Odin Parmenter, BACP

Odin Parmenter is a BACP-registered integrative relational psychotherapist based in the United Kingdom, offering a thoughtful and tailored approach to mental health and wellbeing. With three years of professional practice, he combines relational methods with a body-mind focus, recognising how emotional experience and physical presence influence one another. The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, or BACP, is the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK and denotes a commitment to recognized professional standards.

Odin works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, neurodiversity, relationship and family difficulties, LGBT matters, and issues related to identity, intimacy and grief. He also supports people managing ADHD, addictions, bipolar conditions, parenting challenges, career transitions, and compassion fatigue, alongside more specific focuses such as attachment and abandonment, codependency, dissociation, and gender dysphoria. His practice attends to both practical coping and deeper relational patterns so clients can work toward clearer understanding and healthier connections.

He aims to create a respectful, sensitive, and non-judgemental space where people can explore change at their own pace. Odin emphasises collaboration, tailoring techniques from his integrative training to align with each person’s needs and goals, and supports clients through both short-term difficulties and longer-term personal growth.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Odin commonly draws on Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in his online practice. Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship patterns shape current connections and can be useful for people dealing with abandonment, intimacy issues, and relationship difficulties. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on providing empathic, non-judgemental presence so clients can lead the pace of their own exploration and build self-understanding and self-esteem. CBT is a practical, skills-oriented approach that helps identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviours, often used for anxiety, depression, and stress-related concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Odin works collaboratively with each person to understand their needs, goals, and preferences, and adapts techniques from these approaches to create a personalised plan that fits the individual.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging - which can make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives, manage geographical distance, and maintain continuity of care. Registered professionals can offer consistent support through these formats while adjusting pace and tools to suit each client’s way of working.