Heather Oddy, NCPS

Heather Oddy is a counsellor who combines several therapeutic approaches to help people facing life stress and emotional pain. She holds NCPS credentialing and draws on practical methods to help with issues such as anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and relationship concerns. Heather aims to create a calm space where people can speak plainly about what is worrying them and begin to find ways forward.

Heather works from an integrative background that mixes person-centred ideas with cognitive and mindfulness-based techniques. She has studied Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) and attachment-based ideas, and adapts these to individual needs. That means sessions can include noticing unhelpful thinking patterns, practising grounding exercises, and looking at how early attachment experiences shape current relationships.

Her experience includes supporting people after trauma, helping with depression and anxiety, and working through loss and bereavement. She also has experience with eating and sleeping concerns, parenting stress, compassion fatigue and people who suspect they may have ADHD. Heather describes using a mix of talking therapy and practical exercises to help people cope day to day.

Heather receives monthly clinical supervision and continues to extend her training in holistic approaches. She can work with complex histories such as adverse childhood experiences and trauma-related symptoms. Sessions focus on small, manageable steps so people can build confidence and notice change over time.

People who want to begin are invited to describe their main concerns and goals. Heather prefers a collaborative pace, tailoring sessions to what feels most useful for each person.

How Heather's approaches work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without being taken over by them and to focus on actions that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns and manage symptoms. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current ways of relating and can help with trust, intimacy and relationship difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Heather will talk with each person about their goals and preferences, and together they will decide which methods to try first. This collaborative way means the plan can change as needs become clearer.

Session formats are not specified in the supplied profile, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, for example by removing travel time or allowing shorter check-ins during a lunch break. It can also allow conversations that focus on specific skills practice, such as breathing or mindfulness exercises, or on thinking and behaviour experiments that you can try between sessions.