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Victoria Porteous, NCPS

Based in the UK Online sessions

Practical, conversational therapy with lived experience

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About Victoria

Victoria Porteous is a counsellor with 11 years' practical experience. She draws on her own life experience, including having been in therapy herself, to make sessions feel conversational and approachable. Victoria aims to build a warm working relationship so people can talk honestly without feeling judged.

Her background includes managing counselling services for a government-backed trauma charity during the Covid pandemic. She has worked with complex trauma survivors and alongside charities receiving referrals from doctors and government agencies.

Background and approach

Victoria has also supported clients through independent practice and onsite coaching work with businesses and individuals. Sessions tend to be personable and sometimes light-hearted, while still tackling difficult material. She will listen closely, ask direct questions, and at times challenge unhelpful thought patterns to open new perspectives.

That style comes from years of hands-on practice and earlier work that sharpened her observational skills. Victoria uses a blend of approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-based work, Client-Centred techniques, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy. She helps people with relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, anxiety and stress, addictions, grief, self-esteem and life changes, among other areas.

She is registered with NCPS and works from the United Kingdom. Sessions are conducted in English and she also offers coaching for workplace and individual development. To begin, readers are asked to use the site Start Therapy process to match and book according to Victoria's schedule.

Focus areas and approaches

What Victoria works with

Everything Victoria lists, in their own terms. LGBT is the reason Victoria is listed here; the rest shows what else Victoria works with.

Approaches Victoria lists

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Online support

How therapeutic approaches guide online counselling

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without letting them dictate actions. It focuses on values and small steps toward a more meaningful life, which can suit issues like anxiety, stress and low motivation. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape present patterns and helps people build new ways of relating when old strategies no longer work; this is often useful for relationship, intimacy and family concerns. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical techniques to reduce anxiety, tackle unhelpful thinking and change everyday habits.

Finding the right approach is usually a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and life circumstances and then suggest ways of working that suit the person. That may mean combining elements from different approaches to meet practical aims rather than following a single method.

The therapist's biography does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-in meetings when needed. It can also suit people who prefer not to be on camera for every session or who need to schedule sessions around work or family commitments. Registered and accredited professionals can adapt exercises, homework and conversational techniques to remote sessions so therapy stays focused on everyday changes and goals.
Questions

Questions people ask about Victoria

What kinds of concerns does Victoria help with?

She works with relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, anxiety and stress, addictions, grief, self-esteem, parenting and career matters, plus several other focused concerns listed on her profile.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Victoria keeps sessions conversational and personable. She listens closely, asks direct questions, and will sometimes offer a gentle challenge to help people see different perspectives.

What experience does she bring to sessions?

She has 11 years' experience, ran counselling services for a government-backed trauma charity during Covid, and has worked with complex trauma survivors and charity-referred clients.

What credentials and location are on record?

She is listed with NCPS and works from the United Kingdom.

Which languages and international options are supported?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.

How are costs and payment handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with her?

Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

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