Hi, I'm Victoria

If you’ve landed here, chances are a part of you is exhausted from carrying too much for too long. Maybe you’ve tried to “fix” your anxiety, quiet your inner critic, stop people-pleasing, heal from past experiences, or simply feel more at ease in yourself, but despite your best efforts, you keep finding yourself stuck in the same patterns.

I want you to know something that sits at the heart of my work:

You are not broken.

The thoughts, emotions, behaviours, and protective strategies that frustrate you today likely developed for a very good reason. Every part of you has a story.

That’s why I practice Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy.

I operate from Newcastle Upon Tyne and offer therapy online.

5

years of experience in IFS THERAPY

500

clients helped

45k+

followers on social media

400+

essays written

My approach

IFS is a compassionate, evidence-based approach that helps us understand the different parts of ourselves. The anxious part, the perfectionist part, the people-pleaser, the inner critic, the part that shuts down, and even the part that feels hopeless.

Rather than fighting these parts or trying to get rid of them, we learn to listen to them with curiosity and compassion.

When we do, something remarkable happens:

The parts that have been working so hard to protect you can finally begin to relax.

This creates space for greater calm, confidence, clarity, self-trust, and emotional freedom.

Who I help

I work with adults who are experiencing:

  • Anxiety and overwhelm
  • Perfectionism and self-criticism
  • People-pleasing and boundary challenges
  • Childhood wounds and attachment issues
  • Trauma and emotional overwhelm
  • Low self-worth and self-doubt
  • Life transitions and identity shifts
  • Feeling disconnected from themselves

Many of my clients are highly capable people who appear to have everything together on the outside but feel anxious, exhausted, stuck, or disconnected on the inside.

wHAT WORKING with me FEELS LIKE

Therapy with me isn’t about talking over things and seeing no change.

It’s about creating a space where we meet your parts with openness and compassion.

A space where you can slow down, understand yourself more deeply, and build a relationship with your true self, your adult self that feels grounded and compassionate.

Clients often tell me they feel relieved to discover that the parts they once viewed as problems are actually trying to help.

When we understand these parts, healing becomes less about fixing yourself and more about coming home to yourself and feeling more calm and in control of your life.

My Background

Highly skilled in Internal Family Systems (IFS), with a strong alignment with the IFS model where I lend a calm, spiritual and empowering self-energy, helping people’s parts feel seen, validated and supported.

My approach is grounded in helping people develop compassionate relationships with their parts (meeting and befriending them, understanding their roles and intentions, and supporting them to share and release their burdens and beliefs held from the past). I work with parts that have become stuck in earlier experiences, helping them reconnect to Self and experience the love, compassion, support, strength and leadership of Self.

We draw on the strengths and resources of each part, supporting parts to work together and building a greater sense of inner cooperation and inner emotional security. A key focus is cultivating secure internal attachment and helping parts connect to Self and the an infinite source of love in the universe.

We might lean on spiritual guides, animals or ancestors and spiritually meet parts that carry aloneness or fear. We might also ask what wisdom these guides have for parts and help parts receive that love and support from guides.

I support the emotional and spiritual integration of capacities such as  inner empathy, inner support, confidence, self-worth, self trust assertiveness and relational discernment. I help people build a more compassionate, connected internal system and build a deeper relationship with themselves. 

This helps people detach from unhealthy relationships, let go of fear, reclaim their power and raise their vibration to create healthy, fulfilling and supportive relationships.

qualifications

Psychology MSc, University of Manchester

Psychology BSc (Hons), University of Manchester

Internal Family Systems Therapy, IFS Institute

Counselling, Stroud & South Gloucestershire College

Clinical Hypnotherapy, Somerset School of Hynotherapy

Other trainings

Somatic Parts Work, Fran Booth, The Embody Lab

Somatic Attachment Therapy, The Embody Lab

Trauma and The Body, Carolyn Spring

Treating Complex Trauma With Internal Family Systems, Frank Anderson MD

Treating Adult Clients of Emotionally Immature Parents, Lindsay Gibson PsyD

Trauma, Neglect and Building Resilience, Tavistock, Dr Graham Music

An Introduction to Creating Conscious Love, Shealeana Aiyana

Narcissistic Abuse for Therapists: Empower Clients to Break Free and Recover from Gaslighting, Emotional Manipulation and Coercion, Amy Marlow

Foundations of Neuro-Affirming Practice: Experiential Training for Working with High-Masking Autism, Burnout, PDA and More, Kory Andreas, LCSW

200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training

Somatic Therapeutic Yoga Training

I was fortunate to walk this path with my therapist, Vicky - a presence so calm, grounded, and steady that she created the safety I needed to grow, untangle, and release.

Over the past year, I committed to one of the most transformative journeys of my life: healing my inner child. I was fortunate to walk this path with my therapist, Vicky -a presence so calm, grounded, and steady that she created the safety I needed to grow, untangle, and release. Through this journey, layers of fear began to dissolve. I confronted limiting beliefs I didn’t even know I carried. I let go of inner blockages that had shaped my reactions, my expectations, and the way I received the world. With each session, something softened… and something strengthened.
This work liberated me. I found myself living, working, and connecting from a clearer, freer place. My meaningful relationships became richer and more authentic. The questions that once weighed heavily on my heart finally had space to breathe – and the clarity that emerged was invaluable. Inner child work is not instant. It peels gently, a layer at a time, and each layer reveals a deeper truth. But the unfolding is worth it. I am deeply grateful for this experience. It was exceptional – a gift I didn’t know I needed and I would recommend it to anyone seeking deeper alignment, peace, and a fuller sense of self.