I am credentialed in the United Kingdom with 3 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma, abuse, motivation, self esteem, & confidence. I also have experience working with depression. I believe that you are the expert of your story and that you have many strengths that will assist you in overcoming things that challenge you. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. I am here to support & empower you in that journey.
Additional areas of focus: Abandonment, Aging and geriatric issues, Antisocial personality, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Avoidant personality, Blended family issues, Body image, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Impulsivity, Isolation / loneliness, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Phobias, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexuality, Smoking / vaping cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Traumatic brain injury, Trichotillomania, Visually impaired, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP #403850
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Vicky is so kind and always helps me to feel understood.
Written on Mar 20, 2026 after therapy with Vicky for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, and anger management
10/10 vicky listens to, understand and supports me in learning to understand things too. I have improved mentally while working with vicky. It has been invaluable for me.
Written on Oct 23, 2025 after therapy with Vicky for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, and coping with life changes
Vicky is a patient kind and very understanding professional. In a few sessions she’s been able to see what I need and made me feel really safe which is what I’ve needed
Wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her at all
Written on Jul 24, 2025 after therapy with Vicky for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and adhd
despite this only being my 2nd session she has been supportive and helpful allowing me to go at my own pace and not pressuring me to tell her all straight away.
Written on Jun 27, 2025 after therapy with Vicky for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and adhd