About Valerie
Valerie Taylor is a counsellor who focuses on helping people manage anxiety and everyday stress. She aims to create a calm, practical space where clients can talk about what feels overwhelming. Valerie speaks plainly and supports people to notice small changes that make life easier.
She believes each person knows their own story and has strengths to draw on. Sessions often begin with simple goals and clear steps. Valerie uses a blend of client-centred listening and practical techniques to help people practise new ways of coping.
Background and approach
With 19 years of experience in the United Kingdom, Valerie has worked with a wide range of concerns. These include depression, grief, trauma and abuse, addictions and issues around self‑esteem and body image. She also supports people dealing with parenting strain, work stress, anger, and changes such as divorce or bereavement.
Her approach is direct and down-to-earth. Valerie will listen first, then offer strategies you can try between sessions. Techniques may include practical tasks drawn from cognitive behavioural ideas alongside a supportive, client-led conversation.
Sessions are available through video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Costs vary with location and therapist availability and use a cancellable subscription model. To start, choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a session according to availability.
How Valerie blends talking and practical tools online
Valerie uses client-centred work to prioritise what matters most to each person. That means she listens carefully, follows your lead and helps you name what you want to change. This approach suits people who need a supportive space to make sense of things.She also draws on cognitive behavioural therapy, which focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behaviour changes. CBT-style tasks are practical and easy to try between sessions, often helping with anxiety, low mood and stress-related problems.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. Valerie will work with you to choose methods that match your needs, goals and preferences. Together you will set simple aims and adjust them as you go, making the work collaborative and flexible.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging, offering practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that feels useful, phone sessions can fit into a short break and usually use less bandwidth, and messaging or live chat can suit quick check-ins or ongoing support without being on camera. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, family and daily life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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