Carlos Calvet Ortin

Carlos Calvet Ortin is a BACP accredited counsellor and psychotherapist based in London. He has five years of clinical experience and has focused much of his work on issues of loss - whether that loss follows the death of a loved one, the end of a relationship, the loss of a job, or other meaningful and irreplaceable changes. He offers a calm, reliable space to explore how loss has affected a person’s life and sense of self.

He also works with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, loneliness, death anxiety, feeling stuck, communication issues, identity questions, obsessive thoughts, and miscarriage. His practice experience spans private practice, Employee Assistance Programmes (EAPs), healthcare providers, charities, and schools. He is also mindful of the particular emotional challenges faced by people moving to the United Kingdom for the first time, including feelings of alienation and the grief that comes from distance from family and community.

His therapeutic stance is integrative with a person-centred model at its core. In practice this means he draws on different therapeutic approaches according to what best suits the individual in front of him rather than relying on a single method. He seeks to respond to who a person is, what they need, and where they are in their process, recognising that no single theory has all the answers.

Carlos is bilingual and offers sessions in English and Spanish. He also brings a background in Fine Arts to his clinical work, believing that creativity and imagination can help access unconscious material and support change. He aims to create a non-judgemental space where issues can be explored at the client’s pace and in depth.

He is experienced in working with men who may find it difficult to seek help because of cultural expectations of stoicism, independence, or shame about appearing weak. If that resonates, he welcomes the decision to reach out and believes that deciding to move on from where you are is the first step toward change - “To get somewhere new, you must first decide that you are tired of being where you are”.

His training includes a Level 4 Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling, a Level 4 Advanced CBT Diploma Course, a Certification Program in Advanced Trauma, PTSD and Dissociation, and a Level 6 Certificate in Therapeutic Supervision.