Victoria Izat

I work Monday to Friday mornings, afternoons and some evenings.

I am an accredited and registered counsellor for children, young people and adults, with up to date AccessNI security checks.

You can choose to meet with me face to face or online. Both modes give you a safe and confidential place to reflect on the difficult feelings or events in your life. We talk about what you want to talk about, at a pace set by you.

I aim to provide a nurturing and restorative place for you to build strength, understanding of relationships and events and find new ways to manage and make changes.

If words and talking are hard then art, craft, sand, lego, games or stories can be easier ways to think about painful or confusing feelings. I will always adapt how I work according to your age, ability and interests.

Your therapy can be for 6 weeks or a number of months. Short therapy usually focuses on recent or current challenges, longer therapy is likely if you are troubled by past difficulties. We will agree what is right for you when we meet at the start and review at intervals.

What next? WhatsApp, text or email are the best ways to contact me.

I am an integrative counsellor (person-centred and psychodynamic). I work slightly differently with adults and young people as follows:

Adults: I work with adults privately or as referrals from agencies or insurance providers (BUPA, Aviva, WPA) on family, work and relationship issues, bereavement/loss and difficult life events that might be impacting on their capacity to manage or understand challenging change.

Children and young people: I have worked for many years with children and young people aged 5-18 in schools, charities and privately (including via insurance providers), covering issues such as family/school/friend and relationship changes or difficulties, bereavement/loss, and health challenges. These may have led to heightened anxiety/worries, anger, low self-esteem, sleep issues or low mood. I work systemically, this means I work in partnership with parents/carers, teachers and social/health workers. It is a shared and safe way to support children, with appropriate consent that doesn’t compromise the confidentiality of our sessions. The child’s voice and wishes remain at the heart of what we do. Therapy for young children is likely to be through the medium of play.

Adults & young people: We will meet for an initial 50 minute session face to face or online, and then we can decide if regular weekly sessions for an agreed period of time is the right thing, there is no rush to decide. All sessions are £45 for 50 minutes. For clients requiring invoices or reports I charge up to £65 per session. 

Children: All work with children is face to face. I meet with parents/carers for an initial assessment for up to 50 minutes at a cost of £45. This gives us the opportunity to answer each other's questions and decide if we want to offer your child the opportunity to meet me. Finding a counsellor who your child feels confident and happy to be with is important so the initial session with your child is free. It is their opportunity to understand what counselling is, ask questions and decide if they want to go ahead. Ultimately it will always be their decision to go ahead or not. Regular weekly sessions of 50 minutes are £45 thereafter. If a client requires invoices or reports I charge up to £65 per session.

I work Monday to Friday, mornings, evenings and a few evenings.

I am a CPCAB trained supervisor for person-centred and psychodynamic counsellors working with adults, young people and children.

I work face to face at my practice on Holywood High St or online. 

We will meet for an initial meeting for us to decide if I am a suitable match for your modality, client caseload and working context. If we agreed to work together we will have a contract that will include review. I work with student counsellors and accredited counsellors alike. All supervision sessions are charged at £45ph.