Vivienne Robertson

Vivienne Robertson is a counsellor with three decades of experience helping people through major life changes. She brings a calm, practical manner and focuses on everyday problems like stress, anxiety, relationship strain and grief. Vivienne works with people who are coping with separation, intimacy issues, sleep problems, anger and questions about purpose. She draws on a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs. Sessions often look at unhelpful thinking patterns and practical coping skills. They also explore relationship patterns, attachment wounds and moments from the past that still affect day-to-day life. Her background includes long-term roles at Relate and the National Health Service, together with many years in private practice. She is a senior member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and has a Master of Science in Mindfulness Studies from the University of Aberdeen. Vivienne offers clear, structured work as well as space to talk things through. That can mean trying practical exercises, learning breathing and grounding methods, or using conversational approaches to untangle relationship dynamics. She also uses focused trauma-informed tools when painful memories interfere with living now. People choose her when they want a straightforward, experienced counsellor to help sort out tangled feelings and make better decisions. To start, clients answer a short questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the matching process on the site.

How her approaches work for online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on understanding each person’s experience and helping them find their own solutions. It is useful when someone needs space to talk and make sense of feelings without being steered in one direction.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and actions. It uses simple exercises to test unhelpful beliefs and build new habits, which can help with anxiety, low mood and sleep problems.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy. Vivienne works with each person to decide which methods fit best. That choice is based on the person’s issues, goals and what feels most helpful in practice, and it is agreed together.

Check the session formats before booking to confirm how your meetings will be held. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments around work, childcare and travel. It can also suit people who prefer a shorter check-in or who need less time on camera. Registered and accredited professionals here offer the same structured work by video or other formats when available, and sessions are organised to fit everyday life rather than disrupt it.