About Victoria
Victoria Dann is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with nine years of experience. She meets people who are feeling overwhelmed and helps them find clearer ways to cope. Victoria aims to create a calm, respectful space where someone can be heard and make changes at their own pace.
She uses a mix of approaches to match what each person needs. Sessions often focus on practical steps for stress and anxiety, ways to manage strong emotions, and clearer thinking around relationships and parenting concerns.
How Victoria works
Victoria also supports people dealing with grief, addictions, self-esteem struggles and career questions. Her work draws on acceptance and commitment ideas to help people live by their values, and cognitive behavioural techniques to spot unhelpful thinking patterns. Attachment-based and client-centred ways of working shape how she builds trust and listens.
Mindfulness practices are offered when helpful to reduce reactivity and improve focus. Victoria explains things plainly and sets realistic short-term goals. She encourages small, steady changes rather than sudden fixes.
Sessions include talking, practical exercises, and simple tools to try between meetings. People choose Victoria when they want a warm, steady presence who is direct and compassionate. She adapts pace and style to individual needs, helping people regain confidence and better cope with life changes.
If someone prefers ongoing coaching or help through a particular transition, she supports that too.
Victoria lists 9 ways of working on the entry:
What Victoria works with
The areas below are the ones Victoria selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How different approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice thoughts without getting stuck in them and to take actions that match their values. It can help when someone feels pulled between choices or unhelpful patterns. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying thought and behaviour patterns that keep problems going and testing new ways of responding; it is often used for anxiety, low mood and stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Victoria treats therapy as a collaboration and will discuss which methods fit a person's goals and preferences. Together they will try techniques, review what helps, and adjust the plan as needed so sessions stay relevant and useful.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people use face-to-face dialogue without travelling. Phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit those who prefer writing, want to reflect between messages, or need to fit sessions around work or caring responsibilities. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt each format to the person's needs, making regular support easier to maintain.
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