About Virginia
Virginia Toole is a counsellor who helps people facing grief, major life changes, stress and anxiety. She supports those dealing with addiction, trauma and abuse, and people struggling with parenting concerns or relationship and intimacy issues. She also works with mood conditions such as depression and bipolar, and with needs around self-esteem, anger and career questions.
Virginia offers a calm and non-judgemental space for each person to speak and be heard.
Background and approach
She aims to listen closely and respond with empathy. Sessions can be arranged in the evenings and some Saturdays to fit busy lives. Her approach is collaborative and practical.
Conversations focus on what matters now and on small steps that can make a difference. She uses client-centred methods and draws on mindfulness, narrative work and motivational interviewing to tailor sessions to each person. With six years of experience and membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), Virginia combines a thoughtful style with clear, down-to-earth guidance.
She offers both short-term and longer-term counselling depending on what someone needs. People may find her helpful when coping with loss, caregiver stress, addictive behaviours, or difficult life transitions. She also supports those navigating identity and LGBT-related concerns, attachment and abandonment issues, and challenges linked to chronic illness or ageing.
Sessions are offered in English and can be taken online by video call, phone, live chat or messaging. To get started, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the available times.
What Virginia works with
Everything Virginia lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Virginia helps people with.
- Grief
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Virginia lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Approaches and online counselling options
Client-Centred Therapy places the person at the heart of the process. The counsellor listens without judgement and helps people find their own answers, which can be useful for grief, low self-esteem and relationship questions. Mindfulness Therapy focuses on present-moment awareness and breathing-based practice to reduce stress and manage anxiety symptoms in daily life. Narrative Therapy treats a person’s stories as the focus, helping them rewrite unhelpful narratives about themselves and their relationships to support change.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss needs, goals and preferences and adapt methods as the relationship develops. This collaborative way makes it easier to try different techniques and notice what helps most.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging to suit different circumstances. Video calls are useful for longer therapy conversations, phone sessions can fit into shorter breaks or be used when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat can work for quick check-ins or reflective writing between sessions. These options make it easier to attend sessions around work, caregiving or travel, and they give flexibility in how people prefer to communicate.
Questions people ask about Virginia
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She supports people coping with grief, major life changes, stress and anxiety, as well as addiction, trauma, parenting worries, relationship and intimacy issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and non-judgemental, focusing on careful listening and practical next steps that fit a person’s life.
How many years has she practised?
Virginia has six years of counselling experience working with a range of concerns and life stages.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she use?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what suits the person.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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