Etienne Oblado, BACP

Etienne Oblado uses a client-centred approach to help people find clear, practical steps forward. He draws on nine years of experience working with issues such as addictions, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, and anxiety. Etienne speaks English and offers sessions to people in the United Kingdom and internationally.

He sees therapy as a collaborative process. Etienne treats each person as the expert on their own life and helps them build on existing strengths. Sessions focus on what matters most to the client and on small, doable changes that add up over time.

Etienne combines client-centred work with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy when those approaches suit the person’s needs. He also uses motivational interviewing and psychodynamic ideas to help understand repeating patterns and boost motivation for change. These methods are chosen to match the person and their goals rather than applied in a fixed way.

People come to him with a wide range of concerns, including grief, anger, sleep problems, parenting strain, workplace stress, intimacy issues and process addictions such as gambling or porn. He also supports people dealing with divorce, infidelity, jealousy, obsessive-compulsive issues, personality-related difficulties and ADHD-related challenges.

Sessions are offered by video, phone, chat or text messaging so people can pick a format that fits their life. Etienne works in a straightforward, respectful way and focuses on building trust, clarity and practical skills that clients can use between sessions.

How therapeutic approaches work online with Etienne

Etienne commonly combines Client-Centred Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in online sessions. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so the person feels heard and understood; it helps when someone needs a space to make sense of their feelings. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at thinking and behaviour patterns and teaches practical strategies for managing anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and addictive urges.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Etienne will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and recommend ways of working together. This is a collaborative process where methods are adjusted as progress is made and priorities change.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video suits deeper conversations and visual contact, phone can be helpful when bandwidth is limited, live chat offers a quicker check-in, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make therapy more flexible for work, family commitments or differing energy levels, while still allowing focused, structured work using the chosen therapeutic approaches.