Counsellor profile
Valerie Baker, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - Trauma and anger issues
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- CredentialsBACP
- RegistrationBACP, United Kingdom / 066606
- Experience19 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationUnited Kingdom
About
- Attachment focus
- Psychodynamic ideas
- Video and telephone
About Valerie
Valerie Baker is a BACP-registered counsellor in the United Kingdom with 19 years of experience. She works with adults facing trauma and abuse, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship difficulties, grief, anger, low self-esteem and depression. She also pays attention to issues such as abandonment, attachment worries, family problems, guilt and shame, sexual assault and young adult concerns.
Valerie keeps sessions straightforward and practical. She listens for patterns in relationships and emotional reactions, then helps people name what is happening. Conversations look at how early attachments affect current behaviour and how repeated reactions can be changed. This is a hands-on way to understand repeated anger, resentment, or avoidance.
Her approach draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to map how connections with others shape feelings and behaviours. Psychodynamic ideas are used to notice recurring themes from the past that show up now. Together these approaches aim to make sense of why anger or anxiety keeps returning, rather than simply managing symptoms.
Sessions are paced to the person. Valerie offers a mix of reflection and practical steps clients can try between meetings. She explains things plainly and checks in about what is most helpful. This helps keep work focused on the immediate problems people bring, like snapping at loved ones or growing frustration at work.
Valerie offers video and telephone sessions. Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current feelings and reactions. Online sessions can explore attachment patterns that feed anger, such as fear of abandonment or difficulty trusting others, and help people recognise triggers.Psychodynamic Therapy focuses on recurring themes and unconscious patterns that repeat across relationships. In online sessions this approach supports noticing repeated responses to stress or grief and tracing their origins to change how they show up now.
Finding the best approach is part of the work. She will discuss options and adapt methods based on the client's needs, goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process that checks what feels helpful and what does not.
She offers video and telephone sessions, so people can choose what fits their day-to-day life. Video allows face-to-face conversation for deeper relational work. Telephone can be easier when a shorter check-in is needed or when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult. Confirm the current session options before booking so practical arrangements suit your schedule.
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Experience
19+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger issues does she support?
She helps adults who struggle with snapping at people they love, workplace frustration, building resentment and other anger-related problems.
What is her general therapeutic style?
She uses a practical mix of listening, reflection and small steps to try between sessions. Conversations aim to make patterns clear and usable.
How long has she practised?
She has 19 years of professional experience working with adults on trauma, anxiety, addiction and related concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Are sessions offered in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats are used?
She offers video and telephone sessions. Confirm current session options before booking.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.