About Victoria
Victoria Hookway is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She works with people facing major life changes and ongoing difficulties such as stress, anxiety, trauma, depression and parenting strain. Victoria aims to create a calm, down-to-earth space where clients can talk things through at their own pace.
She follows a person-centred approach, which means the client leads the sessions and brings the topics they want to work on.
How Victoria works
If someone wants practical strategies, those are included. If someone needs time to process feelings, sessions can focus on emotional exploration instead. Victoria combines work in independent practice with voluntary roles at a local mental health charity and therapeutic support within a school community.
This gives her experience supporting children and parents through testing times, alongside adults with a wide range of concerns including ADHD and autistic spectrum conditions. Over five years she has helped people with relationship and family problems, grief and bereavement, sleep difficulties, anger, low self-esteem and coping with life transitions. She also supports those affected by domestic violence, divorce and family-of-origin issues.
Victoria recently published a guided journal titled 365: A Year of Self-Discovery, designed to help people explore their thoughts and feelings between sessions. She encourages a collaborative pace and aims to help clients uncover solutions that feel authentic and manageable.
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
- 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
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online work
Victoria uses person-centred practice online, which puts the client in charge of session goals and pace. In this way the online sessions can be shaped to suit someone who wants to talk through feelings or someone who prefers to learn coping strategies. This approach helps with emotional processing, self-esteem and relationship or family concerns.She also draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to add structure when needed. For example, practical coping strategies can be taught and practised over video or phone calls to manage anxiety, stress and sleep problems. These techniques are straightforward and focused on small, manageable steps that people can try between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, needs and preferences and then recommend ways of working that suit the individual. That collaborative decision means methods can change as progress is made.
Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow visual connection and richer conversation, phone sessions use less data and can fit into a shorter break, and live chat or text messaging can be useful for quick check-ins or for people who prefer not to use a camera. These options aim to make therapy more accessible and easier to fit around work, parenting and daily life.
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