# The Holding Space Liverpool

The Holding Space Liverpool is a counselling practice in Liverpool offering professional mental health support for adults navigating a wide range of personal challenges. Led by Vic Welsh, a Level 5 Fully Qualified Integrative Counsellor and BACP member, the practice specialises in evidence-based therapeutic approaches including Psychodynamic therapy, Transactional Analysis, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

The practice works with clients experiencing trauma, grief, relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, domestic violence, substance misuse, sexuality concerns, workplace harassment, phobias and guilt. Vic creates individualised treatment plans with measurable goals, equipping clients with practical mindset skills to achieve mental clarity and emotional freedom.

What sets The Holding Space apart is Vic's authentic lived experience. Having personally navigated a decade of severe depression and anxiety as a self-described overthinker and people-pleaser, she brings genuine empathy and understanding to her work. This background informs her ability to create a warm, non-clinical safe space where clients feel genuinely comfortable opening up.

The practice offers flexibility through both in-person sessions at the Derby Lane location and online counselling, with appointments available weekday evenings until 8pm. All new clients are invited to a complimentary 15-minute consultation to discuss their needs and establish rapport before committing to a longer therapeutic relationship.