About me
I'm an accredited Integrative Psychotherapist offering specialist couples and individual therapy in Central London and online.
Why Choose Couples Therapy?
I work with couples who feel stuck, disconnected, in crisis or caught in repetitive patterns, as well as those at a life transition who simply want to strengthen and refresh their relationship.
Whatever brings you to therapy, it offers a space to slow things down, improve communication and explore areas of conflict or disconnection, with the aim of building a stronger, more supportive relationship.
We begin by exploring your relationship history, current challenges and what each of you hopes to gain from the work. I aim to create a calm, balanced and non-judgemental space where both partners feel equally heard and understood. I don't take sides; I work with the relationship itself, helping you understand the patterns, emotional responses and deeper dynamics shaping your connection.
My approach draws on Transpersonal Psychotherapy and Imago Relationship Therapy, exploring communication patterns, emotional triggers, attachment wounds and family dynamics. Rather than focusing solely on what you're arguing about, we'll look at what's happening beneath the conflict and how past experiences may be shaping your reactions to one another.
I offer a warm, active and compassionate approach, helping you recognise unhelpful patterns, understand one another more deeply and develop more constructive ways of communicating. The work can sometimes feel challenging, but this is often where meaningful and lasting change begins.
The initial assessment lasts 75 minutes, allowing time to hear from both partners and begin understanding what's happening within your relationship.
I offer a complimentary 15-minute Zoom consultation if you'd like to talk briefly before arranging an assessment. For more information about how I work with couples, please visit my website. www.vikkiscottpsychotherapy.com
Individual Psychotherapy
I work with individuals experiencing anxiety, low mood, bereavement, relationship difficulties, addiction, intrusive thoughts and life or career transitions.
In personal psychotherapy, the focus is on helping you recognise what feels true to you, and what belongs to the past. Together, we explore patterns of behaviour, emotional responses, and experiences that may be shaping your present circumstances. Psychotherapy can support you in understanding and changing patterns that no longer serve you. Once we have explored your history and brought these patterns into awareness, I may incorporate a range of approaches to support movement and change: including behavioural experiments, guided visualisation, chair work, and other experiential techniques, depending on your needs. Occasionally, I also integrate elements of coaching, such as goal setting, where this feels helpful and appropriate.
Training, qualifications & experience
I completed five years of psychotherapy training at the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education (CCPE), graduating with a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy. As part of my clinical training, I completed 18-month placements at The Maudsley Hospital, working on the Acute Men's Ward, and at Help Counselling. I also completed one-year placements at The Caravan in Piccadilly and Maytree, a suicide respite centre in Finsbury Park.
Alongside my work with individuals, I am currently completing an Advanced Diploma in Transpersonal Couple Counselling & Intimate Relationship Psychotherapy at CCPE to further develop my specialist work with couples.
Qualifications & Professional Memberships
- 4 Year Post Graduate Diploma in Counselling & Psychotherapy - Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education (CCPE)
- 1 Year Foundation in Psychotherapy - Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education (CCPE)
- UKCP Member no. 2011170332
- BACP Membership no. 00976591
- Diploma in Transpersonal Couple Counselling & Intimate Relationship Psychotherapy at CCPE (currently undertaking)
- Life Coaching Diploma (Achievement Specialists)
- BMUS Honours from Goldsmiths College, University of London
I have full professional indemnity and public liability insurance. I have regular clinical supervision and work to a strict code of Ethics set by UKCP and BACP.
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.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
OCD
Childhood abuse
Issues with Family
Therapies offered
Fees
£95.00 per session
Health Insurance/EAP
Additional information
Couples Therapy: The initial assessment is 75 minutes (£155). Ongoing sessions are 60 minutes (£130).
My fee for individual therapy is £95 a session.
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Further information
Psychotherapy can help change negative patterns of behaviour by shedding light on what has been repressed and supporting you to implement new behaviours. It can also help you process past traumas and deal with everyday stress, as well as supporting you with relationship, health and work issues.
In psychotherapy you’ll learn the skills to recognise what is true to you and what belongs in the past.
The success of therapy lies in the healing relationship between the client and therapist so it is imperative to choose the right therapist. You are the expert on your life but I will endeavour to do my best to walk beside you and help facilitate transformation.
