Counsellor profile
Valerie Monteiro, ACA
Australia
ACA counsellor - Relationships and Anger
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- CredentialsACA
- RegistrationACA, Australia / 1642
- Experience21 years
- LanguagesEnglish, Hindi
- LocationAustralia
About
- Stress and anxiety
- Relationship work
- EMDR and ACT
About Valerie
Valerie Monteiro is an ACA counsellor with 21 years of clinical experience based in Australia. She works with adults on issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, relationship and intimacy difficulties, and anger. Sessions are conducted in English and Hindi. Valerie’s profile highlights a practical focus on everyday problems rather than labels.
Clients meet a practitioner who combines talking therapies with body-aware work and life coaching. She uses approaches that include Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy and EMDR where appropriate. That means sessions can shift between exploring thoughts, practising skills, and working with strong emotions in the body.
Valerie pays attention to patterns that repeat across relationships, such as attachment or blended family issues. She also addresses concerns linked to health, chronic pain, cancer, first responder stress, and compassion fatigue. Career strain, sleep and eating problems, and parenting stresses are also within her scope.
Her style is straightforward. Conversations aim to clarify what is getting in the way and test practical steps to change it. People who struggle with simmering resentment, snapping at loved ones, work frustration, or difficulty letting go of past hurts may find this approach relevant.
Valerie asks new clients to use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. International clients are not accepted. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the site’s online therapy options button.
How sessions work
How Valerie uses ACT, CBT and EMDR in online sessions
Valerie often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and decide on values-based actions. ACT suits worries that keep people stuck and helps build flexible ways of responding to anger and stress.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and test practical behaviour changes. CBT sessions typically include simple experiments and skill practice to reduce reactivity and improve sleep and mood.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is offered for people who carry strong traumatic memories. EMDR works through distressing memories in a paced way to reduce their emotional charge and ease related symptoms.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Valerie will collaborate with the client to decide which methods feel most useful, combining approaches as needed to match goals and preferences.
Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific online delivery methods. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day, allow shorter check-ins when time is limited, and remove travel time. Discuss practical arrangements when you book so sessions fit around work, family and daily routines.
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Experience
21+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English, Hindi
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of anger issues does she address?
She works with adults on anger related to relationships, work stress, resentment and difficulty managing strong feelings.
What approach does she use in sessions?
Valerie draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy and EMDR, mixing talking and body-focused work to suit the problem.
How much experience does she have?
She has 21 years of clinical experience working with stress, trauma, grief, relationship issues and related concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is listed as an ACA counsellor and works from Australia.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English and Hindi.
Can people outside Australia work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How does cost and payment work?
Pricing varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What do I do to start a session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.