About Virginia
Virginia Toole helps people facing grief, anxiety, stress and big life changes. She supports those dealing with depression, addiction, bipolar mood challenges, relationship or intimacy concerns, parenting strain, and work-related pressure. People turn to her for help with trauma, low self-esteem, anger, ADHD and compassion fatigue.
She offers a calm, accepting space where people can begin again at their own pace. Her approach is warm and practical. Sessions focus on what feels most urgent and on small steps that make life easier.
How Virginia works
She listens without judgement and follows the person’s lead while offering tools from different approaches when they suit. Evening and some Saturday times are available to fit around work and other commitments. Virginia uses client-centred conversations to help people feel heard and respected.
She draws on mindfulness to slow racing thoughts and on narrative work to reframe painful stories. Motivational interviewing can help people find the reasons to change when they feel stuck. Hypnotherapy is offered as an option for accessing relaxed states and supporting new habits.
She has six years of counselling experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Sessions are offered in English and can be arranged to suit different time zones. Formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text messaging.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and appointments are scheduled according to the therapist’s availability. Therapy uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time and session cost varies with location and therapist availability.
Virginia lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Virginia works with
The areas below are the ones Virginia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How these approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person. It helps people feel understood and encourages them to find their own answers for grief, anxiety or life changes. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention exercises to reduce worry and bring calm. It is useful for stress, rumination and managing strong emotions.Narrative Therapy looks at the stories people tell about themselves and the events that trouble them. It helps separate the problem from the person and can open up new ways to respond to issues like addiction, relationship trouble or low self-esteem.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk about options and try techniques to see what feels useful. Decisions are based on a person’s needs, goals and preferences and are adjusted as therapy progresses.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people have a face-to-face conversation without travel and are good for exercises and guided interventions. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or when a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit shorter check-ins, quick coaching moments or people who prefer writing to speaking. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and travel.
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