Oran Blackwood
Calm practical therapy for life’s difficult moments
About Oran
Oran Blackwood uses a blend of evidence-informed approaches to guide people through difficult moments. He focuses on practical ways to reduce anxiety, manage stress, and rebuild self-esteem. His style is straightforward and collaborative, aiming to make sessions usable between appointments.
Oran draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and client-centred ideas to shape how he works. That means he helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, try small changes, and reconnect with what matters to them.
Background and approach
He also uses mindfulness and narrative techniques to help people make sense of painful experiences. He has five years of therapeutic experience and holds the NCPS credential. His background includes work in education and supporting people with neurodiversity.
That experience informs how he responds to needs such as ADHD, autism or learning differences. People come to him for a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, grief, and relationship or parenting strain. He also supports those facing career uncertainty, burnout, compassion fatigue, and life changes that feel overwhelming.
Sessions aim to be practical and paced to the individual. Oran helps people build strategies for sleeping, managing anger, coping with cravings, or improving communication. The goal is clearer thinking and steadier day-to-day functioning.
Oran works in English and accepts international clients. Therapy uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time, with sessions arranged through the site's matching and scheduling process.
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Sessions & fees
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being driven by them. It focuses on values and small committed actions, which can support issues such as anxiety, depression and stress. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy aims to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns, making it useful for low mood, worry, sleeping problems and some addictive behaviours. Client-Centred Therapy offers a listening, non-judgemental space where the person sets the pace and direction, helping with self-esteem, grieving and relationship concerns.Choosing the right approach is a shared task. Oran works together with each person to test what feels most helpful and adjusts methods over time. That collaborative process lets therapy stay practical and tailored to changing goals and circumstances.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls are close to face-to-face work and allow visual connection. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer written reflection or need to fit conversations into a busy day. These options make it easier to maintain regular contact and to try different ways of working without changing location.
| 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
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
