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Vikki Cunningham, 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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Vikki Cunningham works from a trauma-informed, relational approach that centres the individual. She offers a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk about anxiety, grief, depression and major life changes. Vikki is a British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) counsellor with three years' experience.

She focuses on how past experiences influence current feelings and relationships. This includes work around stress, trauma and abuse, and problems that can follow from childhood adversity.

Background and approach

Vikki also supports people dealing with chronic illness or pain, codependency, attachment and abandonment concerns, and feelings of emptiness, guilt or shame. Sessions are collaborative. She listens, reflects and helps people decide the pace and focus of the work.

Conversations may involve gentle exploration, practical coping ideas, and space to notice small changes as they happen. Vikki draws on client-centred principles alongside trauma-focused work and motivational interviewing. That combination helps when people want to process painful memories, build motivation for change, or feel more understood in the moment.

The aim is to help people find realistic steps forward that fit their life. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging for those who prefer online contact. Vikki enjoys simple craft projects, keeping active and reading, and she brings a down-to-earth attitude to her clinical work.

How Vikki’s approaches translate to online therapy

Vikki uses client-centred work to create a respectful, listening space where the person sets the pace and topics. This approach helps when someone needs to feel heard, explore difficult feelings, or try small changes at a comfortable speed.

She also uses trauma-focused therapy to gently address the impact of painful experiences. This method aims to help people make sense of how past events affect current reactions and to develop coping strategies for distressing memories or triggers.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Vikki works collaboratively to choose methods that match a person’s needs, goals and preferences, and she checks in regularly to adjust the plan as things change.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues, phone can fit a shorter check-in or lower bandwidth, and messaging or live chat can help when people prefer written reflection or need flexible timing. These options aim to make therapy easier to fit around work, caregiving or mobility needs.

What concerns does Vikki commonly help with?

Vikki supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, depression and coping with life changes. She also works with related issues such as attachment, abandonment, codependency and chronic illness or pain.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is warm and relational with a trauma-informed lens. Sessions are collaborative and paced to what feels manageable for the person attending.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has three years of experience working with people in counselling settings. That experience includes supporting survivors of domestic harm and people affected by childhood adversity.

What credentials and location are listed?

Vikki is a BACP counsellor and is based in the United Kingdom.

Which languages and international support are available?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

Which session formats does she provide?

Therapy is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different preferences.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin with therapy?

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Experience: 3 years
Registered with: BACP
Languages: English

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Vikki Cunningham, BACP

Background and approach

How Vikki’s approaches translate to online therapy

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

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