About me
Hello, I’m Victoria. I am a neurodivergent, disabled therapist with experience of working with ADHD, AuDHD, autistic clients, LGBTQIA+ clients and clients with long-term illness and disability.
Whether you're looking to bring about positive change or work through difficult things from the past, I hope to support you in achieving your goals.
I work relationally, offering a Person Centred approach, providing a compassionate and safe space to explore your concerns. I offer techniques from psychodynamic, gestalt and (optionally) CBT approaches. As an integrative practitioner, I may invite you to explore how elements of your past and present interact and have shaped you and your journey. My blended approach allows us the flexibility to work relationally together, responding to your changing needs and giving you time to be heard and seen.
I provide a trauma-informed environment in which you can feel accepted and safe as we walk together through your journey.
My work is guided by what feels important to you, and I look forward to meeting you wherever you are at. I work collaboratively, taking things at your pace and checking in with your individual needs so that you feel comfortable and can gain the most value from our sessions.
I work to provide an inclusive space, welcoming to all.
Training, qualifications & experience
I have a Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling, bringing lived experience of neurodivergence and over 20 years’ involvement in education with children, young people and families with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), through my previous work in schools.
I have additional training in working with neurodivergent and neuro-questioning clients, specifically ADHD, Autism and AuDHD. I also have a particular interest in working with disabled people, parents, and those affected by trauma and system-generated trauma.
My background is in trauma counselling, working with survivors at Trust House Reading, where I have supported clients with a range of issues stemming from their trauma, including relationships, boundaries, negotiating the medical and SEND system and depression and anxiety.
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
- systems-generated trauma
- parenting
- parenting children and young people with SEND
Therapies offered
Fees
£60.00 per session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
I work mostly online but am happy to discuss if you would prefer to work in person with me.
My working hours are Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 9am-9pm.
Further information
I offer a FREE 15 minute introductory session, in which you can get to know and experience counselling with me. We can discuss your hopes for therapy and you can see if I am the right fit for you and any accommodations that might help you in our journey.
In our first full session together, we can explore further what brings you to counselling, and how we might work best together. We can talk about anything you want to process from the past, and explore coping techniques for managing day-to-day.
