Valerie Monteiro, ACA

Valerie Monteiro is an ACA counsellor with 21 years of clinical experience. She combines practical techniques and genuine listening to help people who feel stuck by stress, anxiety, grief or relationship pain. Valerie writes plainly and works to make sessions useful from the first meeting.

Her style is warm and direct. She helps people sort thoughts and everyday habits that keep problems active. Valerie uses a mix of talking, behaviour-focused steps and emotion work so clients can try new ways of coping between sessions.

Valerie has worked with people managing trauma, depression and complex loss. She also supports those facing career pressure, compassion fatigue and ongoing health challenges such as chronic pain. Her work covers intimacy-related issues, communication problems and family-of-origin concerns too.

In sessions she draws on approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy and EMDR. These tools are used to help people change unhelpful patterns, manage strong emotions and rebuild connection where it has broken down.

Valerie offers therapy in English and Hindi and conducts practice from Australia. She asks people to choose the Start Therapy button, complete a brief matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability. The subscription used for sessions can be cancelled at any time.

How Valerie’s approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose values-based actions instead. It’s useful for anxiety, avoidance and life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting thinking patterns and testing new behaviours to reduce distress and improve sleep, mood or daily functioning. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centres on emotions and attachment-style patterns to improve communication and rebuild connection in close relationships.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Valerie will discuss options with clients and choose methods together based on the person’s needs, goals and preferences. The therapist works collaboratively, monitoring what helps and adjusting the plan as needed.

Confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and medical appointments. They also allow shorter check-ins when needed, or sessions that do not require being on camera, which can help on busy days or when bandwidth is limited. Appropriately qualified therapists aim to make therapy realistic to use in everyday life.