Victoria Olanipekun, BACP

Victoria Olanipekun is a counsellor who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression and the effects of trauma and abuse. She uses a calm, respectful manner to make it easier to talk about difficult feelings. Victoria presents herself as compassionate and practical, aiming to help people take steps toward feeling steadier and more able to cope.

Victoria works from straightforward approaches rather than jargon. She draws on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and client-centred ways of working to shape conversations and set manageable goals. Attachment-based ideas and trauma-focused principles help her when early relationships or painful past events are affecting daily life.

In sessions she listens and tailors the conversation to each person’s needs. That might mean spotting patterns of thinking, trying new ways to respond to stress, or practising simple mindfulness techniques to reduce overwhelm. She also helps people who are dealing with anger, substance issues, body image concerns, family-of-origin problems, chronic illness, and other linked worries.

Victoria holds BACP, which is shown as her professional credential. She has around four years of experience and works with people across a range of emotional difficulties. Her approach aims to be collaborative, practical and paced to what the individual feels ready for.

People interested in starting can expect a warm, conversational first meeting where priorities are set together. She accepts clients in the United Kingdom and accepts international clients, and sessions are conducted in English.

How her approaches translate to online work

Victoria commonly uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy in her work. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thought patterns and testing small changes in behaviour to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood. Attachment-based ideas look at how past relationships shape current feelings and interactions, and help people reframe patterns that cause distress.

Finding the best approach is part of the therapeutic process. Victoria will work with each person to decide which methods suit their needs, goals and preferences, and will adapt techniques as the relationship progresses. This is a collaborative conversation rather than a fixed prescription.

The original profile does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around daily life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let people use mindfulness exercises and homework tasks between meetings, so therapy fits into routines rather than replacing them.