Psychotherapy, counselling and coaching in Esher, Surrey and online
I’m Olga, an integrative psychotherapist and a coach, working with adults aged 18 and over in Esher, Surrey and online.
You may be looking for support at a time when something in your life feels unsettled, unclear or difficult to carry alone – or when you feel ready to make a change but are unsure how to move forward.
Depending on what you are looking for, I offer psychotherapy and counselling, which provide space to reflect on and understand your experience more deeply, as well as coaching, which is more focused on direction, decision-making and taking practical steps forward.
Alongside my private practice, I work clinically within an NHS GP surgery, providing counselling and psychotherapy to people experiencing a wide range of emotional, relational and health-related difficulties. I am currently completing an MSc in Integrative Psychotherapy at the Metanoia Institute.
Before training as a psychotherapist, I worked in corporate finance. This background contributes to my understanding of demanding professional environments, career and identity transitions, and the tensions that can arise between work, relationships, health, family responsibilities and personal values.
I work with adults from a wide range of backgrounds, identities and life experiences.
People may come to me with anxiety and overwhelm, relationship difficulties, grief and loss, life transitions, questions of identity and belonging, the emotional impact of chronic pain or changes in health, or complex relationships with food, the body, work or money.
I welcome migrants, expatriates, international clients and third-culture adults who may be navigating relocation, cultural adjustment or a changing sense of home and belonging.
Current availability: I have limited availability for reduced-fee psychotherapy online and in Esher, as well as for online coaching.
Psychotherapy and counselling
Psychotherapy and counselling offer a confidential and consistent space in which you can speak openly and explore what is happening within you, in your relationships and in the patterns that may be shaping your life.
People often come to therapy when something feels overwhelming, painful or difficult to understand. At other times, there may be no single crisis, but a quieter sense of feeling stuck, disconnected from yourself or caught in ways of thinking, relating or coping that no longer feel helpful.
My approach is integrative and relational, meaning I draw from different therapeutic perspectives – including psychodynamic, humanistic, and neurobiological understandings – while placing importance on the therapeutic relationship as a space where understanding and change can develop over time.
I also work in a phenomenological way, paying close attention to your lived experience – how you see your life, what feels difficult, and what holds meaning for you. This is a collaborative process, where we make sense of things together, rather than applying fixed interpretations.
Alongside this, I hold in mind the wider context of your life, including relationships, family, work, culture, migration, health, identity and social experiences. Emotional difficulties do not develop in isolation, and therapy can create space to consider both your inner world and the environments and relationships that have shaped it.
This work may include exploring anxiety, trauma, grief, relationship difficulties, cultural identity and belonging, the emotional impact of illness or chronic pain, and complex relationships with food, the body, money or other ways of coping.
I offer short-term counselling and longer-term, open-ended psychotherapy, depending on your needs and what feels appropriate for the work.
Coaching
Therapeutic coaching offers a more structured and forward-looking way of working when you want to make a change, reach a decision or develop a clearer sense of direction.
My approach combines practical coaching with psychological depth. Together, we can explore what may be getting in the way, clarify what matters to you and identify realistic steps forward.
I have several years’ experience supporting people through career and identity transitions, changes in family life, relocation, and patterns around food, wellbeing and other habits. I have also completed additional training in coaching approaches to addictive behaviours and sustainable behaviour change.
Coaching may support you with:
- Career, identity or life transitions
- Relocation and adapting to a different country or culture
- Balancing work, family life, health and personal needs
- Exploring your relationship with work and money
- Changing patterns around food, wellbeing or other habits
- Developing clarity and taking practical, sustainable steps forward.
Where difficulties are longstanding, emotionally complex or connected with trauma, loss or significant mental-health concerns, psychotherapy may be a more appropriate form of support. We can consider this together during an initial conversation.
Who I work with
Sometimes there is no single difficulty, but a broader sense of feeling stuck, unsettled or no longer quite yourself. We can begin with what is happening for you and consider whether psychotherapy, counselling or therapeutic coaching may offer the most appropriate form of support. The list below reflects some of the areas I work with and is not exhaustive:
Emotional and relational difficulties
- Anxiety, overwhelm and persistent worry
- Low mood, loneliness and low self-esteem
- Relationship difficulties and recurring relational patterns
- Trauma, abuse and the continuing impact of difficult experiences
- Grief, bereavement and other forms of loss
- Anger and difficulties understanding, expressing or regulating emotions.
Identity, change and belonging
- Major life transitions and changes in identity or direction
- Career change, professional pressure and burnout
- Parenting challenges, changing family roles and complex family relationships
- Migration, relocation and cultural adjustment
- Expatriate, international and third-culture experiences
- Questions of identity, home and belonging
- Exploring your relationship with work and money, and the place they hold in your life.
Health, the body and ways of coping
- The emotional and psychological impact of chronic pain, illness or a medical diagnosis
- Adjusting to changes in health, the body or physical capacity
- Health anxiety
- Binge eating, emotional eating or a complex relationship with food
- Body image difficulties
- Compulsive or addictive behaviours
- Other ways of coping that may have become distressing or limiting.
