About Victoria
Victoria Haltom is a licensed Master of Social Work who helps people manage stress and anxiety. She offers steady, nonjudgmental support for worries about relationships, grief, self-esteem, depression, and life transitions. Her tone is practical and compassionate, aimed at people who feel stuck or overwhelmed.
Victoria uses straightforward conversations to identify what is most pressing. She listens for patterns in thinking and behavior, then suggests small, concrete steps to try between sessions.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on building coping skills, improving communication, and reducing daily stressors. She completed her Master of Social Work at the University of Southern California and holds an MI LMSW license in Michigan. Victoria has worked in outpatient therapy and telecounseling since 2015 and brings 12 years of experience in social work and clinical support.
Her approach blends several methods so care fits each person. She draws on attachment ideas to look at past relationship patterns, cognitive-behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thoughts, and client-centered listening so people feel heard. Mindfulness and relaxation techniques are used when helpful for anxiety, sleep, or stress.
Victoria also has experience supporting people facing chronic illness, caregiver stress, addiction concerns, and identity or body-image struggles. She aims to create a practical plan that feels doable and to decide goals together as therapy progresses.
Online approaches that focus on thoughts, relationships, and coping
Attachment-Based Therapy emphasizes how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people notice how they relate to others and learn new ways to connect and set boundaries when old patterns cause distress.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical strategies to challenge unhelpful thoughts, reduce anxiety, and change behaviors that get in the way of daily life.
Victoria treats picking the right approach as a team effort. She will talk with each person about their goals and try different methods to see what fits. That collaborative process helps shape sessions and decide which skills to prioritize.
Online therapy gives flexible options for staying consistent. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging support quick check-ins or ongoing coaching. These formats make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, or health needs while still focusing on practical skill building.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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