Olenka Hennessey, BACP

Olenka Hennessey is a qualified integrative counsellor registered in the United Kingdom with the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She brings a sensitive, supportive style and works collaboratively with clients to build a trusting therapeutic relationship where people feel heard and able to speak their truth.

Olenka focuses on increasing self-awareness and helping clients gain insights that support change, challenge self-limiting beliefs, and strengthen resilience. Her practice emphasises a personalised fit, recognising that therapy is unique to each person. She aims to help people feel less alone as they work through emotions, thoughts, and experiences, creating a space that encourages openness and growth.

She works with a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem, bereavement, trauma and abuse, and life transitions such as new parenthood, moving home, career change, perimenopause and menopause, and adjusting to a diagnosis like ADHD. Olenka also supports clients with family and parenting concerns, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, career challenges, and compassion fatigue.

Olenka uses an integrative approach drawing on evidence-based techniques tailored to each person. Her private practice offers a compassionate, empathetic environment aimed at helping clients unlock potential, embrace individuality, and create a more fulfilling life.

Integrative Approaches and Online Therapy Options

Olenka draws on client-centered therapy and mindfulness therapy alongside motivational interviewing to support clients in online sessions. Client-centered therapy focuses on creating an accepting, non-judgemental space where the therapist follows the client’s lead to explore feelings and values, which can help with relationship issues, self-esteem, and life transitions. Mindfulness therapy introduces simple, present-focused techniques to help manage anxiety, stress, and emotional overwhelm by developing greater awareness of thoughts and bodily sensations. Motivational interviewing is a collaborative, goal-oriented approach that helps people clarify their reasons for change and build motivation, often useful for habit change, coping strategies, and moving through stages of life.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and Olenka works together with clients to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. This collaborative process aims to tailor sessions so clients feel supported in choosing what works best for them.

Online therapy with Olenka is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility to fit different schedules and circumstances. These options make it easier to access registered professionals from the United Kingdom and abroad, offering continuity of care and practical ways to engage in therapy from wherever the client is located.