Victoria Swart, NCPS
Supportive Narrative counsellor for life changes
Details
| Name | Victoria Swart |
|---|---|
| Credentials | NCPS |
| Based in | United Kingdom |
| Registered with | NCPS |
| Session format | Online |
| Languages | English |
| Years in practice | 7 |
About Victoria
Victoria Swart is a counsellor who uses Narrative approaches alongside other talking therapies to help people untangle difficult life stories. She holds NCPS and brings seven years of experience. Victoria aims to make the first contact feel straightforward and encouraging.
She has worked with concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and bereavement. Victoria also supports people dealing with self-esteem, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, and major life changes. Her practice includes work around parenting strain, sleeping and eating difficulties, and career-related stress.
Background and approach
Her approach mixes Narrative ideas with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural techniques. Sessions focus on separating problems from the person, noticing unhelpful patterns, and finding small, practical steps forward. Victoria uses a warm, client-centred stance to help people tell their stories in new ways.
Victoria has experience offering support around attachment issues, adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, chronic illness and body image concerns. She can talk through topics such as anger, communication problems, and commitment worries. Her background also covers work with neurodiversity and personality-related difficulties.
To start, Victoria invites a short intake to understand each person’s goals and preferences. From there she and the client agree a practical plan and suitable session format. Her style aims to be down-to-earth and focused on realistic change.
What this therapist works with
Her listing names Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief among the things Victoria works with, alongside the areas below.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches listed
- Narrative Therapy: Named in her listing among her approaches.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Listed by Victoria among the ways she works.
- Attachment-Based Therapy: Listed by Victoria among the ways she works.
- Client-Centered Therapy: Listed by Victoria among the ways she works.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT): Listed by Victoria among the ways she works.
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT): Listed by Victoria among the ways she works.
- Mindfulness Therapy: Listed by Victoria among the ways she works.
- Motivational Interviewing: Listed by Victoria among the ways she works.
- Psychodynamic Therapy: Listed by Victoria among the ways she works.
- Solution-Focused Therapy: Listed by Victoria among the ways she works.
- Somatic Therapy: Listed by Victoria among the ways she works.
- Trauma-Focused Therapy: Listed by Victoria among the ways she works.
- Training stated: This directory copies the approaches a therapist names and does not check training records. Ask Victoria directly how much of the work is narrative and what a session usually looks like.
Narrative Therapy in this listing
Narrative Therapy appears in this therapist's own list of approaches. That tells you it is part of how she works. It does not tell you how much of a session it shapes, and this directory does not check or rate training.
If a narrative approach is what you are looking for, it is worth asking Victoria directly how she uses it and what a session usually looks like.
Online session options
How Narrative and ACT shape online therapy
Victoria uses Narrative therapy to help people separate themselves from their problems and re-author life stories. This approach lets someone describe what feels stuck and then examine alternative meanings and possibilities. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is also part of her work, focusing on values-based action and accepting difficult thoughts so they have less control over daily life. Attachment-Based Therapy informs how relationships and early patterns affect current feelings and reactions, helping people recognise and shift those patterns. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Victoria will listen to each person’s situation, discuss different methods, and agree a mix that feels helpful. Goals, preferences and practical needs guide which approaches are used in sessions. Online formats let therapy fit into busy lives. Video calls support face-to-face conversation when seeing facial cues matters. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or the person prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins, ongoing support between sessions, or times when writing is easier than speaking. These options increase flexibility and make it simpler to keep therapy consistent alongside work, family and travel commitments.Common questions about this listing
What concerns does she address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief and self-esteem. Additional areas include addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, eating and sleeping problems.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her practice draws on Narrative approaches alongside Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Sessions aim to reframe personal stories and find practical steps forward.
How much experience does she have?
She has seven years of experience working in counselling and related roles. That background includes independent practice and volunteer work in crisis-related services.
What are her credentials and location?
She is listed with NCPS and works from the United Kingdom. The profile records NCPS as the provided credential.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are accepted so people outside the UK can connect.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be conducted by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. This gives several ways to match a person’s needs and daily schedule.
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How do I begin working with her?
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