Olivia Oven

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Dip. MBACP Counselling and Psychotherapy
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location_on Margate, Kent, CT9
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About me

Hi, I'm Olivia, a professional therapist specialising in supporting people navigating life’s transitions. Each stage of life can bring us into uncharted territory—whether it's becoming parents, experiencing loss or understanding relationships. These transitions can leave us grappling with who we are and what comes next. You may be dealing with self-doubt, conflict in relationships, a loss of self-worth or identity, or mental health challenges that have become difficult to manage. Though these periods can feel overwhelming, they also offer rich opportunities for growth, given space to explore and understand them. 

My approach is rooted in curiosity and compassion, guiding you to explore all parts of yourself—your desires, vulnerabilities, and strengths. Together, we will uncover the patterns and stories that have shaped your life, empowering you to make choices that align with your authentic self.

If you are looking for a growth-oriented approach to feeling better and functioning better, I would be honoured to walk this path with you.


I offer a no-fee 20-minute consultation where we can discuss your hopes for therapy, explore how we might work together, and look at availability. I work locally and internationally online and have limited availability for in-person sessions.

I am a Professional Fully Qualified Counsellor and member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, with a broad range of experience working with a local Counselling Charity alongside my Private Practice.

I work with:

  • Anxiety, stress, nervousness, fear, panic attacks and OCD.
  • Ageing and menopause
  • Couples and Individuals
  • Grief and loss: of loved ones, friends, a career, your health, or a life you feel you no longer have.
  • Depression, low mood, feeling without hope or motivation.
  • Divorce, problem relationships, family tensions, isolation and loneliness.
  • Low self-esteem, self-worth or a loss of identity.
  • New Parents; the highs and lows of becoming Parents and the shifting dynamics in intimate relationships are areas of special interest in my work 
  • Problematic coping mechanism such as excessive drinking and over-eating.
  • Trauma

If you have any questions, do get in touch for a free consultation.

Training, qualifications & experience

I am a Registered Member of the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) and abide by their code of ethics and ongoing training requirements.

I hold a Level 4 Diploma in Integrative Therapeutic Counselling as well as certificates, levels 2 & 3, Counselling Skills and Studies, and Working with Couples.

Certificates:

Solution-focussed Single Session Therapy

Brief Intensive Therapy

Couples Therapy

Relationship Counselling

Working with relational Trauma.

ADHD in Adulthood.

Anxiety and OCD

British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy- Certificate of Proficiency.

Working with complex grief.

Counselling Tutor 

Counselling Online.

Integrating artwork in Counselling.

Trauma and Shame.

Previously, and alongside my Private Practice, I worked for five years counselling adult clients for a local counselling charity.

I also trained with Place2Be in London, a children’s mental health charity who work with pupils, families and staff in UK schools and worked with them in Kent as Volunteer Counsellor.

Member organisations

BACP
British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.

Accredited register membership

British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy
Accredited Register Scheme

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British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy

Areas of counselling I deal with

Other areas of counselling I deal with

My special area of interest is working with new parents. The early days of having a baby, and beyond into childhood, can be a time of immense joy but also of incredible stress, exhaustion and shifting dynamics within our relationships and careers.

Navigating this new landscape can be challenging and place great pressure on our well-being. If you would like to know more about how I work with parents, and couples in general, please do get in touch and ask any questions you may have.

I also have extensive experience working with adults who have lived through childhood trauma and detached parenting. People who have lived through these experiences can struggle in their relationships and with their sense of identity. 

Again, please do get in touch if you would like to understand more about how we can work together to help overcome these difficulties.

Therapies offered

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Fees

£55.00 per session
Free initial online session

Concessions offered for

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Additional information

Once you have decided to get in touch, we can arrange a mutually convenient time for an initial 20-minute Zoom consultation session. This is fee-free and provides an opportunity to look at what has bought you to seek therapy, and is a time for you to decide if I am the right counsellor for you.

Subsequent online sessions are charged at £55 per session for individuals. I have some limited spaces with concessions available at a reduced rate of £45 for Counselling and Psychotherapy Students and those on a low-income

Couples Therapy sessions are 60-minutes. These sessions are charged at £65.

Individual Single Session Therapy (brief solution-focussed) is charged at £80 for a 90-minute session.  The follow-up 30-minute sessions are charged at £40.

Couples Single Session Therapy fees are £95. Follow-up 30-minute sessions are £45.

Limited In-person sessions are subject to availability and incur an additional £10 to the standard fees above

When I work

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I realise that life can be busy and unpredictable and so aim to be as flexible as possible. I offer therapy sessions on weekend mornings and Wednesday evenings subject to availability.

Further information

How I work:

I am primarily trained in Gestalt Therapy and also draw from Transactional Analysis, Emotionally Focussed Therapy, Internal Family Systems and Attachment Theory. I am a trauma-informed Therapist.

Gestalt Therapy focusses on our here and now experience, in mind and body. It draws together both our past hurts and our fears for the future and brings them into our present moment awareness; our 'stuckness', repeating patterns of thought and behaviour and explores our learned ways of coping that may no longer be useful to us.

Transactional Analysis looks at the roles we develop (the different parts of us, such as our Child part) and how they play out in our lives and relationships.

Emotionally Focussed Therapy is a humanistic evidenced-based approach to psychotherapy. It explores the layers of emotion and emotional experience that might be driving conflict in our relationships and causing turmoil to our inner world. Our emotions influence our thoughts and motivate our behaviour and as such, the aim of this approach is to transform maladaptive behaviours, such as emotional anxiety or emotional avoidance, to enable personal expression of needs and desires and to enjoy more fulfilling relationships.

A trauma-informed Therapist is specifically trained to work safely with trauma. The impact of trauma can threaten a person’s sense of safety and wellbeing, meaning the therapy space must be safe and contained. 

During the course of the therapy, care is taken to ensure that the pace and process is one that will assist in healing without re-traumatising. 

Please contact me for a free consultation to discuss your requirements.

Type of session

In person
Online
Phone

Types of client

Young adults (18-24)
Adults (25-64)
Older Adults (65+)
Couples
Organisations

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