Victoria Small, BACP

Victoria Small is a counsellor with ten years’ experience working in the United Kingdom and a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She approaches conversations with warmth and sensitivity and aims to make it easier for people to describe what they are feeling. Victoria focuses on practical steps that help people move forward in their daily lives.

Her practice covers a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and issues around relationships and intimacy. She also supports people dealing with addictions, sleeping and eating difficulties, ADHD, and the strains of caregiving and long-term illness. Traumatic brain injury appears among the focus areas indicated for referral or concern.

Victoria blends client-centred work with emotion-focused and mindfulness approaches. Sessions are tailored to each person so that the conversation and goals match what they want to change. Where helpful, she uses solution-focused methods to set small, achievable steps between sessions.

She describes herself as compassionate and practical. In sessions she listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people break large problems into manageable tasks. This is offered alongside trauma-focused work when past events are part of the difficulty.

People who prefer a steady, respectful listener who also suggests concrete actions often find this style useful. To begin, prospective clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then arrange sessions according to the therapists availability.

How Victoria uses therapy approaches online

Client-centred work puts the persons experience at the heart of sessions. The therapist listens carefully, reflects what she hears and follows the clients pace to decide what is most helpful. This style helps with anxiety, low mood and everyday relationship concerns.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on identifying and shifting strong emotions in the moment. It helps people recognise patterns in their feelings and reactions, which can ease relationship strain and deepen self-understanding.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention practices to settle the mind and reduce reactivity. It is useful when worry, racing thoughts or sleep problems get in the way of daily life.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Victoria will discuss what methods might suit each person and try different ways of working based on the clients needs and goals. That choice is made together so the plan stays practical and relevant.

If you are considering online sessions, check the therapists current offered formats before booking. Confirming formats helps plan around work, caregiving or travel. Online options can make it easier to fit short check-ins into a busy day, remove time spent travelling, or allow sessions when being on camera is not comfortable.