About Virginia
Virginia Fick is a counsellor who helps people with relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues and low self-esteem. She offers straightforward support for attachment problems, communication struggles, post-traumatic stress and questions about sexuality. Virginia works in a calm, respectful way and focuses on what each person needs right now.
She trained in the United States and holds registration with the Health and Care Professions Council, HCPC. After moving to the United Kingdom she worked in several mental health settings, including a community mental health clinic, a nonprofit organisation and independent practice.
How Virginia works
That range of experience shaped her practical approach to therapy. Sessions are based on listening and on helping people use their own strengths to make change. Virginia draws on Client-Centred Therapy to follow the person’s lead and build trust.
She also uses elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach skills for managing intense emotions, and Trauma-Focused Therapy to address the effects of past harm. In conversation she aims to keep language clear and to set small, manageable goals. Expect real-world tools you can try between sessions and time to talk about what worked and what didn’t.
Her style is practical, warm and collaborative. Therapy is offered in English and delivered remotely by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. To begin, a person completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules sessions according to therapist availability.
Virginia lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Virginia works with
The areas below are the ones Virginia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
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Training and background
| Register | HCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centred Therapy places attention on the person’s experience and priorities. In practice this means the counsellor listens closely, reflects what is said and helps the person set their own goals. This approach suits people who want a respectful space to talk through relationship and intimacy concerns.Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, offers skills for handling strong emotions and improving communication. Through simple exercises and skills coaching, it helps with emotional volatility, chronic stress and patterns that make relationships harder.
Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on understanding how past harm affects current life and relationships. It involves paced work to reduce the hold of traumatic memories and to build coping strategies for post-traumatic stress and related difficulties.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and the issues you bring, then suggest which methods to try first. That decision is collaborative and can change as therapy progresses.
Online sessions via video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging make scheduling more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation; phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or suit lower bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging let people write when it feels easier and keep a record of useful suggestions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, childcare and other commitments while still accessing registered and accredited professionals.
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