Gorazd Valjavec, BACP

Gorazd Valjavec offers online counselling that blends relational work with practical support. He draws on approaches such as attachment-based and emotionally-focused work to help people feel understood and to improve how they relate to others. Sessions are offered in English, Croatian, Slovenian and Serbian and are delivered remotely across the United Kingdom and internationally.

Gorazd believes the client is the expert in their own life. He creates a straightforward, warm space and listens closely to what matters most right now. That helps people bring clarity to problems like anxiety, stress, depression, addictions and grief.

His practice brings together different counselling approaches so sessions suit the person rather than a fixed model. He uses attachment ideas to look at how past relationships shape current difficulties and emotionally-focused work to address patterns that cause pain in close relationships.

Gorazd also draws on client-centred and mindfulness approaches to help with self-esteem, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue and ADHD-related challenges. He will encourage practical steps alongside gentle reflection to build more helpful habits day to day.

People who prefer creative routes can use storytelling, photography, music or dreams in sessions. He works with a wide range of concerns including intimacy issues, parenting strains, career stress, trauma and identity matters. Gorazd is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP.

How his therapeutic approaches work online

Attachment-based work looks at how early relationships shape present patterns and emotional reactions, helping people understand why they feel and behave in certain ways and how to build more secure connections. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on the emotions that sit beneath relationship problems and helps people name and shift those feelings to change how they relate to others. Client-centred therapy places the person at the heart of the process, using active listening and empathy so the person can find their own solutions and make clearer choices.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy. Gorazd treats this as a collaborative process and will discuss options with each person based on their needs, goals and preferences. Together they decide which methods to try and adapt those methods as work progresses.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls are useful for more in-depth conversations and visual connection. Phone sessions work well when low bandwidth or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging allow shorter, more frequent contact and can fit around work or caring responsibilities. These formats help people access therapy from different places and schedules without travelling.