Valerie Long, BACP

Valerie Long is a BACP accredited counsellor based in the United Kingdom with nine years of professional experience supporting people through relationship difficulties, family conflict, trauma and abuse, anxiety and depression. She also works with clients facing major life changes and helps those coping with issues such as communication problems, control struggles, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, isolation, and questions about life purpose.

Working from a Person Centred approach, Valerie believes each person is the expert in their own life and brings strengths that can be used to overcome current challenges. She follows the client’s lead in therapy, encouraging self-exploration, reflection and insight so that growth and renewed direction can emerge. This gentle, client-focused style often helps people feel more empowered and better able to make the changes they want.

Clients find Valerie warm, calm and professional; she brings compassion and steady attention to each session and aims to help people learn to support themselves. Her priority is a trusting, respectful environment where people can explore painful experiences, including trauma and post-traumatic stress, and work toward healing and increased self-worth. Valerie offers an encouraging presence for anyone ready to take the first steps toward a more fulfilling life.

Person Centred Care and Evidence-Based Online Support

Valerie works primarily from a Person Centred approach, which focuses on listening closely, following the client’s lead and recognising the client as the expert in their own life. This method can be especially helpful for people seeking greater self-understanding, improved self-worth and clearer direction during relationship or life transitions.

She also integrates evidence-based therapeutic techniques, meaning she draws on methods supported by research to address symptoms of anxiety, depression, panic and post-traumatic stress. These practical strategies offer tools to manage distressing thoughts, reduce avoidance and build coping skills in everyday life.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and Valerie works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. Together the client and therapist explore options and adapt the work as progress and priorities evolve.

Online sessions by video, phone, live chat or text messaging make therapy flexible and accessible for people with busy schedules or mobility limits. Working with a registered professional in these formats enables consistent support, easier scheduling and the chance to access therapy from the comfort of home while maintaining a focused therapeutic relationship.