Viktoria Kirilova , BACP

Viktoria Kirilova is a therapist who brings a personable, tailored approach to her practice and holds BACP credentials, which indicate professional standing with a counselling and psychotherapy association. With five years of direct experience as a practising therapist, she works from an integrative perspective that adapts to each person’s needs rather than relying on a single method.

Viktoria has supported people from diverse backgrounds, including young adults, members of the LGBT community, and survivors of abuse and traumatic events. She places strong emphasis on the therapeutic relationship, believing that a respectful, empathetic connection creates the conditions clients need to explore difficult feelings and begin to make meaningful changes.

Her work is focused on helping clients make sense of what they are experiencing and identify practical ways forward. Viktoria works with issues such as stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, addictions, relationship and family difficulties, grief, intimacy challenges, eating and sleeping concerns, parenting, anger, career matters, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes. She also attends to attachment and abandonment issues, codependency, communication and control problems, and other related concerns.

Viktoria offers therapy in English and Bulgarian and aims to create a supportive space where clients can explore their experiences and build strategies for coping and growth.

Therapeutic approaches and online care with Viktoria

Viktoria draws on client-centered therapy, which focuses on creating a respectful, empathic relationship and helping clients lead the direction of sessions while the therapist offers understanding and support; this approach is useful for exploring identity, relationships, and emotional concerns. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - CBT - a structured method that helps people identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns; CBT is commonly applied to anxiety, depression, sleep and eating difficulties, and stress management. Additionally, she employs Motivational Interviewing to support clients who face ambivalence around change, such as in addictions or lifestyle adjustments, by fostering intrinsic motivation and practical steps forward.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Viktoria collaborates with each person to assess needs, goals, and preferences, and together they decide which methods to prioritise and adapt over time so therapy feels relevant and effective.

Online therapy offers flexibility in how people connect - through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit support into busy lives or to access care from different locations. For many clients, these options improve consistency of contact and make working with licensed professionals and therapists more accessible and convenient.