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Victoria Hoyt

Victoria Hoyt

Therapist · Kansas

Compassionate, experienced marriage and family therapist

  • Relationship focus
  • Addiction support
  • Trauma informed

About Victoria

Victoria Hoyt, LCMFT, LMFT, brings 27 years of clinical experience to her work. She practices in Kansas and focuses on relationship and family concerns, addictions, trauma, and parenting stress. She also supports people facing anxiety, grief, self-esteem struggles, career stress, and life transitions. Sessions emphasize direct, compassionate conversation aimed at practical change.

Her background includes long-term work in community mental health, addiction services, residential juvenile care, and church-based counseling. Victoria has helped people across a wide age range and across varied settings. Her experience includes work with blended family issues, adoption and foster care concerns, and caregiving stress.

Victoria uses a mix of approaches depending on what each person needs. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. In practice this means she helps people notice values, understand relationship patterns, and build skills to manage strong emotions and unhelpful thoughts.

She describes her style as straightforward, respectful, and strengths-focused. Victoria prioritizes clear goals and practical steps people can try between sessions. She aims to help clients reduce distress, improve communication, and make decisions that match their values.

People who choose her often want help with addiction, relationship conflict, trauma recovery, or parenting challenges. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions based on availability.

How therapeutic approaches shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values, even while uncomfortable feelings are present. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current bonds and helps people build healthier ways to relate to others; it is often used for relationship and intimacy concerns.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, past experiences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they will try methods that fit the person’s needs, and adjust the plan as progress is made.

For practical matters, confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time and allowing sessions during mornings or evenings. It can also let people use shorter check-ins when time is tight or choose audio-only when video isn’t an option. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and Attachment-Based techniques to online sessions so people can practice skills and explore relationship patterns from wherever they join.

Areas of focus

AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issuesStress, AnxietyGriefParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changesCoaching
AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMen's issuesMidlife crisisVeteran and Armed Forces IssuesMoney and financial issuesMood disordersObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPost-traumatic stressProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Self-loveSexual assault and abuseSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Frequently asked questions

What issues does she help with?

She works with addictions, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, stress, anxiety, grief, parenting, anger, self esteem, career issues, depression, and coping with life changes.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her approach is direct and strengths-focused. She helps people set clear goals and practices skills to manage emotions and improve communication.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has 27 years of clinical experience working in mental health, addiction services, residential juvenile care, and church-based counseling.

What credentials does she hold and where is she based?

She holds LCMFT and LMFT credentials and practices in Kansas.

Can sessions be conducted in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.

What session formats are available?

Please confirm the current session options before booking, as the profile does not specify which formats are offered.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How do I start working with her?

Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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