My Life

I’m Victoria.

I live in Manchester with my husband Tim, our two children Georgia and Ned, and our dog Stanley.

Family life matters deeply to me, which is one of the reasons I care so much about the work I do. When alcohol or other drug use affects someone in the family, it rarely impacts just one person. It affects everyone.

That’s where my work begins.

I’m trained in the best evidence-based models of family work. 

My Career

For more than twenty years I’ve worked in addiction services across prisons, the NHS and charities.

One thing became very clear to me early on.

While services focus on the person using alcohol or drugs, the people around them are often left trying to hold everything together.

Parents, partners and families navigating fear, chaos and uncertainty, often without the support they need.

That’s why I now specialise in working with families affected by alcohol and other drug use.

Through The Vesta Approach I help families regain stability, rebuild their wellbeing and create the conditions that give their loved one the best possible chance of moving towards whole family recovery.