Robert Ormiston, BACP

BACP. 25 years' experience. Robert Ormiston is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, career issues, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting pressures, anger, and coping with life changes. He uses approaches that aim for depth and steadiness rather than quick fixes.

Robert describes a thoughtful, insight-oriented style. He combines client-centred ways of working with existential thinking, Jungian ideas, mindfulness practice and Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR). Sessions focus on looking at feelings, patterns and inner conflicts, and on helping people find clearer ways to respond in daily life.

He has worked in mental health for 25 years, including senior clinical roles within the UK health system. That background includes leading and supervising teams and developing models of care for clinicians and frontline staff.

In practical terms, Robert aims to move at a pace someone can manage and to keep therapy purposeful. People can expect to talk through emotions, notice repeating patterns, and try ways of responding that feel more balanced. He often uses EMDR with trauma, anxiety, emotional reactivity and unresolved grief.

Robert also works with issues such as compassion fatigue, fatherhood concerns, first responder issues, aging and geriatric matters, dissociation, and a range of personality-related difficulties. Therapy is presented as a collaborative process that explores protective parts, strengths and the meanings behind difficult experiences.

How his approaches translate to online counselling