Counsellor profile
Victoria Hookway, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor specialising in stress and anger
Continue with VictoriaKey details
- CredentialsBACP
- RegistrationBACP, United Kingdom / 392676
- Experience5 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationUnited Kingdom
About
- Person-centred approach
- Practical strategies
- Supports life changes
About Victoria
Victoria Hookway is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with five years' experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting pressures, depression, ADHD and anger. She also supports those dealing with relationship and family issues, grief, sleeping problems and life changes.
Victoria describes a person-centred approach. She treats the client as the expert in their own life and follows the pace they set. Sessions can focus on practical strategies and techniques or on talking through difficult feelings. Victoria aims to help people unpick how their past and current experiences shape their reactions and choices.
She practises from a private practice and also volunteers for a local mental health charity. She has worked therapeutically with members of a school community and supports children and their families through challenging times. Her background includes hands-on experience with diverse concerns such as attachment issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, and blended family problems.
In sessions she invites people to bring whatever matters to them. That might be building coping strategies for anger and stress, working on communication problems, or processing trauma and grief. She frames the work in straightforward terms and encourages steady, practical steps rather than quick fixes.
Victoria has published a guided journal, 365: A Year of Self-Discovery, aimed at helping people explore thoughts and feelings between sessions. Her practice emphasises collaboration, steady progress, and helping clients notice the small changes that add up over time.
How sessions work
Therapeutic approaches and remote sessions
Victoria works from a person-centred perspective which places the client's experience at the centre of the work. That approach focuses on listening, reflecting back what is said, and supporting the client to notice their own resources and choices. It suits people who want time to talk through feelings and shape the therapy around their priorities.She also uses practical strategies and techniques when clients prefer concrete steps. These can include building coping tools for anger, routines for better sleep, and communication skills for family or work strain. Practical work is offered alongside emotional processing rather than instead of it.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to decide which mix of talking and techniques fits best with the client's goals and current situation. Plans can change as progress is made and new issues come up.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt work to suit quieter surroundings, lower bandwidth or a quick telephone update, depending on what the client needs.
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting, depression, ADHD, anger and related family and relationship concerns.
How would sessions typically feel?
Sessions follow a person-centred style, so the client leads and the counsellor follows their priorities. They can focus on techniques or on talking through emotions.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years' experience working with a range of issues in the UK including school-based therapeutic work and charity volunteering.
What professional registration does she hold and where is she based?
She is BACP registered and practises in the United Kingdom.
Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking as formats are not specified in the biography.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.