- Compassionate listener
- Goal focused
- Mindfulness informed
About Olenka
Olenka Hennessey offers calm, practical support for people feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure of their next steps. She focuses on helping individuals who are dealing with anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship pain, grief, trauma, or the stress of life changes. Olenka aims to make people feel heard and less alone as they sort through difficult emotions.
She works in a collaborative way and places importance on building trust in the therapy room. Conversations are paced to suit each person, with space to reflect and to challenge unhelpful beliefs when the client is ready. The work often centres on increasing self-awareness and identifying small, achievable steps forward.
Olenka draws on client-centred practice alongside mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people notice patterns and stay present with their experience. She also uses solution-focused ideas to set short-term goals and measure progress. These approaches are selected to match what each person needs in the moment.
With six years of experience, she has supported people through issues such as depression, parenting stress, eating and sleeping difficulties, workplace strain, compassion fatigue, and ADHD-related overwhelm. She also pays attention to attachment and abandonment concerns, infidelity, blended family challenges, and codependency where these appear in a client’s story.
Olenka holds BACP registration, which is shown as BACP. Sessions are offered in English and she practises from the United Kingdom while accepting international clients. To begin, clients follow the site Start Therapy process and complete a short matching questionnaire.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Olenka commonly uses client-centred work and mindfulness in her sessions. Client-centred therapy means she listens closely and follows the client's pace, helping people feel understood and encouraging them to explore their thoughts and feelings. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention skills to help manage anxiety, stress, and overwhelming emotions.She also draws on motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas to help clients find personal motivation and set practical short-term goals. The therapist will discuss which approaches suit a person's needs and adapt methods as the work progresses, making decisions together about what feels most helpful.
Practical benefits of online therapy include fitting sessions around busy schedules and reducing travel time so people can access support from where they are. Online work can make it easier to maintain continuity during life transitions and to check in more regularly when needed. The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the current session options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals can use online sessions to help people work through anxiety, relationship concerns, codependency, grief, and other issues while keeping therapy manageable alongside everyday life.
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Experience
6+ years
Credentials
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Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, trauma, and self-esteem difficulties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and collaborative, focusing on building trust and increasing self-awareness while supporting practical steps forward.
How much experience does she have?
She has six years of clinical experience working with people through life transitions, parenting challenges, workplace issues, and trauma.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is registered as BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she provide?
The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the current session options before booking.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.