Iulian Ochiana

Why work with me? While I can promise you a safe environment as well as empathic attunement to your specific needs and personality, these are just some of the basic requirements of working as a counselling therapist. Due to my baseline training in psychology and my humanistic counselling training, I can offer a space of emotional growth, backed up by the latest scientific studies in psychology. I understand that, chances are, because you are currently looking for a therapist, you are in a particularly vulnerable place in your life and it takes a lot of courage and self-awerness to pull yourself up and look for help. The first step is already done! And while I cannot guarantee that you will see me as the perfect match to aid in your journey, what I can promise is that I will do whatever is in my power to help you get in a better place.

The number one driving factor in therapeutic positive outcomes is the relationship between the client and the therapist. This determines me to be fully authentic with you in our sessions and the environment also allows us to form a relationship that does exist in your day-to-day life, since our relationship is confined in the space that we work in. This capacitates you to try things that would feel outside of your comfort zone, such as showing anger, vulnerability or just thoughts you would not feel comfortable to share otherwise.

I am trained integratively, which means I can pick bits from multiple facets of therapy, using what seems best in the current circumstance. My main roots in therapy are person-centred, psychodynamic and existential. I believe that everyone has a an inherent motivation for positive psychological functioning, be it in their deepest authentic self, we can work together to find that. I also believe that a lot of the "blueprint" of how we function in the world is formed early in our childhood, so a lot of our work would deal with that period of time. But we know now that our brain continues its "plasticity" even in adulthood, which means that interactions that we have now can modify that "blueprint" in a more positive way. We would also work a lot with attachment styles and how they come up in your world.

My favourite comparison to working with a therapist is about how we both explore a cave, your mind, and while I cannot be the expert of your cave, I can help light up a torch and we can slowly explore together.

I prefer to work face to face, but I am also available online.

Diploma in Psychology and Counselling (BSc) University of Roehampton.

Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling (Level 4) Kingston College. 

In my practice as a counselling therapist, I have worked with a number of different clients, presenting a wide range of characteristics. In my opinion, a therapist can empathise with things that they might never be able to encounter in their lives, which makes this line of work so fruitful.

I provide a free 30 minute call consultation, session in which we would discuss the reason why you would like to start therapy, some things about the way I work and decide whether you would like to continue working with me.

I can offer therapy in English and Romanian.