You can connect with me to see if I'm the right counsellor for you
Hi, I'm Vicky Mould. Welcome.
Counselling offers the space to develop as a person, find healing and inner peace, or bring about meaningful change in your life.
It can help you feel connected and supported during times of confusion, overwhelm, or stress, and move from a place of feeling stuck.
It can help you feel valued and accepted as you are, truly listened to, and understood (which can feel fleeting or even rare in everyday interactions).
But it is a personal choice, so if you're exploring counselling for the first time, it helps if it is your decision and you're open to engaging in it.
There are many counsellors out there, but it's important to find one that you could work well with. An initial consultation can help you decide if that's me, and I welcome you to contact me about this.
My professional experience
I'm a fully qualified counsellor with a Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling, and I run an established private practice across Eastleigh, Winchester and Southampton. I'm experienced in face-to-face, online, and phone counselling, but I now work exclusively online and by phone.
I have over 20 years' experience in support roles, including community and inpatient support for adults with complex mental health needs. I've also been a trained volunteer for Women's Aid, Cruse Bereavement Support, and Rethink Mental Illness.
Why I chose counselling
I've experienced counselling myself and felt the benefits in all areas of my life, but this wasn't the only reason I chose counselling as a profession.
I have always been interested in personal development (including my own) and how relationships can support and nurture this.
I've been a good listener for a long time - people have confided in me since my teenage years.
Counselling aligns with my personality, and the experience I'd gained from previous roles, such as within adult mental health, bereavement, and domestic abuse, was also fitting for this role.
As a counsellor, you get to work with people in a meaningful way - this is something I really value.
My counselling specialisms
I have been a practising counsellor in the person-centred approach for 15 years. I can support you through a range of life challenges, online or over the phone, but my counselling specialisms include:
- Coping with bereavement: Supporting you through the pain of loss and grief, including sudden death, suicide, child bereavement, or baby loss.
- Healing after domestic abuse: Working together to rebuild your sense of identity, feelings of safety, trust, self-worth, and self-esteem.
- Navigating depression: Helping you relieve troubling thoughts and feelings, gain deeper insights, and enhance your overall well-being.
- Perinatal and parenting support: Working with you to support your emotional and mental well-being during pregnancy and after childbirth.
What I can offer you in counselling
As a friendly-natured, down-to-earth counsellor, I aim to put you at ease from our first contact. I'm also committed to getting to know you - not defining you or your potential by any diagnoses you may have or struggles you may be facing.
As a person-centred therapist, I trust you're the expert in your own life. I can support you in reconnecting with that part of yourself, so you can move forward in a way that's right for you and keep striving towards a healthier or more fulfilling life.
Working in an empowering way, counselling sessions are your space to bring and explore what really matters to you. This can help you feel in control of your counselling sessions, whilst still being supported. But I'm not a passive counsellor - I'll be fully engaged in the work we're doing.
As I work in a trauma-informed way, I do offer space to address the mind and body, such as through art, movement, or other means. Creativity is an option, but may be of interest to you.
At the heart of my work is our relationship. I'll work with you to create a relationship where you feel safe, valued, accepted, heard, and understood.
If you'd like to explore counselling, you're welcome to email me or call or text 07729 193629 to arrange a consultation or ask any questions.
How I approach diversity
My approach to counselling is grounded in respect, including respect for you as a whole person and the differences that may exist between us.
I'll work to understand your world as it is for you, rather than make judgements and assumptions. I am also open to learning from you and educating myself outside of our counselling sessions.
Ongoing self-reflection is integral to my work, yet I have reflected extensively on ethnicity, cultural diversity, neurodiversity (including autism), age, class, gender, disability, and sexual orientation.
If you have a diagnosis of any kind, I will be interested in what it means to you, but I won't see it as defining the person you are or could become.
Accreditation and memberships
As an Accredited Registered Member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS), I adhere to their Code of Ethical Practice.
I regularly consult with a counselling supervisor.
I also hold full professional liability insurance.
I am a member of the Person-Centred Association and Creative Counsellors community.
Qualifications
- Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling
- Certificate in Online and Telephone Counselling
- Certificate in Crisis Counselling
- Certificate in Grief & Bereavement Counselling
- Certificate of Higher Education in Counselling
- Centra Counselling Level 1.
Continuing professional development (CPD)
I have completed a range of continuing professional development courses, such as:
- Trauma & Somatic Awareness: Trauma-Informed Counselling, Relational Trauma (Disorganised Attachment), Trauma Triggers and Flashbacks, Trauma and the Body (Dissociation and Somatisation), Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Domestic Violence and PTSD, and Child Sexual Abuse: Hope for Healing.
- Creative Counselling: The Change Tune Method, Journal Therapy, Art Therapy, Creative Grounding and Stabilisation, Working Creatively with Shame, Gratitude, Stress & Burnout, and Creative Mindset for Counsellors.
- Neurodiversity & Well-being: Burnout from an Autistic and ADHD Perspective (The 8 Senses), Autism Awareness, and Mindful Mental Health.
- Loss & Family Support: Couples and Family Counselling, Pregnancy and Infant Loss, Supporting Parents Through Child Bereavement, and Postnatal Depression Awareness.
- Safety & Crisis Support: Safeguarding Children and Vulnerable Adults.
You can connect with me to see if I'm the right counsellor for you
If you'd like to explore counselling, you're welcome to email me or call or text 07729 193629 to arrange a consultation or ask any questions.
