Victoria Mawdsley, BACP

Victoria Mawdsley is an integrative counsellor with three years of clinical practice and a focus on supporting people through anxiety, stress, bereavement, trauma and addiction. She runs a private practice, VJM Counselling, which she has operated for nearly two years, and brings a calm, client-led presence to sessions that prioritises each person’s individual needs.

Before qualifying as a counsellor, Victoria worked for over 20 years in health and social care as a health care assistant, primarily in dementia care. That long experience in frontline care informs her therapeutic work, offering practical insight and empathy when clients are navigating challenging life situations or caring roles.

Her style is relaxed and collaborative, blending person-centred therapy with cognitive behavioural techniques, mindfulness and psychoeducation to help clients build understanding and useful coping strategies. She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), the professional body for counsellors in the United Kingdom, and aims to reduce stigma while supporting people to better understand themselves.

Victoria welcomes clients who feel exhausted from holding everything together and prefers a steady, compassionate approach that adapts to each person’s pace and priorities.

Client-Centered Therapy Online with Flexible Session Options

Victoria primarily works from a client-centred perspective, which means she focuses on creating a supportive, non-directive space where the client’s experience guides the work. This approach helps people explore their thoughts and feelings at their own pace and is useful for issues like grief, stress and life transitions.

She also integrates cognitive behavioural techniques to help identify and reshape unhelpful thinking patterns and mindfulness practices to build present-moment awareness and stress management skills. These tools can be helpful for anxiety, panic and everyday coping challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and Victoria collaborates with each client to determine which methods best fit their needs, goals and preferences. She adapts tools and pacing so therapy feels practical and personalised.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for people with busy schedules, caregiving responsibilities or mobility limitations. Working remotely makes it easier to access regular support from registered professionals and to continue therapy in a way that suits each client’s life.