Victoria (Vix) Benson
Skilful listener helping you find your answers
BACP United Kingdom
- Experience
- 4 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Addictions, Relationship, Depression
- Approaches
- Gottman Method, Client-Centred Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Victoria
Victoria (Vix) Benson is a BACP counsellor practising in the United Kingdom. She draws on four years of experience supporting people who feel stuck by anxiety, stress or depression.
Background and approach
Vix believes clients know their own story and works in a client-led way to help them notice strengths and make changes they want. In sessions she listens closely and asks questions that encourage reflection.
She will offer observations and gentle challenge rather than direct advice. That helps people spot patterns in their thinking, feeling and behaviour and choose different responses when they want to.
Vix works with a wide range of concerns including relationship strain, addiction, trauma and grief. She also supports people dealing with parenting pressures, sleep and eating problems, and self-esteem issues.
Additional focuses include autism and Asperger syndrome, attachment and family of origin concerns, and codependency and communication problems. Her approach draws on relationship-focused methods such as the Gottman Method alongside client-centred and psychodynamic ideas.
Sessions aim to be practical and straightforward, with an emphasis on helping people make usable changes in day-to-day life. People meet Vix online through video, phone or text formats.
She uses a subscription model for sessions that can be cancelled at any time. Prospective clients begin by completing a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling according to availability.
Approach-driven online therapy that fits your life
Vix uses the Gottman Method alongside client-centred ideas to guide online work. The Gottman Method focusses on communication patterns and practical skills for improving relationship interactions and managing conflict. Client-centred therapy concentrates on the person in the room, offering a non-judgemental space where the counsellor follows the client’s lead and helps them access their own strengths.Finding the right approach is part of the process and Vix treats it as a collaboration. She will talk with the client about their goals and preferences, try approaches that suit those aims, and adjust over time. Together they decide which methods feel most helpful for the issues at hand.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow visual connection for deeper conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text-based messaging suit quick check-ins or moments when typing feels more comfortable. These options make it simpler to fit counselling around work, family and everyday life while still accessing registered or accredited professionals.
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Experience
4+ years
Registered with
BACP
Languages
English