About Victoria
Victoria Lynn has practised as a counsellor in the United Kingdom for 15 years and holds BACP accreditation. She supports people facing depression, trauma and abuse, addiction issues and relationship concerns. Victoria also helps with stress, anxiety, self-esteem, grief and intimacy-related problems.
Her approach is straightforward and person-focused. She sees each client as the expert on their own life and works from that starting point. Sessions aim to build on strengths and practical coping skills rather than rely on jargon or lengthy theory.
How Victoria works
Victoria draws on a mix of approaches to suit different needs. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address unhelpful thinking and increase meaningful action. Attachment-based ideas help when trust, closeness or communication have broken down.
Many people come for support with sleep, eating, parenting pressures, anger or workplace burnout. She also works with issues such as bipolar disorder, ADHD, chronic pain and caring responsibilities, helping clients manage the everyday impact of these challenges. Therapy is collaborative and goal-focused.
Victoria offers practical exercises, regular check-ins and space to talk through difficult feelings. Her sessions are intended to help people make small changes that lead to more manageable days and clearer choices. To start, she asks new clients to complete a short intake so sessions can focus on immediate concerns.
Victoria accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.
Victoria lists 19 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
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
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- 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
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- 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
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| 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
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and encourages action that reflects personal values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression and life transitions by helping people choose meaningful steps despite uncomfortable emotions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on how thoughts, behaviours and feelings connect. It uses practical exercises and homework to change unhelpful thinking patterns and improve mood and sleep. This approach often suits problems like anxiety, low mood and sleeping difficulties.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Victoria will discuss different methods and together the client and therapist decide what fits the person’s goals and preferences. This collaborative process means plans can change as needs evolve.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging can be used for shorter check-ins or between-session support. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and travel while keeping focus on practical coping and progress.
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