Victoria Ann Reid, BACP

Victoria Ann Reid uses psychodynamic ideas alongside practical methods to help people make sense of difficult feelings. She brings nine years of counselling experience and a background in education to sessions. Victoria is a BACP counsellor and works from the United Kingdom.

She supports people dealing with anxiety and depression. She also helps those facing stress, grief and major life changes. Sexuality and gender questions are within her focus areas, including gender dysphoria and LGBT concerns.

Victoria also works with issues around relationships, intimacy and communication. Other areas she addresses include addictions, self-harm, anger, and eating concerns. She offers help with attachment issues, ADHD, and feelings of emptiness or isolation.

Her approach balances understanding how past patterns influence the present with techniques to manage day-to-day distress. Mindfulness and cognitive behavioural ideas are used where they suit the person's goals. Sessions aim to be practical, tolerant, and non-judgemental.

People can expect a calm and respectful space to talk through painful or confusing topics. Victoria emphasises compassion and active listening while helping people find steps that feel doable. She welcomes questions about how therapy might work and what to try first.

Approaches you can use in online therapy

Psychodynamic therapy helps people understand how past experiences shape current feelings and patterns. It focuses on making connections between history and present reactions, which can be useful for long-standing relationship, identity or attachment issues.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at thought patterns and behaviours that maintain distress and introduces practical, manageable exercises to change them. It is often chosen for anxiety, depression and stress because it gives clear strategies to try between sessions.

Mindfulness therapy teaches simple ways to notice thoughts and sensations without getting swept away by them. It can reduce reactivity, help with emotional regulation and support people facing grief or compassion fatigue.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals and preferences and try methods collaboratively to see what helps most. That means approaches can be adapted as understanding grows and needs change.

Online sessions offer flexibility and accessibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when that is helpful. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or people prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for short check-ins, writing things through, or fitting therapy around a busy schedule.