Heather Oddy

Heather Oddy is a counsellor who blends practical talking therapy with mindfulness and acceptance-based ideas. She holds NCPS and draws on a mix of approaches to help people manage anxiety, stress, grief and low mood. Heather writes simply and listens closely to what matters to each person. Heather uses a variety of approaches rather than a single method. She often draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help spot unhelpful thinking patterns and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to support people to live by their values. Attachment-based work and person-centred ideas shape how she helps people make sense of relationship pain and past hurt. She has five years of clinical experience working with issues such as trauma and abuse, depression, chronic stress, ADHD concerns and bereavement. Heather has also supported people with body image, sleep problems, caregiving stress and long-term health conditions. She is familiar with adoption and foster care topics, abandonment, attachment difficulties and related relationship challenges. Heather combines talking therapies with mindfulness and self-help strategies people can try between sessions. She describes therapy as a collaborative process and adapts her way of working to match individual needs and goals. She engages in monthly clinical supervision and continues to develop her skills across psychological and holistic approaches. Based in the United Kingdom, Heather works in English. People who are interested in starting can use the platform's booking flow to match with her and arrange sessions.

Therapeutic approaches and how they translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting swept up in them, and then take small steps toward a life that matters to them. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thinking and behaviour that keep problems going and testing new, more helpful ways of responding. Attachment-based ideas look at how early relationship experiences shape current emotions and ways of relating, which can help when relationship pain or unresolved loss is a focus.

Finding the right way of working is a collaborative process. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and what has and hasn’t helped before, then try approaches that suit those needs. Sessions can shift as progress is made so the approach stays aligned with what the person wants to achieve.

Session formats are not listed on the original biography, so please confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow people to choose a quieter place to talk. It also makes using worksheets, mindfulness practices and brief behavioural experiments between sessions more convenient, helping people practise new skills in everyday life.