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Victoria Swart

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Victoria Swart, NCPS

United Kingdom

NCPS counsellor - Stress and parenting support

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About

  • ACT
  • CBT
  • Attachment work

About Victoria

Victoria Swart is an NCPS-registered counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with seven years' experience. She lists stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem and depression among the main concerns she works with. She also notes experience with addiction, relationship and family-related issues, parenting and life transitions.

Victoria describes herself as an integrative practitioner who draws on several well-known approaches. Sessions tend to be practical and conversational. She focuses on helping people manage upsetting thoughts, navigate loss, and rebuild confidence after difficult events.

Her background includes private practice work and voluntary experience with a suicide prevention charity. That combination has informed a straightforward style that balances listening with practical steps. People often bring issues like sleep and eating difficulties, intimacy questions, or career stress for focused work.

Victoria uses methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Attachment-Based and Emotionally-Focused approaches. She also uses client-centred ways of working to keep the conversation rooted in each person’s concerns. These approaches are used to help people notice patterns, try small changes and adjust what’s not working.

Sessions aim to make day-to-day life more manageable. Victoria asks about current struggles and goals, then suggests small, doable steps to practise between meetings. She encourages honest discussion about expectations and will work with each person to find what helps.

To begin, readers are invited to follow the site’s matching and booking process. The therapist accepts international clients and runs sessions that fit into ordinary routines.

How sessions work

How her approaches translate to online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed, then choose actions that match their values. It is useful for anxiety, stress and problems that recur over time.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking and trying different behaviours to test new outcomes. It is often used for depression, anxiety and sleep or eating concerns.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early connections shape current responses. It can help with intimacy-related worries and difficulties managing relationship stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences with each person and suggest which methods to try first. That choice is reviewed as sessions progress so the approach can be adjusted collaboratively.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy day, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals often use remote sessions to help people keep continuity while juggling family, work and other commitments.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changes

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAging and geriatric issuesAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAutism and Asperger SyndromeAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFatherhood issuesFertility issuesFirst responder issuesForgivenessGender dysphoriaGuilt and shameHearing impairedHoardingHospice and end-of-life counselingImmigration issuesImpulsivityInfidelityIntellectual disabilityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersMulticultural concernsNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksParanoiaPersonality disordersPhobiasPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPostpartum depressionPost-traumatic stressPregnancy and childbirthPrejudice and discriminationProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-harmSelf-loveSex addictionSexual assault and abuseSexual dysfunctionSexualitySmoking / vaping cessationSocial anxiety and phobiaTrichotillomaniaVisually impairedWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Mindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

7+ years

Listed in

United Kingdom

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she help with?

She lists stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, depression and addictions among her core concerns, plus relationship and family-related issues and parenting.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She describes an integrative, conversational approach that balances listening with practical steps. Techniques come from ACT, CBT, attachment and emotionally-focused ways of working.

How much experience does she have?

She has seven years of professional experience, including private practice work and voluntary roles with a suicide prevention charity.

What credential does she hold and where is she based?

She is listed with the NCPS and is based in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

Yes, she accepts international clients.

How do sessions and fees work?

Costs vary with location and are billed through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin if I want to work with her?

Use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire and then schedule a first session.

Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.

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