Victoria "Vicki" ReadingsBACP

Victoria "Vicki" Readings is a counselling therapist based in the United Kingdom. She holds BACP accreditation and brings five years of practice to her work with people navigating stress, anxiety and life changes.

Vicki uses a blend of talking-based approaches and creative methods. Her style draws on person-centred conversations alongside Adlerian ideas about how family life and early memories shape later choices. She also offers drawing-and-talking techniques, phototherapy and metaphorical work when these suit a person's needs.

Sessions can include simple mindfulness exercises, breath work and gentle movement drawn from yoga and laughter yoga. These are offered as practical tools to manage overwhelming feelings, lower stress, and build day-to-day coping skills rather than as separate therapies.

Vicki aims to tailor each session to the individual. She helps people identify unhelpful patterns, practise new ways of communicating, and set small achievable goals. The focus can be on parenting pressures, self-esteem, isolation or planning life changes, including the experience of pregnancy and childbirth.

People who choose her tend to want calm, plain-speaking support and a mix of talking and creative tasks. She encourages curiosity and steady progress, and she invites anyone ready to take that first step to use the Start Therapy button to begin the matching process.

Practical approaches and how online therapy can help

Vicki draws on person-centred talking and Adlerian ideas to help people understand how early family life and memories shape current patterns. Person-centred work offers a space to be heard and to reflect on feelings, while Adlerian-informed discussion looks at lifestyle, goals and relationship patterns to identify helpful changes.

She also uses creative techniques such as drawing-and-talking and phototherapy to access thoughts that can be hard to put into words. These methods let people explore feelings visually and metaphorically, which can be useful for stress, low mood, parenting strains, and adjustments linked to pregnancy and childbirth.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work alongside the client to try different methods and agree what helps most, adjusting the plan as needs and goals evolve.

Session formats are not specified in the supplied profile, so please confirm current online options before booking. Many people find online work helpful for fitting therapy into busy days, reducing travel time, and making it easier to check in between appointments. Shorter check-ins, audio-only or video conversations each have practical benefits depending on what a person needs, and the therapist will discuss which suits the client's routine and comfort when arranging sessions.