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Valia Chatzichristou | Therapy for Life Beyond the Usual Milestones
Humanist, trauma and grief-informed support for thoughtful outsiders

Not everyone’s life follows the expected script of marriage, children and tidy milestones. Some people are childfree. Some became parents and feel changed in ways they didn’t anticipate. Others simply look at their life and think, This isn’t what I thought it would be.

I work with adults whose life trajectory has unfolded differently by choice, chance, or circumstance. My clients often carry quiet griefs, identity questions, or a sense of being slightly out of step with the world around them.

I am childfree myself and I work from a non-religious, humanist perspective. I understand life outside traditional roles and I offer a space where your values, doubts and questions can be explored without assumptions about what a ‘successful’ life should look like.

You might come to therapy wondering:

  • Why do I feel behind when I’ve done nothing ‘wrong’?
  • How do I make peace with the life I have rather than the one I expected?
  • What does purpose look like outside parenthood or traditional milestones?
  • Why does my life look fine on the outside but not feel that way inside?

I also have a strong background in working with grief, loss and life transitions, including the kinds of losses that don’t always get recognised or named.

I’m a BACP-accredited therapist, fully insured and DBS checked, with many years’ experience in NHS Talking Therapies, where I continue to work part-time. I hold a qualification in Counselling for Depression and a BA in Music and sometimes bring creative tools into sessions when words aren’t enough.

If you’re looking for therapy that supports you in understanding yourself more deeply, not squeezing your life into someone else’s template, I’d love to hear from you.

I offer short- and long-term therapy, weekly or fortnightly.
You’re welcome to book a free 15-minute phone or video consultation to see if we might be a good fit.

“Individuals considered authentic are those who generally strive to align their actions with their core values and beliefs with the hope of discovering, and then acting in sync with, their true selves.”