Virginia Toole

• Grief and loss
• Mindfulness therapy
• Motivational interviewing

About Virginia

Virginia Toole works with grief, major life changes, stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting concerns, and a wide range of emotional and behavioural struggles. She uses client-centred work alongside hypnotherapy, mindfulness and narrative approaches to help people manage distress and find clearer ways forward. Virginia is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has six years' experience.

She offers both short-term and longer-term counselling. Sessions are offered in the evenings and some Saturdays by agreement. The first conversations focus on what feels most urgent and practical, such as coping strategies for intense emotions, managing loss, or handling relationship and work stress.

Virginia draws on client-centred counselling to create a respectful, non-judgemental way of working that keeps the person's perspective central. She uses mindfulness techniques to help people notice and manage strong feelings in the moment. Hypnotherapy is offered as a method to access patterns of thought and habit that can be hard to reach in ordinary talk.

Narrative therapy features in her work to help people separate themselves from their problems and rewrite difficult life stories in more manageable ways. Motivational interviewing helps where change feels stalled, for example with addictions, career moves, or behavioural shifts.

She supports people dealing with issues such as bipolar or depression-related symptoms, ADHD, compassion fatigue, chronic illness, and caregiver stress. Virginia aims to work at a steady pace so clients can build practical coping skills and clearer decision-making over time.

How her therapeutic approaches work online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person, helping them feel understood and able to make their own choices; this approach suits people facing loss, relationship problems or life changes. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing techniques that reduce stress and help manage anxiety and strong feelings in everyday situations. Hypnotherapy works with guided relaxation and focused attention to explore habits, memories or emotional patterns that can contribute to addictions, low mood or repeated reactions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and what has or has not helped before, and adjust methods together so sessions feel useful and relevant.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm which formats are offered before booking. Many people find that remote sessions help fit counselling into busy lives, for example by saving travel time, allowing evening appointments, or making it easier to have shorter check-ins between commitments. Online work can also make it simpler to keep continuity when living abroad or during periods of change, and some techniques such as mindfulness or narrative tasks transfer well to remote sessions.

Topics Virginia lists

• Grief
• Coping with life changes
• Stress and 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 and 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 and non-monogamous relationships
• Postpartum depression
• Post-traumatic stress
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Process addictions
• 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

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Hypnotherapy
• Mindfulness Therapy
• Motivational Interviewing
• Narrative Therapy
• Solution-Focused Therapy

Questions about Virginia

Does she help with grief and loss?

Yes. Grief, bereavement and the emotional effects of losing a partner, family member, friend or pet are listed areas she works with.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses client-centred counselling alongside hypnotherapy, mindfulness therapy, narrative therapy and motivational interviewing.

How much experience does she have?

She has six years of experience working with emotional and behavioural concerns.

Where is she based and is she registered?

She practises in the United Kingdom and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Can I book sessions in English from abroad?

Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.

What session formats are available?

The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I get started?

Select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.