Victoria Small, BACP
Victoria Small is a counsellor with ten years of experience based in the United Kingdom.
- Stress & Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and Abuse
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About Victoria
Victoria Small is a counsellor with ten years of experience based in the United Kingdom. She offers calm, respectful sessions and focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by depression, anxiety and major life changes. Sessions are warm and practical, aimed at small steps that make day-to-day life easier.
Victoria listens closely to what matters most to each person. She uses that information to shape short-term goals and a flexible plan you can try between sessions.
Background and approach
Conversations focus on current problems like sleep, mood, relationships and coping with loss or trauma. Her approach draws on client-centred listening and emotion-focused work to help people name and understand painful feelings. Mindfulness techniques are used to help manage stress and bring attention back to the present.
She also uses solution-focused tools to set achievable next steps when someone needs fast, practical change. Victoria has worked across a wide range of concerns, including addiction, parenting strain, eating and body-image issues, bipolar mood challenges and ADHD. She also supports people dealing with chronic illness, bereavement and family conflict.
Her style is straightforward, non-judgemental and paced to each person’s needs. People who find it hard to talk about painful topics often benefit from her steady, compassionate manner. She will work with you to agree clear aims and try different ways to make progress.
Getting started is described simply and practically, so the first steps feel manageable.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 387080 | June 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
What Victoria works with
Everything Victoria lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Victoria lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused 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.
Online support
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss different methods and choose what fits your goals, needs and preferences. That choice is collaborative and can change over time as you try techniques and see what helps.
Online counselling offers flexibility and a range of formats to suit different days. Video calls let you see facial cues and have a fuller conversation. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier on days when you prefer not to be on camera. Live chat or text-based messaging lets you check in from a shorter break or keep a written record of reflections. These options make it simpler to work on depression, stress and trauma without needing to travel, and they allow therapy to fit more easily into busy lives.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and intimacy difficulties, grief, addictions, sleep and eating concerns, parenting strain and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and non-judgemental. Sessions use client-centred listening, emotionally focused work and practical techniques to set short-term goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has ten years of professional experience working with a wide range of emotional and life challenges.
Where is she based and what credentials does she hold?
She practises from the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Does she offer sessions in other languages or to international clients?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Sessions can be arranged as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin therapy with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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