Counsellor profile
Valerie Stanley-Brooks, BACP
United Kingdom
Counsellor - Anger and relationships
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- CredentialsBACP
- RegistrationBACP, United Kingdom / 179806
- Experience25 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationUnited Kingdom
About
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Trauma-informed work
About Valerie
Valerie Stanley-Brooks is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) with 25 years of experience in the United Kingdom. She works with adults and couples on concerns such as stress, anxiety, grief, depression, relationship issues, parenting challenges, and anger.
She draws on client-centred ways of working to listen and reflect what matters to each person. Valerie also uses elements from cognitive behavioural therapy and psychodynamic ideas to help people understand patterns that keep causing distress. Solution-focused techniques are used where practical short-term steps are helpful.
Across her career she has worked in schools, therapeutic settings, and voluntary organisations. That background means she is used to practical problems, everyday pressures, and complex situations such as trauma, addiction, and bereavement. She aims to help people notice patterns and try different responses in day-to-day life.
Sessions involve talking through current problems and identifying small, manageable changes. She offers resources and materials clients can use between meetings. For couples she works on communication, rebuilding trust, and practical ways to improve connection.
Valerie accepts clients from diverse backgrounds and will consider international clients. Her stated focus areas also include ADHD, body image, adoption and foster care matters, family of origin issues, and compassion fatigue. Cost varies by location and sessions operate on a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
To begin, prospective clients are asked to use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches Valerie uses and online working
Valerie often uses client-centred therapy to focus on what matters to the client and to help people feel heard. This approach centres the conversation on the person’s own goals and experience and can help with relationship stress, parenting strain, and feeling understood.She also works with cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and to try practical experiments. CBT can be useful for anxiety, anger responses, low mood, and for building new coping habits.
Trauma-focused ideas are brought in when past events continue to affect current feelings and reactions. That work looks at how memories or earlier experiences link to present-day responses and can be combined with other approaches to reduce ongoing distress.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Valerie will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. She adapts the mix of listening, practical steps and reflective work as the relationship develops.
Please confirm the current session formats before booking, as options are not specified in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Registered or accredited professionals can also use these formats to offer consistent, ongoing support while adjusting session length and focus to suit everyday life.
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Which concerns does she address related to anger?
She helps people with anger alongside stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, relationship and parenting issues.
What style of therapy does she use for anger?
She combines client-centred work with cognitive behavioural and trauma-focused approaches to look at triggers and practical coping steps.
How much experience does she have working with these issues?
Valerie has 25 years of professional experience across educational, therapeutic and voluntary settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and works in the United Kingdom.
Which languages does she offer sessions in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She accepts international clients; confirm any practical arrangements before booking.
How are sessions arranged and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started with Valerie?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete the 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.