Counsellor profile
Victoria Porteous, NCPS
Counsellor - relationships and trauma
See online counselling options- ACT
- Attachment work
- CBT
About Victoria
Counsellor Victoria Porteous is a member of NCPS and has 11 years' experience working with relationship, family and trauma-related concerns. She uses her own experience of therapy and loss to shape a practical, conversational approach. Sessions are described as personable and sometimes lightly humorous, with occasional respectful challenge to help people see different perspectives.
Victoria keeps sessions informal and direct. She avoids clinical scripts and aims for a plain way of talking that can feel like a real conversation. She works with issues such as stress, anxiety, addictions, low self-esteem, grief and intimacy-related problems. She also supports people dealing with parenting and blended family difficulties, estrangement, and career questions.
Her background includes running counselling services for a Government-backed trauma charity during the Covid period, with a focus on complex trauma survivors. She has also worked with charity referrals and people referred by doctors or government agencies. Victoria has experience working with business leaders, athletes and high-profile professionals in private practice and coaching roles.
Victoria draws on a mix of therapeutic approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy. She may use conversational techniques and gentle challenge to open up new ways of thinking and coping. She is also qualified as a Menopause Healthcare Professional.
Sessions are offered from her private practice in the United Kingdom. Sessions are conducted in English and are arranged through a subscription system that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
Therapeutic approaches and online counselling
Victoria often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy in her work. ACT focuses on helping people clarify their values and take small actions that matter, while learning ways to live with uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people notice and change repeated ways of relating.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Victoria will talk with the client about needs, goals and preferences and decide together which methods to try. The decision is collaborative and can change as therapy progresses.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit counselling around work, childcare or travel. They can also allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, or avoid the need to travel to an appointment. Many registered or accredited professionals use remote sessions to help people continue therapy without changing their daily routines.
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Experience
11+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of issues does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, addictions, grief and intimacy-related issues. She also works with parenting and blended family concerns, estrangement and career matters.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is conversational and direct. She uses approaches such as ACT, attachment work, CBT and emotionally-focused methods and will at times respectfully challenge thoughts.
How much experience does she have?
She has 11 years of practice experience, including running counselling services for a Government-backed trauma charity during the Covid period.
Which professional registration does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with NCPS and works from the United Kingdom.
Are sessions offered in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin the process?
Start by selecting the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A membership or registration can be checked on the professional body's own register.
Online counselling is not emergency care. In an emergency call 999, or see the help numbers.