Victoria Swart
Compassionate counsellor guiding practical change
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About Victoria
Victoria Swart is a counsellor with seven years of experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, grief and depression. She holds NCPS as a credential and offers a calm, non-judgemental presence for those who feel overwhelmed. Victoria describes herself as both a trained professional and a fellow human being who understands how hard it can be to ask for help.
She uses a mix of approaches to suit each person’s needs.
Background and approach
Sessions often focus on practical steps to manage difficult feelings and on building confidence. Victoria helps people who are dealing with trauma, identity and transition issues, addictions, bipolar mood challenges and intimacy concerns. Her work also covers a wide range of other concerns, including parenting strain, sleeping and eating issues, body image, chronic illness, caregiver stress and communication problems.
She supports people navigating abandonment, adoption and foster care histories, attachment difficulties and neurodiversity such as autism and Asperger syndrome. In sessions the emphasis is on listening and on finding what actually helps day to day. Victoria will work with each person to set clear goals and try practical tools drawn from cognitive and mindfulness-based approaches.
The aim is steady, manageable change rather than fast fixes. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial consultation. Therapy fees vary with location and availability and use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 7
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Registration number
- NCS21-02811
- 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.
- 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 Victoria works online
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and tailor methods to the person's goals and situation. Clients and therapist decide together which approaches to try and adapt as needed over time.
The biography does not specify which online session formats are offered, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people join from a location that suits them and use methods that work with their everyday routine.
Questions and answers
What issues does this counsellor help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, depression and self-esteem concerns, among many other issues listed in her specialities.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style blends client-centred listening with practical tools from cognitive and mindfulness-based approaches to help people manage feelings and set goals.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years of experience working in varied roles including independent practice and volunteer work related to suicide prevention.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She holds NCPS and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are offered and can people overseas connect?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not list session formats explicitly; please confirm current session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and therapy uses a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.
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