Valerie Long

Valerie Long is a counsellor who helps people facing relationship strain, family conflict, trauma, anxiety and depression. She also supports people coping with big life changes and feelings of loneliness. Valerie brings a calm, compassionate presence to sessions and focuses on helping people discover their own strengths.

Valerie has nine years of professional experience and holds membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, abbreviated as BACP. She works from a Person Centred approach, which means she follows the client’s lead and trusts that people know their own life story best.

In practice she encourages self-exploration, reflection and personal insight. Sessions are gentle and paced to suit each person. The aim is to help people feel more empowered and to build skills they can use outside sessions.

She is comfortable supporting people dealing with communication problems, control issues, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, and isolation or loneliness. Valerie also has experience with panic attacks, post-traumatic stress and social anxiety.

People who choose Valerie can expect a warm, non-judgemental manner and a focus on helping them learn ways to manage emotional difficulty. She highlights resilience and practical steps alongside listening and emotional support.

Approaches that guide online work

Valerie’s stated approach is Person Centred, which focuses on listening, empathy and trusting the individual as the expert in their own life. This method helps when someone needs space to talk things through and build confidence in their own decisions.

Alongside that foundation, her work emphasises self-exploration and reflection; sessions aim to help people notice patterns, name emotions and try small practical changes. That can be useful for issues like loneliness, social anxiety, panic attacks and coping with major life transitions.

Finding the best approach is a shared task. The therapist will discuss options and adapt how she works based on a person’s needs, goals and preferences. That collaborative planning helps shape the focus and pace of therapy over time.

Please confirm the available session formats before booking, as the biography does not specify which formats are offered. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also offers flexibility for people who find it more comfortable to talk from a familiar setting, while the therapist and client together decide what works best for therapy to progress.