“Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.”
- Sigmund Freud
ABOUT OLIVE BUCKLEY THERAPY
My name is Olive and I am a counsellor, psychotherapist, and behavioural coach with years of experience helping clients to overcome mental struggles, build future resilience, and learn to overcome life’s many challenges. I hold a BSc Hons Degree in Counselling & Psychotherapy specialising in group therapy and sexual dysfunction & abuse from Middlesex University and also hold a Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy from PCI College. As well as my formal education, I hold a certificate in Addiction, CAMS, Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicide, Positive Behavioural Coaching and Mental Health First Aid. I am currently pursuing a Masters in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy and I am an accredited member of the Irish Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (IACP).
Past Experience & Areas of Interest
I have extensive experience of working in specialist services with adults who struggle with self-harm and suicidal ideation, having worked for a number of years as a psychotherapist in Sosad and The Open Door Project. As well as this, I have worked with clients who have been bereaved by suicide, helping to guide them through this intensely difficult experience to come to a place of understanding and acceptance.
Alongside these specialist areas, my counselling and psychotherapeutic services are suitable for clients struggling with anxiety, depression, addiction, sexual abuse, trauma, homelessness, relationship issues, family issues, work issues, bullying, and more.
My Counselling & Psychotherapeutic Approach
I believe that an integrative approach is necessary to help build and nurture a comfortable and safe therapeutic space for the client to explore their issues freely, which is why I offer a person-centred, humanistic, and holistic approach to my counselling and psychotherapeutic services.
During my counselling services, I believe that you, the client, should be kept at the centre of the therapeutic process, working collaboratively to help you overcome your issues together.
I primarily focus on using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Person-Centred Psychotherapy, and Reality Therapy to help clients explore their issues, overcome their struggles, and build resistance for the future.
