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Victoria Mawdsley, 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 Grief Depression Coping with life changes

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Victoria Mawdsley offers calm, practical support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief or life changes. She writes with a relaxed, down-to-earth style and focuses on what each person needs in the moment. Victoria aims to help people carry less of the burden they are holding and find clearer ways forward.

Victoria has three years of clinical practice experience and has run her own independent practice, VJM Counselling, for nearly two years.

Background and approach

Before training as a counsellor she spent over 20 years working in health and social care as a health care assistant, mainly in dementia care. That background informs her gentle, patient approach in sessions. Her way of working is client-centred.

Conversations are led by the person in the room, with practical tools and psychoeducation added where helpful. She also uses elements of cognitive behavioural ideas and mindfulness to support coping and reduce distress. Victoria aims to make sessions easy to follow.

She keeps language simple and explains techniques step by step. Sessions can include breathing or grounding exercises, thinking-pattern work, and discussions about ways to handle daily pressures. People turn to Victoria for help with anxiety, panic, depression, grief, trauma and adjusting after big changes.

She also gives attention to caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, domestic violence aftermath, loneliness, social anxiety and workplace issues. Her style is steady, compassionate and practical.

Client-centred care delivered online

Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s experience at the heart of sessions. The counsellor listens openly and follows what matters most to the client, helping them feel heard and understood. This approach is useful for anxiety, grief, trauma and life transitions where being listened to matters as much as techniques.

Victoria also brings straightforward techniques from cognitive behavioural ideas and mindfulness into online work. Cognitive-style tools help spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try small experiments to change them. Mindfulness practices focus on simple breathing and grounding to reduce immediate distress and ease panic or rumination.

Finding the right way of working is part of the process. The counsellor will collaborate with the client to decide which methods feel most helpful. That means trying approaches, checking how they land, and adjusting based on the client’s goals and preferences.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can fit quieter or low-bandwidth situations. Live chat and text messaging suit short check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, care responsibilities and other commitments.

What kinds of problems can Victoria help with?

Victoria supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, panic, depression, grief, trauma and coping with life changes. She also works with caregiver stress, chronic pain and illness, domestic violence aftermath, isolation, social anxiety and workplace concerns.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is client-centred and relaxed, letting conversations follow what the client brings. She adds practical techniques, mindfulness and psychoeducation when they help.

What is Victoria’s professional background?

She has three years of clinical counselling experience and has run a independent practice, VJM Counselling, for nearly two years. Prior to qualifying she worked over 20 years in health and social care as a health care assistant, mainly in dementia care.

Where is she based and what credential does she hold?

Victoria works in the United Kingdom and holds BACP as her listed credential.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, giving a range of ways to connect depending on what fits best.

How are costs and payments handled?

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

What do I need to do to begin therapy?

To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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Experience: 3 years
Registered with: BACP
Languages: English

Contacting Victoria

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Victoria Mawdsley, BACP

Background and approach

Client-centred care delivered online

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Others working with stress, anxiety