Olivia Stewart, BACP

Olivia Stewart is a BACP registered therapist who brings three years of direct counselling experience and a decade-long background working in helping relationships to her practice. She offers both short-term and long-term work, meeting clients where they are and supporting them through practical and emotional change.

Her practice is relational in focus with an emphasis on Transactional Analysis - helping people to recognise the life script they have been following and the recurring patterns they may unknowingly replay in relationships. Olivia has supported people experiencing stress and anxiety, relationship and family conflict, and depression, drawing on her experience to tailor the work to each person’s needs.

Olivia believes each person is the expert on their own story and that people already possess strengths that can be used to navigate hardship. She approaches counselling as a collaborative process, offering guidance, empathy, and empowerment so clients can pursue a more fulfilling and happier life. As a BACP practitioner - a recognised membership for counsellors in the United Kingdom - she aims to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where change is possible and courage is honoured.

Approaches and benefits of online relational therapy

Olivia draws on client-centered work to base therapy on each person’s experience and priorities. This approach focuses on listening, empathy, and supporting clients to discover their own answers, and it can help with issues like low self-esteem, life transitions, and relationship concerns.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help clients identify and change unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns. CBT is practical and goal-oriented and can be effective for stress, anxiety, depression, and sleep difficulties.

Olivia integrates psychodynamic ideas to explore how past relationships and unconscious patterns influence present-day reactions. This perspective can be useful for attachment, intimacy-related issues, and recurring relationship difficulties.

Finding the right blend of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Olivia works collaboratively with clients to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as therapy progresses.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect - through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit sessions into busy lives or to work with Olivia from different locations. Registered professionals like Olivia aim to make therapy accessible and adaptable while maintaining a clear therapeutic focus that supports progress over time.