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Victoria Halliburton, BACP

Credentials: BACP
Experience: 3 years
Practising in: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Sessions: Online only
Client ages: Adults, 18 and over

Works with Stress, Anxiety Trauma and abuse GriefParenting issuesADHD

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Victoria Halliburton is a counsellor with three years of professional counselling experience in the United Kingdom and a long background in education. She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and parenting concerns. She also helps people managing ADHD and related challenges.

Victoria approaches people with respect, sensitivity and compassion. She draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts her style to each person. Sessions focus on practical ways to cope with difficult feelings and on building skills that fit daily life.

Background and approach

Conversations and any agreed plan are shaped around the client’s goals and circumstances. Victoria has spent many years in education prior to her counselling work, which informs how she explains things and supports learning new ways of managing. That background helps when clients want straightforward strategies and clear steps to try between sessions.

People come for help after loss, during periods of high stress, when anxiety feels overwhelming, or to address past trauma and abuse. She also supports those dealing with family stress, parenting strain and the complexities that can follow separation. Victoria offers a calm, non-judgemental space to talk through concerns.

She will work collaboratively to set realistic goals and review progress. Taking the first step can feel hard, and she aims to be a steady, practical presence through the process.

How therapeutic approaches work online

Victoria uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques drawn from well-established approaches. One common approach focuses on building practical coping skills to manage anxiety and stress, teaching simple steps clients can use each day to feel steadier. Another approach pays attention to how past events affect current reactions, helping people make sense of trauma and loss and develop safer ways to cope.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your needs, goals and preferences and suggest methods to try. Together you can adjust the plan as progress is made and as circumstances change.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls let you use visual cues and a more traditional session format. Phone sessions work well if bandwidth is limited or when a session needs to fit into a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, ongoing reflections and written work between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work consistently regardless of location.

What concerns does Victoria help with?

She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting issues and ADHD, plus related areas such as abandonment, attachment issues and family problems.

What style of therapy does she use?

Victoria uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques and adapts them to each person. The emphasis is on practical coping skills and clear steps to try between sessions.

How much experience does she have?

She has three years of professional counselling experience in the United Kingdom and around 25 years of prior experience working in education.

What credentials and location are listed?

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

Which languages and countries are supported?

Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are available?

She works remotely using video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging according to what suits the client.

How are sessions priced?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin the process?

Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

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Experience: 3 years
Registered with: BACP
Languages: English

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Victoria Halliburton, BACP

Background and approach

How therapeutic approaches work online

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Others working with stress, anxiety