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Valerie Taylor, BACP

Valerie Taylor is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
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About Valerie

Valerie Taylor is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She draws on nearly two decades of experience to help people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low mood or life changes. She works in a straightforward, respectful way and aims to make sessions easy to follow for someone nervous about starting therapy.

Valerie sees clients for a wide range of concerns including relationship and family strains, grief, addictions, trauma and abuse, self‑esteem and intimacy problems.

Background and approach

She also supports people facing career pressures, parenting challenges, chronic illness or caregiver stress. Her list of interests includes complex issues such as bipolar disorder, ADHD and compassion fatigue. Her main ways of working include client‑centred practice and cognitive behavioural therapy.

That means sessions focus on the person's experience, while also looking at thoughts and behaviours that keep problems going. Valerie encourages practical steps that can be tried between sessions and reviewed together. People who come to her will find a calm, non‑judgemental presence and a focus on small, manageable changes.

She treats clients as the experts on their own lives and helps them build on existing strengths. The process is collaborative and paced to each person's needs. Valerie is registered with BACP, which is the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

She offers appointments by video call, telephone, live chat or text messaging to make it easier to fit therapy around daily life.

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Body	Registration number	Expires
BACP	78773	November 2026

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Sessions and payment

Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.

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Focus areas and approaches

Everything Valerie lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Self esteem
Coping with life changes
Addictions
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Eating disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Depression
Compassion fatigue
ADHD
Abandonment
Aging and geriatric issues
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
Blended family issues
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Dependent personality
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hearing impaired
Hoarding
Impulsivity
Infidelity
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
Post-traumatic stress
Pregnancy and childbirth
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexuality
Social anxiety and phobia
Visually impaired
Women's issues
Workplace issues

Ways of working Valerie names

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How Valerie uses talking therapy online and practical approaches

Client‑centred therapy focuses on the person's own experience. The counsellor listens closely, reflects what they hear and supports the person's own choices. This approach suits people who want acceptance, clearer self‑understanding and help finding their own solutions.

Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviours influence feelings. It uses practical exercises and small experiments to reduce anxiety, lift mood or change unhelpful patterns. CBT is often useful for stress, anxiety, low mood and problems that repeat over time.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Valerie will discuss different ways of working and decide together with each person what feels most useful. That means adapting methods to the person's goals, pace and practical needs rather than following a single plan.

Online sessions give flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people meet face to face without travel, phone sessions are helpful when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check‑ins and text messaging can support ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family and daily routines while keeping the focus on useful, evidence‑based techniques.

Frequently asked

What issues can Valerie help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, grief, addictions, trauma and abuse, self‑esteem and many other concerns listed on her profile.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She combines a client‑centred approach with cognitive behavioural techniques, focusing on the person's experience and practical steps to change thoughts and behaviours.

How long has she practised?

Valerie has 19 years of professional experience supporting people with a wide range of emotional and life challenges.

What credentials and location apply?

She is registered with BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and practises from the United Kingdom.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

Valerie offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text‑based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How are fees and starting therapy arranged?

Fees vary with location and availability and use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, select Start Therapy, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a session.