Victoria Okai

Victoria Okai is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Virginia with 14 years of experience in mental health. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem. Victoria also supports clients facing relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, and the challenge of major life changes.

She earned a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Johns Hopkins University and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Maryland. Much of her career has been as a crisis counselor, and she has worked in hospitals, community service boards, residential facilities, and outpatient clinics.

Victoria favors a whole-person, strengths-based approach. She uses Client-Centered methods to shape sessions around each person’s needs and draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy when those methods fit the goals. Sessions emphasize practical skills, clearer communication, and steps people can try between meetings.

In sessions she listens with respect and compassion and co-creates a plan that fits each person’s situation. That can mean building coping skills for anxiety, repairing trust after infidelity, or addressing feelings of loneliness and isolation. She also helps people facing immigration-related stress and multicultural concerns.

Victoria describes her work as collaborative and goal-oriented. She aims to help people find clearer direction, improve relationships, and regain a sense of purpose. The focus is on small, achievable changes that add up over time.

How therapeutic approaches shape online counseling

Victoria commonly blends Client-Centered Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) in her work. Client-Centered Therapy means sessions focus on the person's priorities, with the therapist listening and shaping the conversation around what matters most. CBT involves identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes to reduce stress and anxiety.

She also uses elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to teach emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills when those tools are useful. These approaches can help with relationship conflicts, panic or persistent worry, low self-esteem, and navigating big life changes. The goal is practical skills people can try between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work collaboratively to identify which methods fit a person's needs, goals, and preferences. Treatment plans are adjusted over time based on what is helping and what the client wants to focus on.

The biography does not specify session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. Many people value online counseling because it can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. Online sessions can also make it simpler to connect with a therapist in Virginia from another location, including international clients, while the work remains focused on clear steps and coping strategies.