Oliver Dicker

Hi, I’m Oliver and I specialise in working with clients experiencing anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, grief and relationship issues - whether with a partner or family members. In practical terms I provide a supportive environment, where we can explore the issues you bring, at a pace that’s right for you.

I believe that therapy works by talking about our experience, being heard and arriving at a better understanding and more acceptance of ourselves. It can also be helpful to get in touch with emotions that we have not been able to express. For many people, emotions can either feel overwhelming or hard to access. If this is the case then a really good way to work with them is by paying attention to their corresponding sensations in the body. This allows us to feel them and at the same time limits their ability to overwhelm us. One of the ways I work is to help support clients through this process.

I am an integrative psychotherapist which means that the way I work draws from a number of different approaches to therapy (humanistic, psychodynamic, existential, transpersonal, somatic). I trained at The Minster Centre, a nationally renowned institution with a training that has a particularly strong emphasis on the body. I started my career with Headstrong Counselling where I spent a number of years supporting clients to come through experiences of a broad range of issues. I then moved on to work in bereavement counselling at St Joseph's Hospice in Hackney where I worked with clients who were finding it difficult to cope with the loss of a loved one. I now work solely in private practice.

Alongside therapy I am also a qualified teacher of mindfulness and a lot of experience with yoga, breathwork and meditation. I integrate these elements into my therapeutic work to help clients to regulate their nervous systems and to release tension. I have a particular clinical interest in the spiritual, including spiritual emergence and spiritual emergency. I’m familiar working with clients who have experienced altered states of consciousness and who are looking to integrate their experiences.

If you think you might be interested in working together, please do get in touch and I’d be happy to have a 15 minute phone call so we can get more of a feel of what working together might be like. I look forward to hearing from you!