About me

 HELLO, my name is Victoria…

If you have found your way here, it may be because something from your past is still shaping how you feel today - perhaps anxiety that never quite switches off, a low mood that keeps returning or the lingering effects of a toxic relationship that left you doubting yourself. I am an integrative trauma practitioner working with adults recovering from childhood trauma, CPTSD, PTSD, anxiety and depression, as well as those healing from narcissistic abuse, emotional neglect and toxic or coercive relationships.

My own path into this work began with lived experience, as bouts of depression in my twenties and thirties were later followed by a diagnosis of fibromyalgia and ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and over time I came to understand how deeply earlier experiences, including childhood ones that surfaced much later in life, can live on in the body. That understanding sits at the heart of how I work.

Trauma is held in the nervous system as well as in the mind, which is why talking about it alone does not always bring the relief people are hoping for. Whether the harm came from a parent, a partner, a workplace or a childhood where your needs simply went unmet, working with a trauma therapist who understands your pain and has the right tools can be a turning point in your recovery.

I first trained in Rapid Transformational Therapy, where I focused on anxiety and trauma, and that led me on to Brainspotting, Internal Family Systems, the Safe and Sound Protocol, the Rewind Technique, Integrative Change Work and Positive Psychology, as well as becoming a Certified Narcissistic Abuse Specialist. I bring these together in structured four and six month programmes tailored to each person and you can read more about my qualifications on the Work with Me page.

People sometimes ask whether this work is draining and honestly I find it the opposite, because seeing clients become calmer, more confident and more like themselves again is a real privilege and their feedback means a great deal to me.

I live in the countryside just outside Winchester with my husband and our rather enormous Rhodesian Ridgeback and between us we have five grown-up sons. Away from the therapy room I love golf, riding, gardening and long walks with our dog, and on rainy days I am usually lost in a novel or cooking in the kitchen. I am almost always enrolled on a course of some kind as I like to stay current with the latest understanding in trauma and neuroscience.

My qualifications and Therapies that I use are as follows:

• Rapid Transformational Therapist

• Clinical Hypnotherapist

• Deep Trance Timeline Practitioner - trained by Melissa Tiers

• Integrative Changework Practitioner - trained by Melissa Tiers (Accredited IACT)

• Brainspotting Practitioner

• Internal Family Systems

• Safe and Sound Practitioner

• Certified Narcissistic Abuse Specialist©️ Trauma Recovery Coach

• Trauma Informed Coach

• Rewind Technique Practitioner

• Positive Psychology Coaching

• Breathworks Therapist

AREAS of SPECIALISM AND INTEREST

• Childhood traumas

• Narcissistic Abuse

• C-PTSD

• PTSD

• Anxiety

• Depression

• Self-esteem issues