About Victoria
Victoria Hookway is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people facing stress, anxiety and major life changes. She keeps sessions straightforward and practical, and she meets each person where they are. Victoria aims to create a calm space where people can talk through what matters to them and explore solutions at their own pace.
Her practice places the client at the centre of each session. That means the person sets the pace and decides what to bring, whether that is working on strategies and skills or simply talking through feelings.
Background and approach
Victoria combines this person-centred stance with practical tools when people want them, so therapy can be flexible and goal-focused as needed. Victoria has five years of experience and is BACP registered, which she uses to guide ethical and professional practice. She works in independent practice, volunteers at a local mental health charity, and offers therapeutic support within a school community.
She has also published a guided journal called 365: A Year of Self-Discovery to support personal reflection. She has supported people with a wide range of concerns including stress, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, depression, ADHD and autism spectrum conditions. Victoria also helps with sleeping problems, grief, anger, self-esteem and coping with relationship and family difficulties.
Sessions are conversational and down to earth. Victoria aims to be warm and non-judgemental while helping people uncover their own answers. She encourages small, manageable steps that build toward clearer thinking and a more fulfilled life.
How person-centred work and practical techniques translate online
Victoria uses a person-centred approach online, which means sessions focus on what you bring and move at your pace. This approach helps when someone needs space to talk through emotions, rethink difficult experiences, or explore identity and self-esteem questions.Alongside that, she offers practical strategies drawn from evidence-based therapeutic techniques to support coping with anxiety, stress and sleep problems. For example, simple behavioural steps can help break cycles of worry and improve sleep routines. Short structured exercises can also help with managing intense emotions and building everyday coping skills.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a shared process. Victoria will work collaboratively to decide whether more space for talking or more skills-based work is needed, and she will adapt the plan as goals evolve. Clients are involved in setting the focus and pace of therapy so it feels useful and achievable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging. Video is useful for longer conversations and when visual contact helps the relationship. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a shorter check-in fits a break at work. Live chat and messaging suit people who prefer written reflection or need flexible, brief exchanges. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and everyday life.
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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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