About Valerie
Valerie Stanley-Brooks is a counsellor and a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She has worked in the United Kingdom for over 25 years and offers straightforward, compassionate support for people facing anxiety, stress and other life challenges. She draws on several approaches to create a style that fits each person.
Sessions aim to be practical and down to earth. Valerie helps people talk through difficult feelings and find manageable steps forward.
Background and approach
Her work covers a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, grief and loss, low self-esteem, depression, addictions and relationship or intimacy-related issues. She also supports people dealing with sleep or eating problems, parenting strain, career shifts and compassion fatigue. Valerie's background spans educational, therapeutic and voluntary roles.
That variety has shaped a flexible way of working. She offers practical resources alongside talking therapy to help people practise new skills between sessions. People she sees come from many different backgrounds, including those affected by adoption or foster care, blended family difficulties, caregiving stress and issues linked to autism.
Sessions balance listening with clear, achievable goals so progress can be tracked over time.
How Valerie’s approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person in front of the counsellor. It relies on listening, empathy and helping the client find their own answers; it is useful for anxiety, low self-esteem and life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours interact and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety and improve sleep or mood.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Valerie will talk with the client about their goals, preferences and what feels most helpful. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust them as progress is made so therapy stays relevant and practical.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video lets people read facial cues and body language. Phone can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quicker check-in is needed. Messaging and live chat allow shorter or more frequent exchanges and can fit into busy schedules. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel while keeping the focus on clear, goal-driven support from a registered professional.
Questions people ask
What concerns does Valerie help with?
What is her style of therapy?
How much experience does she have?
What credentials and location are listed?
Which languages are supported and can she work internationally?
What session formats are available?
How are fees handled?
How do I begin working with her?
What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you.