Oliver Williams

Oliver Williams is a psychotherapist and counsellor with five years of practice and a BACP accreditation. He aims to build straightforward, steady therapeutic relationships that balance honesty with respect for each person’s story. He often works with people facing separation and divorce, as well as a wide range of life stresses and emotional struggles.

Before private practice he worked in diverse settings, including The Priory, a domestic abuse agency, employee assistance programmes for professionals, and a digital counselling service for children and young people. He has also run projects with the Department for Work and Pensions focused on how talk therapy can support long-term unemployed people.

His approach is practical and conversational. Sessions typically focus on what a person wants to change and on simple steps to get there. He uses techniques from client-centred work, cognitive behavioural therapy and emotionally-focused therapy alongside mindfulness and solution-focused ideas.

Oliver pays attention to how relationships, past hurts and attachment patterns shape current reactions. He helps people talk through grief, trauma, anxiety and identity concerns in a way that aims to feel manageable. He also supports conversations about parenting, fatherhood and blended family challenges when individuals bring those issues into therapy.

Outside clinical work he made a short film called The Dark Heart Therapy to encourage men and boys to try counselling. That project has been used by organisations to increase male engagement with therapeutic services.

How his approaches translate to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person without judgment. It helps people feel heard and can be useful for worries about relationships, self-worth and making decisions.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together and uses straightforward exercises to change unhelpful patterns. It often helps with anxiety, stress and low mood by giving practical skills to try between sessions.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) aims to identify and work with core emotions in relationships, helping people process attachment wounds and improve emotional connection with themselves and others.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Oliver will talk with clients about their goals, preferences and what feels most useful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

Many people find online therapy easier to fit into a busy week because it removes travel and can be scheduled around work or family commitments. If you are considering online sessions, check the available formats before booking so you know how sessions will be held. Sessions can make it simpler to keep momentum between appointments and to use tools from CBT, mindfulness and solution-focused work in day-to-day life.