Oliver Tatchell
Calm, practical therapy for everyday struggles
About Oliver
Oliver Tatchell offers calm, practical support for people dealing with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and depression. He presents as a steady presence who helps people take small steps toward feeling more able and hopeful. He speaks plainly and aims to make sessions easy to follow for someone worried or overwhelmed.
He creates a non-judgemental space where thoughts and feelings can be talked through. Sessions focus on what matters most to the individual - coping day to day, managing difficult emotions, or rebuilding confidence after loss.
Background and approach
The emphasis is on clear, doable actions rather than jargon. Oliver uses client-centred methods to listen closely and shape therapy around the person in front of him. He also draws on cognitive behavioural techniques to look at unhelpful thought patterns and try practical changes.
Mindfulness practices are offered to help with stress and sleep problems when useful. With four years of professional experience he has worked with common concerns such as grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, and compassion fatigue. He also has experience with attachment-related difficulties, body image, and neurodiversity topics such as autism and Asperger syndrome.
Oliver is registered with BACP and NCPS and practices in the United Kingdom. Sessions are available in English and delivered online by video, phone, live chat or text messaging. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and appointments are arranged according to the therapist's schedule.
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Sessions & fees
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Oliver blends client-centred work with cognitive behavioural therapy to offer straightforward, practical help. Client-centred therapy means he listens first and lets the person's priorities guide sessions; this helps people feel heard and shape goals together. Cognitive behavioural therapy looks at thoughts and behaviours and uses simple exercises to reduce anxiety, improve mood, and change patterns that cause problems.He also uses mindfulness techniques to teach breathing and attention skills that can reduce stress and help with sleep. These approaches can be introduced in short exercises during a session and then practised between meetings to build lasting change.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. He will discuss what feels most useful and adapt methods to the person's needs, goals and preferences. The process is collaborative and may change as work progresses.
Online formats make this practical work easier to fit into life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and shared exercises. Phone sessions can be a good option when video is difficult or bandwidth is low. Live chat and text messaging offer shorter, flexible check-ins and written tools to reflect on between sessions. These options help people keep therapy going around work, family life or other commitments.
| 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
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- 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
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Registered with
- BACP, NCPS
- Languages
- English
