About Vivienne
Vivienne Robertson is a counsellor with thirty years of experience helping people deal with stress, anxiety and relationship difficulties. She holds BACP accreditation, and combines practical talking therapies with a calm, straightforward style. People come to her for help with low mood, self-esteem and major life changes.
She has worked across the NHS, Relate and in independent practice, which gives her a broad view of common pressures. Her background includes work with frontline staff and workplace conflict, so she is used to fast-moving stress and burnout issues.
Background and approach
Vivienne also runs coaching conversations alongside therapy to help clients set realistic goals. Vivienne trained at the University of Aberdeen where she completed a Master of Science in Mindfulness Studies. This focus informs how she uses attention and breathing exercises alongside other approaches.
She draws on evidence-based techniques to help people manage sleep problems, anger and feelings of isolation. Her approach is collaborative and straightforward. Sessions focus on what is happening now and on practical steps to feel better.
She helps clients notice unhelpful patterns and develop new ways of coping. Many people seek her for relationship strains, intimacy concerns and issues such as abandonment or attachment wounds. She also helps with grief, guilt and the aftermath of separation.
Vivienne aims to make therapy clear, manageable and relevant to day-to-day life.
How chosen approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy puts the person’s experience at the heart of sessions. The focus is on listening, reflecting and helping people find their own solutions, which can work well through conversation online. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours link together and uses practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns; it adapts easily to worksheets and live coaching in video sessions.Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about their situation, goals and what feels most comfortable. Together they decide whether a person-centred route, CBT or a blend will best suit the issue at hand, and the plan can be adjusted over time.
Online therapy offers flexibility across formats. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction and screen sharing for exercises. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a work break. Live chat or text-based messaging can be used for shorter check-ins or to work through thoughts between sessions. These options help people access regular support around busy lives.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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