About Victoria
Victoria Swart is a counsellor with seven years' experience who uses an integrative approach to help people facing stress, anxiety, loss and identity concerns. She works with practical issues like sleeping, eating, addiction and low self-esteem. Victoria presents herself as a straightforward, down-to-earth practitioner who aims to make the first step feel less daunting.
Her work combines methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside client-centred and attachment-based elements.
Background and approach
Victoria explains things in plain language and focuses on how therapy can help with day-to-day struggles, not on clinical jargon. Sessions often look at patterns that keep problems going and test small changes that can make life feel more manageable.
Victoria has supported people through trauma, bereavement and major life changes, as well as concerns linked to career, relationships, parenting and long-term health conditions. She also notes experience with issues connected to adoption, abandonment and ageing. Her background includes time in independent practice and volunteering with a suicide and suicide prevention charity.
She carries the credential NCPS, which is recorded here as supplied. Victoria offers help to people including those from LGBT communities and welcomes discussions about identity and transition where relevant. Sessions are delivered in English and she is able to work with international clients.
Practical goals are often part of the work, such as improving daily routines, reducing avoidance, or building communication skills. Victoria encourages a collaborative pace so people can try changes that fit their life and commitments.
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Victoria lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How evidence-based approaches fit into online therapy
Victoria blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy alongside attachment-based and client-centred work to guide online sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and commit to actions that match their values; it can be useful for anxiety, stress and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at the link between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and supports practical steps to reduce unhelpful patterns, which often helps with low mood, anxiety and sleep problems. Attachment-based elements focus on how relationships shape emotion and behaviour and can be helpful when working through intimacy, communication or loss.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, preferences and day-to-day situation, then agree a plan together. That collaborative process makes it easier to try methods that suit the person, and to adjust them if something does not feel helpful.
The profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions help them fit therapy into busy lives - they can reduce travel time, allow easier breaks during the working day, or let someone continue therapy when they are living abroad. Talk with the counsellor about practical details so sessions match your schedule and needs.
Questions people ask about Victoria
What kinds of problems does Victoria help with?
Victoria supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and grief, plus issues such as self-esteem, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses an integrative approach combining Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy and client-centred methods to suit each person.
What is her professional background?
She has seven years of experience, has worked in independent practice and has volunteered with a suicide and suicide prevention charity.
What credentials and location are listed?
The profile records the credential NCPS and shows she is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and the profile notes she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not specify session formats, so please confirm current session options with the service before booking.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with Victoria?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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