Therapy
Therapy
Therapy is a space to come home to yourself, safely, fully, and without shame. I offer a space where all parts of you are welcome: the proud ones, the hidden ones, the parts still learning how to trust. I view you as nothing being wrong with you, you don’t need to be fixed, just met with understanding.
As well as being a Psychosynthesis-trained counsellor, I work in a trauma-informed, body-aware way, guiding you to access the wisdom your body holds and gently release what it’s been carrying. Healing isn’t about fixing you. It’s about meeting, loving, and holding the parts of you that learned to survive. I honour the whole of you, mind, body, soul, and spirit, practically, emotionally, and energetically.
Therapy with me is a process, one that gently supports you through meaningful, soul-led change. This is how it often unfolds:
1. Identify and map what’s playing out now
I support you in identifying and exploring past blueprints, patterns, and unconscious beliefs that are still active in your present life. This work allows you to understand what shaped you, begin to release what no longer serves, and move forward with more clarity and grounding.
2. Unpick the harm
I help you gently unravel the deeper layers, the wounds caused by racism, abuse, homophobia, patriarchy, class, and education systems. This includes working with your inner child, attachment style, and body memory, so you can begin to feel what safety, repair and healing truly feel like.
3. Create a new blueprint
You begin to align with who you truly are, not who the world told you to be. This means reconnecting with your soul’s purpose, your desires, your truth. Therapy becomes the place to rewrite your internal story and imagine new ways of showing up in the world. I help you imagine, and then create, a new map, blueprint, or compass for a life that is soul-led, aligned with your true essence, and consciously chosen by you.
4. Stay supported on your path
Old behaviours and survival patterns don’t disappear overnight. I help you recognise when they return and guide you back to the path you’ve chosen. This is where change becomes embodied, not just understood but lived.
5. Be held with compassion and care
Throughout the process, I act as a mirror, a unifying centre, a secure base, and a steady presence, holding you with the gentleness and compassion you deserve. Over time, this external support becomes something internal, your own voice, your own safety. Therapy is not about fixing you. It’s about walking with you until you remember who you truly are and how to hold yourself with that same care.
I believe healing comes from trusting your inner knowing. My role is to create the conditions where that voice gets louder, where you no longer have to carry what was never yours.
“I believe our souls chose this life, our families, our bodies, our path. Therapy becomes the safe space to remember that, to reconnect with purpose, and to live in alignment with who you came here to be.”
Testimonials
Victoria Penfold
Price list
In person and online available
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1 to 1 £70 – £230 per session
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Couples £100 – £300 per session
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Groups (up to 8) £160 – £400 per session
Before I started having therapy with Victoria, I never felt comfortable talking to anyone about things from either my past or present that caused me difficulty or pain, even my closest family. I felt like I was wearing a mask, that I was on the outside looking in. Victoria has really helped me unpick and understand myself. I feel totally safe with her. Anything we discuss is totally at a pace I’m comfortable with and there is never any feeling of judgement. She’s provided me with strategic tools for managing my feelings, and she has helped me become more open with people. I feel lucky to have her as my therapist.