Victoria Hoyt
Experienced marriage and family therapist
LCMFT, LMFT Kansas
- Experience
- 27 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Addictions, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Victoria
Victoria Hoyt is a licensed marriage and family therapist with 27 years of experience. She practices as an LMFT and LCMFT and offers direct, compassionate support for people facing relationship struggles, addiction, trauma, and parenting challenges.
Background and approach
Her style is straightforward and warm, with an emphasis on listening closely and helping clients set realistic goals. She uses approaches that match each person's needs rather than a single fixed method.
That can mean working on communication skills and patterns, addressing painful memories, or learning concrete coping strategies for anxiety and stress. Sessions focus on what is happening now and what steps can help a client move forward.
Victoria draws on a mix of Gottman-informed ideas for relationships, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and action, and attachment-based ways of understanding close bonds. Cognitive behavioral tools are used when a client wants to change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
The overall aim is practical change that feels meaningful to the person. She has worked across settings including mental health and addiction facilities, churches, juvenile residential programs, and military communities.
That background informs her approach to blended-family issues, grief, codependency, and trauma-related concerns. Her experience also includes helping people cope with life changes like divorce, caregiving stress, and cancer-related strain.
Victoria emphasizes respect, honesty, and steady support. She encourages clients to set clear goals and celebrates progress along the way.
People who value direct guidance and a compassionate listener tend to fit well with her approach.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Victoria often blends Gottman-informed ideas, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and attachment-based ways of working. Gottman-informed ideas focus on practical communication skills and reducing negative interaction patterns in close relationships, which can help couples and partners improve everyday connection. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and take steps toward a meaningful life, useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Attachment-based work looks at how early bonds affect current relationships and can guide healing around trust and closeness.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, history, and what feels most helpful, then try approaches that match those needs. Sessions can shift over time as goals change and progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which offer flexibility for different schedules and needs. Video lets people work face to face when that matters. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work or a quiet moment. Live chat and text messaging are useful for short check-ins, ongoing coaching-style support, or when written reflection helps. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while balancing work, family, and other commitments.
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Experience
27+ years
Licensed in
Kansas, Oklahoma, Arizona
Languages
English