Corina Valdano, HCPC

Corina Valdano is a counsellor who uses a blend of practical, evidence-informed approaches to help people facing stress, anxiety, difficult relationships, trauma, low self-esteem and life changes. She works in English and Spanish and draws on 27 years of experience to offer steady, grounded support. Corina is registered with the HCPC.

Her sessions focus on clear, manageable steps. She helps clients notice patterns that keep them stuck and practises skills to reduce intense emotions. Work often includes learning small daily habits, experimenting with new ways of reacting, and setting realistic goals.

Corina integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people accept hard feelings while acting on values. She uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviours. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills are applied when emotional regulation and distress tolerance are needed.

Attachment-based ideas inform how she talks about relationship patterns and trust. Client-centred methods keep the sessions collaborative, with the person’s priorities leading the pace and focus. This mix lets Corina adapt to different concerns, from body image to long-term caregiving stress.

She welcomes people affected by adoption and foster care issues, abandonment, autism and attachment difficulties, chronic illness, and other complex challenges. Corina aims to help clients build tools they can use between sessions and to make steady progress toward clearer, more manageable days.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting driven by them, then choose actions that match their values. This can help with anxiety, stress and low mood by focusing on what matters rather than on trying to eliminate every difficult feeling. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions and offers practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns. It is often used for worry, panic and low mood through exercises and behavioural experiments. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy teaches skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance and clearer communication, which can be useful when emotions feel overwhelming.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Corina treats therapy as a collaborative process and will help you decide which methods suit your needs and goals. Together you can try different techniques and adjust the plan if something does not feel right.

Confirm the current online session options before booking, as formats are not specified here. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when that helps, and remove travel time so appointments sit more easily around work or caring responsibilities. Registered and accredited professionals can use these approaches effectively in remote sessions, and the focus remains on practical skills and steady progress.