Violetta Staron, BACP

Violetta Staron helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression and life changes. She supports those dealing with relationship strain, grief, addictions, ADHD and intimacy-related worries. Violetta also works with concerns around parenting, eating and sleeping, career stress, and compassion fatigue. She speaks English and Polish and practises from the United Kingdom.

Violetta treats each person as the expert on their own life. She focuses on listening carefully and building a clear plan with practical steps. Sessions are collaborative and paced to suit individual needs, so people can work through problems at a manageable speed.

Over two decades of practice have given her experience with a wide range of issues. That experience helps when tailoring support for blended family challenges, separation and divorce, family of origin concerns, immigration-related stress, and feelings of isolation or shame. She also supports people exploring sexuality, non-monogamous relationships, midlife transitions and questions of life purpose.

Her approach blends techniques aimed at changing unhelpful thinking and behaviour with methods that build self-compassion and focus on present goals. The aim is simple: help people recognise patterns that hold them back and try new ways of coping. Work can include short-term goal-focused work or deeper exploration depending on what the person needs.

Violetta aims to create a steady, respectful space where people can talk honestly. She encourages small, achievable changes and offers practical tools to use between sessions. The overall goal is clearer thinking, improved relationships and a greater sense of wellbeing.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Violetta uses evidence-based techniques that aim to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour and to build self-compassion. One approach focuses on identifying thinking patterns that feed anxiety or low mood, and then practising new ways of responding to those thoughts; it is useful for anxiety, depression and stress. Another approach emphasises short-term, goal-focused work that breaks big problems into manageable steps and practical tasks; this can help with coping during life changes, career stress, parenting challenges and relationship communication.

Finding the right way of working is part of the process. Violetta will explore each person's goals, preferences and day-to-day realities and together decide which methods to try. Sessions are collaborative, with options to adjust the pace, tools and focus as therapy progresses.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls are helpful for face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues. Phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a work break more easily. Live chat or messaging suits quick check-ins or people who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep momentum between sessions.