About Victoria
Victoria Hookway is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She welcomes people who are facing stress, anxiety, trauma, parenting pressures, depression, ADHD and other life changes. Victoria aims to make the first steps feel manageable and clear for someone who is worried or unsure where to begin.
She uses a person-centred way of working that treats each person as the expert in their own life. Sessions move at the client’s pace and follow what matters most to them.
Background and approach
That might mean talking through feelings, or building practical strategies for day-to-day coping. The tone in sessions is down-to-earth and straightforward. Victoria has five years of experience and combines independent practice work with volunteer roles in a local mental health charity and therapeutic work within a school community.
This mix gives her experience with a wide range of difficulties, including grief, sleeping problems, anger, low self-esteem, bipolar and relationship concerns. She also focuses on attachment issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, blended family challenges, caregiver stress, body image and related concerns. Victoria aims to help people untangle long-standing patterns and find ways to feel more settled in everyday life.
Victoria published a guided journal called 365: A Year of Self-Discovery to support reflection between sessions. Her style is warm and encouraging, and she aims to create a non-judgemental space where clients can bring whatever matters to them.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Victoria practises person-centred counselling, which focuses on listening and following what you bring to the session. The counsellor helps you explore your experience, name feelings and find your own solutions, useful for stress, depression and relationship concerns.She also draws on evidence-based techniques to build practical coping skills when needed. That can include step-by-step strategies for managing anxiety, sleep routines for sleeping problems, and pacing tools for handling strong emotions or trauma reactions.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with you about your goals and preferences and try different ways of working until you find what helps. You remain in control of pace and content throughout the work.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let you have a more face-to-face conversation, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break, while live chat and text messaging suit people who prefer written check-ins or want to reflect between messages. These options make it easier to book sessions around work, family or other commitments and to continue therapy even when life gets busy.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English
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