I am licensed in the UK and work with clients who have experienced very challenging, and often life changing, situations.
How we view ourselves in the world (and our experiences in life) can have an enormous impact on us, both positively and negatively. I am old enough and experienced enough to have felt this impact myself. I also understand that life can take unexpected turns.
My approach is person-centred, which means that you are the expert in your world and you have the answers within you. We will work together, at a pace that’s right for you, so you can unlock your solutions. Being person-centred means that the sessions are guided by you, so if you wish to build strategies and techniques we can do that. If you wish to have the space to share what’s going on for you, working through the emotions, we can do that too. It is your therapy and you get to bring anything you wish. It can feel challenging at times, but the positive changes you feel will make it a worthwhile journey.
I am a very down to earth person and I am always inspired by the hard work my clients put into processing their concerns, improving their lives and finding their authentic selves.
I work in private practice, I volunteer my services to a local mental health charity and I work therapeutically with members of my school community. I support children and their families through challenging times.
I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, depression and ADHD and ASC/D, work related stress and much more. I work with my clients to create an open and safe environment where your thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear of judgment.
Taking the first step to seeking a more fulfilling and happier life takes courage and can be daunting. But I am here to support you in that process, providing you with warmth, safety and empathy as you begin your journey towards a more fulfilled you.
I have also recently published a guided journal on Amazon - 365: A Year of Self-Discovery. My aim is to provide the tools for exploration and understanding to as many people as possible!
Additional areas of focus:Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Grief, Sleeping disorders, Anger management, Self esteem, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Attachment issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Blended family issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Communication problems, Control issues, Dependent personality, Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Forgiveness, 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, Self-harm, Self-love, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
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Reviews
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Victoria is wonderful. She's non-judgmental, warm, open-minded and genuinely seems to understand and empathize, while still being able to challenge in a respectful way
Written on Dec 15, 2025 after therapy with Victoria for 5 months on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, and adhd
I have already posted a glowing review but I am happy to repeat it. Her depth and agility in the two sessions we’ve had so far really impress me. She asks good questions and shares real insights. Historically, I have not found therapy to be a good use of my time but Victoria is changing that for me.
Written on Nov 25, 2025 after therapy with Victoria for 3 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, intimacy-related issues, parenting issues, and coping with life changes
will definitely recommend to others
Written on Nov 10, 2025 after therapy with Victoria for 2 years and 7 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, and anger management
Victoria is an experienced therapist! She listens to what I say and provide feedback when needed
Written on Sep 11, 2025 after therapy with Victoria for 3 months on issues concerning depression
The support guidance and understand that victoria has shown me has been a been a real guiding light in my world.
Written on Aug 19, 2025 after therapy with Victoria for 4 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, anger management, coping with life changes, and adhd
Victoria is awesome!
Written on Jun 11, 2025 after therapy with Victoria for 1 year and 9 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, and self esteem
Very personable and friendly. Extremely helpful listener with great analogies and examples to help organize thoughts.
Written on Apr 26, 2025 after therapy with Victoria for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, coping with life changes, and adhd
Vicki is an incredibly warm and supportive therapist. I look forward to every session regardless if it's sunny or rainy in my head. I feel respected, heard and understood. She is very knowledgable about all the subjects I struggle with, and makes things make sense to me while providing tools I can use in the daily while also challenging how I think - which is exactly what I need. I discovered BetterHelp at the darkest time of my life and couldn't be more grateful to have been matched with Vicki.
Written on Apr 14, 2025 after therapy with Victoria for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, grief, sleeping disorders, compassion fatigue, and adhd
I've found my calls with Vicki extremely grounding and useful. She is incredibly empathetic and friendly, but always professional. Vicki strikes a good balance between listening intently and offering practical advice. Highly recommended!
Written on Mar 17, 2025 after therapy with Victoria for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, coaching, and adhd
Victoria is great at unpicking the little things that soon spiral into a big problem. Rather than trying to push to fix too much at once just slowly unravels each part and soon it all mounts up to fix the bigger issues. She has helped sorting out many coping mechanisms with my anxiety. She understands I'm a busy person and just checks up on me every now and then, but never puts pressure on myself to reply. I love this approach and it's helped me in such little time.
Written on Mar 03, 2025 after therapy with Victoria for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Victoria has been wonderful and I’m so grateful to have found her. She’s helped me through a difficult period in my life. Thanks to her I’ve been able to come to some very essential realizations and grow. I couldn’t recommend her more!
Written on Feb 23, 2025 after therapy with Victoria for 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue
She is the only person right now who I can talk too, she understands my needs and helps in every possible way, very kind and understanding
Written on Jan 10, 2025 after therapy with Victoria for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and grief
First session. Excellent therapist. Good rapport. Looking forward to more sessions.
Written on Dec 21, 2024 after therapy with Victoria for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety
She in incredibly empathetic and helpful!
Written on Dec 04, 2024 after therapy with Victoria for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, anger management, coping with life changes, and adhd
Victoria Hookway is a very professional therapist who understands every one of my concerns, small or big. She always is supportive and never judges no matter the topic. I feel in very good hands and will forever be grateful for the experience I've had with her as my therapist!
