About Victoria
Victoria Scott is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Mississippi. She uses a person-centered approach to help people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, relationship strains, and self-esteem struggles. She aims to treat each person with respect and unconditional positive regard.
She draws on 11 years of clinical experience in a range of mental health settings. That background informs how she helps people craft a treatment plan tailored to their situation.
Background and approach
Her work includes helping with grief, intimacy-related concerns, sleep issues, parenting stress, career pressures, and coping with life changes. Scott also supports people dealing with ADHD, bipolar symptoms, compassion fatigue, and recovery from domestic violence and substance use. She has experience with blended family questions, communication problems, and complicated emotional issues like guilt, shame, and forgiveness.
She notes additional focus on autism and intellectual disability as part of her broader experience. Her counseling style centers on the client. Sessions focus on listening first, then building practical steps together.
She blends approaches such as cognitive behavioral techniques, acceptance strategies, and mindfulness practices to match what a person needs. Outside of work she is a parent of seven and brings lived experience to her clinical perspective. She encourages people who are nervous about therapy to see the first step as progress and offers collaborative support through the process.
How therapeutic approaches shape online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then choose actions that align with their values; it is often helpful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with depression, sleep problems, and coping with cravings. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve emotional balance, supporting issues like compassion fatigue and stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then suggest methods to try. That collaborative process helps shape the plan and allows adjustments as progress is made.
Session format options are not listed in the biography, so confirm available formats before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - they can reduce travel time, allow shorter check-ins around work breaks, and make it possible to meet from different locations when needed. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, CBT, and mindfulness exercises to online sessions so clients can practice skills between meetings and track small, measurable changes over time.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- Mississippi, Colorado, North Carolina, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, Virginia, Texas, South Dakota, Arizona, Washington
- Languages
- English