Victoria Hookway, BACP

Victoria Hookway is a BACP registered therapist practising in the United Kingdom who supports people navigating significant and often life-changing challenges. She draws on a person-centred approach that recognises each individual as the expert in their own life, working at a pace that feels right for the client and creating space for both practical strategies and emotional processing. Being registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) signals her adherence to professional standards for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK.

Victoria is straightforward and down to earth, and she values the effort clients make to understand themselves and improve their lives. Her practice combines warmth, empathy and an emphasis on helping people reconnect with their authentic selves. She offers therapeutic support to adults and to children and families through her private practice and volunteer work with a local mental health charity and schools, providing tailored help during difficult periods.

She has experience supporting people with stress and anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, depression, ADHD and ASC/D, and work-related stress among other issues. Victoria creates an open, non-judgemental space where thoughts and feelings can be explored, and she collaborates with clients to develop the tools and insights needed for meaningful change. She is also the author of a guided journal, 365: A Year of Self-Discovery, published on Amazon to offer a year-long framework for personal exploration.

Person-centred and Evidence-based Approaches for Online Support

Victoria primarily uses a person-centred approach, which focuses on the client as the expert in their own life and creates space for exploration, emotional processing and self-directed growth. This method is helpful for people who want to be heard, to work through emotions, and to discover their own solutions at a comfortable pace.

Alongside this, Victoria employs evidence-based therapeutic techniques that can include building practical strategies and skills to manage stress, anxiety, depression, trauma-related responses and challenges linked to parenting or neurodiversity. These approaches aim to offer clear tools and measurable ways to cope with everyday difficulties while remaining rooted in what research supports.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the process, and Victoria works collaboratively with each person to identify what fits best with their needs, goals and preferences. She adapts methods over time as progress and priorities evolve.

Online therapy with Victoria is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, giving flexibility for those balancing work, family and other commitments. These options make it easier to access support from different locations and time zones and to choose the format that feels most comfortable for each stage of therapy.