Written on Oct 30, 2024 after therapy with Victoria for 11 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, sleeping disorders, anger management, bipolar disorder, and adhd
Victoria is very competent, understanding, provides resources to surmount my difficulties.
Written on Sep 24, 2024 after therapy with Victoria for 3 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, career difficulties, and coping with life changes
Victoria has been amazing after only two sessions! Her natural empathy and understanding stands out which creates a lovely relaxed setting which I couldn't be more grateful for. Such a pleasure to have met her.
Written on Aug 15, 2024 after therapy with Victoria for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, and anger management
I have only had a couple of sessions with Victoria so far but her understanding my needs and ability to listen to the struggles I am facing, has made me feel so relieved. Her allowing me to figure out what is the best thing for myself and guidance along way, has been so encouraging. I look forward to my sessions going forward.
Written on Aug 04, 2024 after therapy with Victoria for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, eating disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue
I'm delighted to share my experience with Victoria, my therapist. Though it's early days in our journey together, her impact has already been profound. Victoria has an incredible knack for gently nudging me in the right direction, allowing me to discover insights on my own while feeling fully supported. Her manner is nothing short of fabulous—warm, empathetic, and exceptionally professional.Victoria's expertise is invaluable in helping me navigate a complex family matter. She offers clear guidance and helps me understand where I stand on various scales, providing a structured yet compassionate approach to our sessions. I've already recommended her to my family, confident that anyone would benefit from her skills and caring nature. I'm truly grateful to have found such a fantastic therapist in Victoria.
Written on Jul 26, 2024 after therapy with Victoria for 2 weeks on issues concerning family conflicts, and trauma and abuse
Amazing sweet therapist that is intuitive and amazing at listening and guiding toward good decisions
Written on Jun 13, 2024 after therapy with Victoria for 5 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, anger management, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and adhd
Victoria is a brilliant human and an even better therapist. Compassionate, empathetic, intelligent, and an all-around kind soul, she creates a safe and welcoming environment for her clients. I feel genuinely happy to go to Victoria with my issues, and through many sessions, I already feel empowered to take more control of my life. Her deep understanding and insightful approach have made a significant difference in my personal growth. Victoria's ability to listen without judgment and provide thoughtful guidance has been invaluable. I wholeheartedly recommend Victoria to anyone seeking a skilled and compassionate therapist.
Written on May 20, 2024 after therapy with Victoria for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and self esteem
Victoria was very compassionate in my time of vulnerability. She listened to my issues and responded with such kindness. I felt very comfortable sharing with her upon our first meeting. She had a lovely way to help suggest ways to get grounded again in my time of heavy stress. I’m grateful for her support.
Written on May 15, 2024 after therapy with Victoria for 4 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting issues, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and coaching
I have had 4 sessions so far and it has made an enormous difference to how I feel. Victoria really listens and makes very useful practical suggestions that have helped me to be more organised, more present in the moment and more focussed which in turn has led me to feel much happier and empowered. I feel very well supported by her and able to talk to her about anything.
Written on Mar 04, 2024 after therapy with Victoria for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, self esteem, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue
I've been working with Vickie for the last two and a half months on my ADHD symptoms and I already feel miles ahead of where I used to be. Not only is Vickie kind and welcoming, but she is also very in-tune with the swirling, often overwhelming thoughts in my head — the "spaghetti junction," as she so aptly put it. She offers helpful nuggets of wisdom like that and many more, which together we've turned into actionable next steps. I'm very pleased with my progress and eager for more!
Written on Jan 24, 2024 after therapy with Victoria for 2 months on issues concerning adhd
A good listener and she is able to relate to my situations with empathy.
Written on Jan 24, 2024 after therapy with Victoria for 10 months on issues concerning relationship issues, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd
Victoria is grounded, thoughtful, supportive and insightful. Over the last month I have opened up in a way I could never have expected. I look forward to carrying on my work with her.
Written on Dec 31, 2023 after therapy with Victoria for 1 month on issues concerning relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd
Word can’t describe how grateful I am that I have matched with Victoria. She helped me to recover by giving me structures and ideas to manage my situation. She listens and support in any way she can. All I can say, Thank you!
Written on Oct 25, 2023 after therapy with Victoria for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, sleeping disorders, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, coaching, compassion fatigue, and adhd
Victoria is a wonderful woman, with a presence that immediately invokes a safe container and nourishing environment to share and discuss. Her input is heart centered and her listening skills are refined and caring. I highly recommend her work and sessions!
Written on Oct 23, 2023 after therapy with Victoria for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and adhd
Incredible therapist, really motivates as she analyzes the situations well.
helps me a lot and I look forward every time to our next session.
Written on Jul 20, 2023 after therapy with Victoria for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, family conflicts, grief, eating disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, and coping with life changes
Very helpful for my individual growth.
Written on Jul 10, 2023 after therapy with Victoria for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, and self esteem
Victoria is great. She listens, but also adds inputs where needrd
Written on May 22, 2023 after therapy with Victoria for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, anger management, and coping with life changes
Vicki has been a great help to me. She is patient, understanding and well informed. She knows when to listen and when to guide, both of which have been much appreciated and very helpful. I would absolutely recommend her.
Written on Apr 08, 2023 after therapy with Victoria for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, and adhd
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