Valerie Long, BACP

Valerie Long is a UK-credentialed counsellor with nine years of professional experience working with individuals and families facing relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, domestic violence, anxiety, depression, and major life changes. She is accredited with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), which is the professional body for counsellors in the United Kingdom and reflects recognised training and ethical standards.

Valerie practises from a person-centred perspective, believing that each person is the expert in their own life and has inner strengths that support recovery and change. She follows the client’s lead in sessions, using careful listening, reflection, and gentle questioning to promote self-exploration, insight, and personal growth. This approach often helps people feel more empowered, clearer about their goals, and better equipped to make meaningful changes.

Clients describe her manner as kind, calm, diligent, and compassionate, and she aims to provide a supportive space where people can process feelings such as guilt, shame, isolation, or grief. Valerie focuses on helping clients develop skills for coping with panic and anxiety, navigating separation and divorce, improving communication, and rebuilding self-worth after trauma. She views the therapeutic journey as collaborative and seeks to help clients learn strategies they can use independently to live a more fulfilling life.