Victoria Porteous

NCPS 11 years practising Sees people online

Therapist blending life experience and practical therapy

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About Victoria

Victoria Porteous combines personal experience with eleven years of clinical work to create a warm, conversational therapy style. She draws on her own life lessons, losses and time in therapy to shape how she listens and responds. Sessions are intended to feel human and down-to-earth rather than formal or clinical.

Victoria uses humour when appropriate and aims to help people feel comfortable enough to open up. Her background includes running counselling services for a Government-backed trauma charity during the Covid period, where she worked mainly with complex trauma survivors.

Background and approach

She also partners with charities that receive referrals from doctors and government agencies. Victoria has worked with leaders, athletes and public figures and is a regular radio contributor on mental health and social equality. Victoria blends practical talking therapy with evidence-informed approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centred Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy.

She will sometimes respectfully challenge thoughts to help clients see different perspectives and find new ways of coping. Areas she regularly supports include stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, addictive behaviours and relationship and family issues.

She has a particular interest in estranged family relationships, blended families and step-parenting and also works with people around grief, career concerns and compassion fatigue. Victoria is qualified as a Menopause Healthcare Professional and holds NCPS as a credential. She works in independent practice in the United Kingdom and offers counselling and coaching tailored to each person.

To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule sessions according to availability.

At a glance

Years practising
11
Registered with
NCPS
Registration number
VG00P07
Languages
English
Approaches include
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy
How sessions happen
Online, by video, phone or messages

Details are as listed on Victoria's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.

What Victoria works with

Everything Victoria lists, in their own terms.

Approaches Victoria lists

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How Victoria works online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is about noticing unhelpful thoughts and choosing actions that match personal values. It can help when people feel stuck by anxiety, low mood or uncertainty about life direction. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationships and how early bonds shape current patterns, which can support work around intimacy, family estrangement and attachment issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Victoria will work together with each person to identify which methods fit their goals and preferences. That collaborative discussion can include trying different techniques and checking what feels most helpful as therapy progresses.

If you are considering online therapy, please confirm which session formats are offered before booking as formats were not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also allow people to use quieter surroundings or turn off the camera when that suits them better. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often adapt exercises and tools so they work just as well when not meeting in person.

Questions and answers

What kinds of concerns can Victoria help with?

She supports people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, addictions and relationship or family problems. Other areas include grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting and career concerns.

What is her therapeutic style?

Sessions are conversational and personable, with occasional respectful challenges to unhelpful thoughts. She aims to make therapy feel like a real conversation rather than a clinical exercise.

How long has she been practising?

Victoria has eleven years of experience working in counselling and coaching roles, including managing trauma services during the Covid period.

Where is she based and what credentials does she hold?

She practises in the United Kingdom and holds NCPS as a credential. She is also a qualified Menopause Healthcare Professional.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients book sessions?

International clients are not currently accepted.

How are sessions arranged and what do they cost?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start 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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