Victoria Porteous , NCPS

Victoria Porteous brings eleven years of professional experience and a personal history with therapy to her counselling and coaching practice. She began therapy at 22 after her mother passed away and used that lived experience to shape a compassionate, pragmatic approach - acknowledging how grief, anger and addictive behaviours can derail life and how change is possible with the right support.

Victoria aims to make sessions conversational and personable, often using gentle humour to ease difficult conversations. She balances warmth with direct, respectful challenges to unhelpful thoughts, helping clients explore new perspectives. Her background includes leading a Government-backed trauma charity's counselling services for 18 months during COVID-19, primarily working with complex trauma survivors, and providing therapy via charities with referrals from doctors and government agencies.

Victoria has worked with a range of clients including business leaders and athletes, and appears regularly on national radio to speak about mental health and social equality. She offers tailored, evidence-informed support for stress, anxiety, trauma, low self-esteem, relationship and family conflicts, addictions related to porn or social media, estrangement, blended family and step-parenting issues, and difficulties with purpose and motivation. She is also qualified as a Menopause Healthcare Professional and holds NCPS, a recognised professional counselling credential.

Earlier experience as a private investigator contributes to strong observational and questioning skills that inform her therapeutic work. Victoria strives to be the kind of therapist she found most helpful during hard times - authentic, attentive and committed to practical change. Her average reviews consistently rate 4.9 to 5 out of 5. Those ready to begin a sometimes demanding but ultimately empowering journey of self-discovery are invited to book sessions with her.

Therapeutic approaches suited for online support

Victoria works with approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy to guide online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify their values and take committed action while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings - it is useful for stress, anxiety, and motivation difficulties. Attachment-Based Therapy explores early relationship patterns and how they shape current connections, helping clients address intimacy, estrangement, parenting and relationship challenges.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey and Victoria treats this as a collaborative process. She will work with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences, adapting techniques over time as progress and priorities evolve.

Online therapy with Victoria offers flexible access through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging, making it easier to fit sessions into a busy life or to continue support when meeting in person is difficult. These options support ongoing work on relationships, trauma, self-esteem and coping skills while accommodating different communication styles and schedules.