- Attachment-based
- Client-centred
- Trauma-focused
About Victoria
Victoria Prestney-Vaughan is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with 12 years of practice. She helps people who feel overwhelmed, who struggle to cope, or who want different ways of responding to stress and anger. Her work is practical and straightforward and aimed at helping people manage day-to-day challenges.
Victoria focuses on relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, anger, and coping with life changes. She also supports people with stress, anxiety, grief, parenting concerns, self-esteem, depression, compassion fatigue and ADHD. Sessions are conversational and based on listening first, then deciding what to try next together.
Her background includes group facilitation and teaching counselling skills alongside one-to-one work. That mix means she often brings practical exercises into sessions and encourages small steps that can be used outside appointments. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how patterns formed in relationships affect current responses.
Victoria uses client-centred ways of working, keeping the conversation focused on the person in front of her and their priorities. When trauma is part of the picture she draws on trauma-focused approaches to help process difficult memories and reactions safely and at a manageable pace. The emphasis is on building tools people can use between sessions.
Sessions aim to identify triggers, practise different responses to anger and build clearer communication skills. People who come because they are losing their temper, holding growing resentment, or coping with someone else’s anger often find this direct style useful. The first meeting is used to agree goals and plan practical next steps.
How her approaches are used in online work
Attachment-based work looks at how early relationship patterns influence current reactions. This approach helps people notice repeated responses to stress and improve communication in personal relationships.Client-centred work focuses on the person's priorities and experience. The counsellor listens, reflects and helps the person identify practical steps to try between sessions, which can reduce reactivity and build new habits.
Trauma-focused methods aim to address difficult memories and strong emotional reactions in a paced way. This can be useful for people whose anger is connected to past hurt or abuse and who want to process those experiences carefully.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Victoria will discuss options with each person and agree together what to try based on needs, goals and preferences. That means the plan can change as progress is made and new issues arise.
Confirm the available session formats before booking as the biography does not list specific formats. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when full sessions are not needed. Registered or accredited professionals commonly use these practical benefits to help therapy fit everyday life.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
12+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with relationship problems, anger, trauma and abuse, stress, anxiety, grief and related concerns such as self-esteem and parenting strain.
How does she approach therapy?
Her approach is client-centred and practical, starting with listening and then trying tools together. She also uses attachment-based and trauma-focused methods where relevant.
How many years of experience does she have?
She has 12 years of professional experience that includes one-to-one counselling, group facilitation and teaching counselling skills.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be held in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with clients outside the UK?
She accepts international clients.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working with her?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.