Oliver is a psychotherapeutic counsellor passionate about helping people struggling with addiction, behavioural compulsions, trauma, OCD, anxiety, and depression.

He takes a person-centred approach to therapy, which means he believes that each person has the capacity to heal themselves. He uses mindfulness-based interventions, cognitive behavioural therapy, and motivational interviewing to help his clients develop the skills they need to overcome their challenges.

Oliver is also trained and certified in Attachment focused EMDR, which emphasises a reparative therapeutic relationship using a combination of Resource Tapping to strengthen clients, EMDR to process traumas and talk therapy to help integrate the information from EMDR sessions and to provide healing derived from therapist-client interactions. Attachment-Focused EMDR can be used for clients with severe early attachment trauma.

Oliver is also passionate about integrating holistic treatments with traditional psychological interventions. He believes that the mind, body, and spirit are interconnected and that a holistic approach to therapy can be more effective than traditional methods. Oliver is originally from Switzerland, but he has lived in Singapore for the past 22 years. He is fluent in English and German, and he has basic communication skills in French.

Qualifications

• Master of Counselling (SUSS – Singapore University of Social Sciences)

• Certified Sex Addiction Counsellor (Institute for Sex Addiction Training – ISAT)

• Certified Trainer for Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention, MBRP. University of California (UCSD) Centre for Mindfulness, USA

• Attachment-focused EMDR Therapist, Parnell Institute, USA

• Training in Emotion Focused Couple Therapy (Module 1, EFCT)

Professional Bodies

COSRT, College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists: www.cosrt.org.uk

ATSAC, Association for the Treatment of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity: atsac.org.uk