Victoria Porteous, NCPS

Victoria Porteous draws on personal experience and 11 years of professional practice to help people navigate difficult life moments. She keeps sessions conversational and direct, aiming for a human connection that feels more like a real chat than a clinical interrogation. Victoria brings warmth and occasional humour while asking the questions that matter.

She uses a mix of approaches to suit each person. Victoria gently challenges stuck thinking and helps clients see different perspectives. Sessions often focus on practical steps for stress, anxiety, low self‑esteem and addictive behaviours, along with relationship and family tension.

Victoria has worked with complex trauma survivors and ran counselling services for a Government-backed trauma charity during the COVID period. She also provides workplace counselling and coaching for business clients and has experience supporting people referred through charities and doctor-led pathways. Her background includes work in investigative roles, which she says helped sharpen listening and observational skills.

People come to Victoria for help with grief, parenting strain, blended family and step-parenting issues, intimacy concerns, career direction, and compassion fatigue. She also supports those dealing with anger, addictions, attachment and relationship commitment problems. Her practice includes attention to body image, BDSM and kink-related concerns, and issues linked to antisocial or avoidant personality traits.

Victoria holds NCPS as her listed credential and practises from the United Kingdom. Sessions are offered in English and she combines counselling with coaching where useful to help clients move toward clear, realistic goals.

How therapeutic approaches shape online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then commit to actions that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, stress and life transitions. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and helps people understand and change how they connect with others, which can help with relationship and intimacy issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the work itself. Victoria will discuss these methods with each person and decide together what fits best based on goals and preferences. That collaboration means therapy can shift if something isn’t working and can include coaching-style steps when clients want practical direction.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls let people read body language and keep a closer sense of connection. Phone sessions can be a good shorter option or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and messaging work well for quick check-ins, ongoing reflection or when someone prefers typing to speaking. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and other commitments while still using evidence-informed approaches.