Pronouns: She/Her
Vicky is a warm and experienced psychologist who supports adolescents, adults, and families to navigate life’s challenges with clarity, compassion, and practical tools for change.
Approach
Vicky takes a warm, collaborative, and practical approach to therapy. She works with adolescents, adults, and parents to explore the factors contributing to current challenges and to support meaningful change aligned with each person’s values. Her style is client-focused and grounded in curiosity, compassion, and respect for individual stories. Vicky aims to create a space where clients feel genuinely heard, supported, and empowered. Her sessions are flexible and tailored to the individual, drawing on evidence-informed strategies that can be integrated into everyday life.
Experience and Interests
With over 20 years’ experience as a psychologist, Vicky has worked across public and private settings, including hospitals, schools, and private practice. She also has a strong background in psychological assessment, having conducted evaluations for both clinical and forensic purposes. These diverse roles have shaped her well-rounded, thoughtful, and down-to-earth clinical style.
Vicky supports clients with a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, low mood, ADHD, burnout, life transitions, and relationship challenges. She has a particular interest in working with neurodivergent individuals, those navigating complex family dynamics, and people adjusting to new phases in life – whether that’s parenthood, career change, or managing emotional overload.
Therapies
Vicky draws on a range of evidence-based approaches depending on what best fits the client and their goals. These may include elements from cognitive, behavioural, and mindfulness-based therapies, always adapted to suit each person’s preferences, pace, and lived experience.
How is Vicky Described by Her Clients?
Clients often describe Vicky as genuine, calm, thoughtful, and supportive. They value her clarity and insight, and appreciate her ability to balance empathy with practical, real-world strategies.
Vicky Personally
Outside of work, Vicky enjoys spending time with her family, especially her children, and getting outdoors when she can. She has a love of music, creativity, and anything that brings laughter and connection.