About Victoria
Victoria Pike is a counsellor with five years' experience supporting people through difficult life moments. She uses a humanistic, person-centred approach and focuses on building a warm, trusting relationship where clients feel heard. Vicky aims to offer calm, steady support as people talk through stress, anxiety, grief and changes in their lives.
She believes clients know their own experience best and trusts their ability to find ways forward. Sessions are shaped around what each person brings, with the pace and direction decided together.
How Victoria works
That flexible approach can help with low self esteem, depression and coping with life transitions. Victoria has particular experience supporting people affected by serious illness, including cancer, and those providing care for others. She also works with maternal anxiety and people in academic or high-pressure study and work environments.
These areas of focus come from direct experience over her five years in practice. Other concerns she supports include body image, chronic pain, fertility and pregnancy-related issues, communication problems, and the emotional impact of sexual assault and domestic violence. She also helps people dealing with isolation, guilt and questions about life purpose.
Sessions are offered in English and are conducted online by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging. Victoria is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP, and is based in the United Kingdom.
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.
Also listed
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Fertility issues
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's 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 person-centred work translates to online therapy
Victoria uses a humanistic, person-centred approach which focuses on building a strong therapeutic relationship. In practice this means the therapist listens carefully, reflects what is said and helps clients make sense of their experience at their own pace. This approach is useful for stress, anxiety, grief and life transitions where feeling understood matters.She also applies evidence-based therapeutic techniques that concentrate on present experience and personal strengths. These techniques help people recognise unhelpful patterns, practise new ways of coping, and make small changes that add up over time. They are helpful for issues like low self esteem, coping with chronic illness and maternal anxiety.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. Victoria will work with clients to identify goals, try different ways of working and adjust as needed so therapy fits each person's needs and preferences.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is useful for fuller interaction and non-verbal cues, phone can be a simpler option with lower bandwidth, and chat or messaging suits shorter check-ins or times when typing feels easier. These options make it simpler to fit sessions around work, caregiving or study commitments.
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