Victoria Porteous

Victoria Porteous NCPS brings a warm, conversational style to counselling. She speaks from personal experience of loss, addiction and the benefits of therapy. Sessions are straightforward and down to earth, with a focus on helping people find direction and feel less stuck.

She keeps sessions personable and sometimes light-hearted so conversations feel natural rather than clinical. Victoria says strong connection with a counsellor matters and aims to build that from the first meetings. She will gently challenge unhelpful thoughts to open up new perspectives.

Victoria has worked across charity and private settings, including running counselling services for a Government-backed trauma charity during the Covid period. During that time she supported people with complex trauma and also worked with charity referrals sent via doctors and government agencies.

Her background includes work with leaders, athletes and professionals, and she regularly speaks on national radio about mental health and social equality. She also has experience as a private investigator, which she says sharpened listening and observational skills now used in sessions.

Victoria uses a blend of evidence-based approaches, tailoring work to each person’s needs. She helps with stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and addiction-related concerns. She also supports people facing identity, intimacy and motivation challenges. Her practice is shaped by eleven years of experience and the NCPS credential she holds.

Online therapy approaches and how they help

Victoria integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy in straightforward ways. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and testing them with practical experiments, which can help with anxiety, low mood and addictive behaviours. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current ways of relating and can be useful for intimacy issues, abandonment fears and relationship conflict.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Victoria will discuss goals and preferences and together they will decide which methods to try first. That collaborative planning helps ensure sessions feel relevant and manageable from the start.

Check the current session options before booking, as formats are not listed in her profile. Online therapy can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also be useful when quieter surroundings or reduced screen time are required, since different formats suit different practical needs. Registered or accredited professionals often adapt tools and exercises so they work well in remote sessions.