacy, as well as career pressure and coping with change.
Many clients bring worries about self-esteem, attachment or dissociation, and she offers steady practical support for those themes. Sessions are offered in English, French and Romanian and are available for clients in the United Kingdom and internationally. Oana works online by appointment and helps clients choose a format that fits their needs.
What Oana works with
How Oana works
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Sessions & fees
Approach-led online therapy for trauma and values-based change
Oana commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and trauma-focused methods when working online. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small committed steps in line with those values. It is useful for anxiety, depression and coping with life changes.Trauma-focused work and EMDR are used to address painful memories and the way they affect day-to-day functioning. These approaches aim to reduce the emotional charge of past events and to help people regain more control over reactions and relationships.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Oana will discuss options and tailor the plan to each client’s needs, goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process where the person’s own experience guides which methods are used.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different lives. Video is good for a fuller face-to-face feel, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Chat and messaging suit quick check-ins, short coaching-style conversations or times when typing feels better. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, caregiving or travel.
| 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
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- 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
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- 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
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English, French, Romanian
