Robert Ormiston

I’m a psychotherapist with over 25 years of experience in mental health — including clinical leadership roles within the NHS. Across these decades, my focus has remained steady: helping people understand their inner world, meet their pain with compassion, and rediscover the quiet strengths that sustain them. Informed by Internal Family Systems (IFS) and EMDR, my work rests on a simple premise: healing grows where safety and awareness meet. I bring a reflective, symbolic, and integrative approach — one that holds both the science of trauma and the poetry of meaning — and I aim to offer a grounded space where clarity, coherence, and genuine connection can emerge in their own time. My early clinical career unfolded during a period of profound transformation in psychiatric care across the UK. I worked on commissioning teams for several landmark projects that reshaped how mental-health services were delivered — from the first Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit at Hackney Hospital to new community mental-health hospitals in East Sussex and at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London. These experiences deepened my conviction that meaningful change begins in relationship — whether within large healthcare systems or within the psyche itself. Alongside clinical work, I participated in international forums on eating disorders and contributed to policy development, strengthening my belief that genuine innovation in mental health arises through cooperation — between professions, between ideas, and between human beings. During the pandemic, my focus evolved toward bridging psychotherapy and technology. I trained as a prompt engineer and full-stack developer, designing therapeutic tools and systems that help clinicians reflect, integrate, and protect the human presence at the heart of care. I am a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and remain committed to reflective, trauma-informed practice. Over time, my focus has shifted from traditional talk therapy toward something quieter and more integrative. Healing rarely comes from more words — it comes from how we pay attention. This reflection has shaped how I now work with clients and therapists alike.