Victoria (Vix) Benson, BACP

Victoria (Vix) Benson is a BACP registered Transactional Analysis psychotherapeutic counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She has built experience supporting people facing stress and anxiety, relationship difficulties, and depression, and approaches each person with the belief that they are the expert in their own life.

Victoria holds registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), which reflects her commitment to recognised professional standards. Her practice is client-led, which means she does not offer direct advice but instead works collaboratively to help clients uncover their own answers. She emphasises strengths and resilience, helping individuals recognise the resources they already have to meet challenges.

In sessions Victoria uses reflection, open observation, and gentle challenge to help clients see patterns in their thinking, feeling, and behaviour. This clarity supports practical decision making and the ability to choose different responses where change is desired. Taking the first step toward greater wellbeing often requires courage, and Victoria aims to provide steady, respectful support throughout that process.

Approaches that shape online therapy and how they help

Victoria (Vix) Benson draws on client-centered work which focuses on empathetic listening and creating space for the client to lead the conversation. This approach helps people explore feelings, build self-understanding, and work through anxiety, low mood, or life transitions by emphasising their own perspectives and choices.

She also uses elements of psychodynamic therapy to help clients identify repeating patterns that come from past experiences. This approach supports insight into relationship dynamics, long-standing emotional difficulties, and recurring behaviours that a person wants to change.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and is decided collaboratively. Victoria will work with each person to consider their needs, goals, and preferences and will help determine which methods or combination of methods are the best fit.

Online therapy with Victoria is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access registered professionals from home or other convenient locations and to continue work even when life is busy or travel is difficult.