Victoria Ann Reid
Inclusive psychodynamic counsellor
About Victoria
Victoria Ann Reid is a psychodynamic counsellor based in the United Kingdom. She has nine years of experience and works from a background in education. Victoria helps people who are facing stress, anxiety, depression and questions about sexuality or gender.
She prefers to meet each person where they are and avoids rigid labels. Victoria listens to whatever concerns people bring, including relationship challenges, grief, trauma and addiction. She also supports those struggling with self-esteem, anger, eating issues and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
Her practice includes focused work around attachment, communication problems and intimacy-related concerns. Victoria also offers support around neurodiversity matters such as autism and Asperger syndrome, as well as ADHD. She is open to discussing alternative sexual cultures, including BDSM and kink, and non-traditional relationship styles such as polyamory.
Victoria uses psychodynamic counselling alongside other approaches. She draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and mindfulness techniques when they suit a person’s goals. This mix allows practical tools and a chance to understand deeper patterns at the same time.
Sessions are available in English and can be arranged for international clients. Victoria works with respect and compassion and aims to create a calm space for people to talk through difficult feelings. To start, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions to fit their needs.
What Victoria works with
How Victoria works
Listed by Victoria among the ways they work.
Listed by Victoria among the ways they work.
Listed by Victoria among the ways they work.
Sessions & fees
Online approaches that combine understanding and practical tools
Psychodynamic counselling explores how past experiences and relationships shape current feelings and behaviour; it can help when patterns keep repeating or when deeper understanding is wanted. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small changes in behaviour to reduce anxiety or low mood. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and manage stress and difficult emotions.Finding the right approach is part of the work itself. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels useful, and then agree a plan together. That collaborative process means methods can be adapted as needs change.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation without travel, phone sessions can fit a short break or work day, live chat is useful for quick check-ins and text messaging supports ongoing reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, study or family rhythms while keeping a steady course of support.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
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| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 9 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
