Victoria Hookway, BACP

Victoria Hookway is a BACP-registered counsellor in the United Kingdom who works with people facing significant and sometimes life-changing challenges. BACP stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK. She draws on five years of practical experience supporting individuals and families through stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting difficulties, depression, ADHD and autism spectrum conditions, relationship and family problems, grief, anger, and issues around self-esteem and coping with life changes.

Victoria practices from a person-centred stance, recognising that each client is the expert in their own life and that meaningful change often comes from within. Sessions are shaped around what the client brings - whether that means developing strategies and practical techniques, or creating space to process emotions and experiences. She adapts the pace to suit each person and supports clients as they explore their own solutions and build new ways of managing day-to-day life.

Alongside her private practice, Victoria volunteers with a local mental health charity and provides therapeutic support within a school community, working with children and families during difficult times. She is described as down-to-earth and values the effort clients put into processing concerns and finding a more authentic sense of self. Victoria is also the author of a guided journal, 365: A Year of Self-Discovery, intended to offer tools for personal exploration and understanding.