01 · Who Victoria works with

Victoria works with stress, Anxiety, relationship issues and family conflicts

Victoria lists 15 specialisms and 29 further focus areas. Specialisms are the subjects Victoria chose to list first, which is the closest a listing gets to “this is my actual practice”.

02 · In Victoria's own words

What Victoria says about the work

Reproduced in full and unedited - not summarised, not tightened, not rewritten in a house voice.

My practice spans over 30 years as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), psychotherapist and Behavioral Health Specialist working with diverse populations and age ranges in a variety of practice settings.I am a Certified Advanced Clinician through the Institute For Imago Therapy, Imago Relationships International helping people to work with the intentional process of deepening mind body awareness, and achieve emotional regulation, self acceptance and integration. I am also a Medicare provider and I enjoy working with the elderly as they navigate the life stage of generativity vs. chaos and despair, and reframe for balance and stabilization while managing life stressors, grief work and associated disruption. In addition I am a music educator, and a performing musician as a jazz pianist and producer of concert events. My two careers present opportunities to work with artists in their creative processes, and to apply this as therapeutic enhancement of the medical model as needed for symptom management.

My practice fosters discovering your inner wisdom, clarity, self-worth, humor, and spontaneous nature while knowing your limits and boundaries, and applying self-support and self-care practices. This is enhanced through structured meditation/relaxation techniques to go within, to cultivate solitude and ameliorate stress.

With an eclectic, holistic approach I function as a witness to your discovering inner resources for self-support, empowerment, and new meanings in the ongoing development of the self.

Victoria De Lissovoy, on the BetterHelp listing · read 10 Oct 2026

03 · How Victoria works

The 6 approaches Victoria lists, in plain English

These are the clinical methods Victoria lists. The descriptions are Maker Therapy's, not Victoria's - a general explanation of what each method is, so the list means something before you have spoken to anybody. They are not a claim about how Victoria runs a session.

Attachment-Based Therapy

Reads present-day relationship difficulty through the lens of how safety and closeness were learned early on. The therapeutic relationship itself is treated as part of the work, because it is where the pattern tends to show up first.

Client-Centred TherapyPerson-centred · Rogerian

The therapist does not steer toward a technique or a diagnosis. They offer sustained, non-judgemental attention and reflect back what they hear, on the premise that people find their own direction when they are genuinely listened to. Often what people mean by “someone who just gets it”.

Cognitive Behavioural TherapyCBT

Structured, present-focused work on the loop between what you think, how you feel and what you then do. Usually means noticing a thought pattern in the room, testing it against evidence, and practising something different between sessions. Among the most heavily researched talking therapies for depression and anxiety.

Mindfulness-Based TherapyMBCT

Trains attention on what is happening right now - body, breath, the thought as it arrives - so distress can be observed rather than automatically acted on. Strongest evidence is in preventing depression from recurring, and it is usually taught as a practice you keep doing outside the session.

Psychodynamic Therapy

Works on the assumption that current patterns - in relationships, at work, in how you treat yourself - have a history, and that seeing the history loosens the pattern. Less structured than CBT, usually longer, and more interested in what comes up unbidden than in a weekly agenda.

Solution-Focused Brief TherapySFBT

Starts from where you want to end up rather than from how you got here. Sessions look for the times the problem is already smaller and work out what is different about those, so the number of sessions tends to be short and the work concrete.

Also listed

• Imago Relationship Therapy

04 · What happens next

From this page to a first session

Victoria practises through BetterHelp, so the route in is BetterHelp's. This is that sequence, written by Maker Therapy from the platform's published process - not a description of Victoria's own practice, and not a promise about how quickly anything happens.

1. A questionnaire, not a booking form

   BetterHelp opens with a set of questions about what you are dealing with, what you want from therapy, and any preferences on the therapist. You are not booking Victoria at this point.

2. Naming Victoria specifically

   BetterHelp matches algorithmically by default, so asking for Victoria is a step you have to take. There is a field for requesting a specific therapist during sign-up, and you can switch afterwards from your account. Starting from a link on this page does not by itself assign you to Victoria.

3. If the caseload is full

   You will be offered somebody else rather than put on a waitlist. Worth knowing, because it is easy to assume a match is the person you asked for.

4. The first conversation

   A first session is typically history and orientation: what brought you, what has been tried, what you want to be different. It is also where the questions in the next section belong.

5. If the fit is wrong

   Changing therapist on BetterHelp does not need a reason. A first session that does not click is common and is not a verdict on therapy. That option existing is the main practical difference between a platform and a private practice.

05 · Before you commit

3 questions worth asking Victoria

Built from what Victoria actually lists, so they are answerable and specific rather than generic. Maker Therapy's, not Victoria's - Victoria has not seen them and is under no obligation to answer any of them.

• “You list both Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Attachment-Based Therapy. Which do you lean on with someone like me?”

  Those two point in different directions - one structured and led by the therapist, the other led by you. The answer tells you what the sessions will actually feel like.

• “With 30 years in, what has changed most in how you work?”

  Long experience is only an advantage if it has been examined. This tends to surface whether it has.

• “How do you handle the gap between sessions if something comes up?”

  On BetterHelp this varies a great deal by therapist. Better to know the rhythm now than to discover it on a bad week.

06 · Practical details

Credentials and licensing

Credential

LCSW

Licensed in

Florida

Licence

FL LCSW SW6807

Licence number

SW6807

Licence expires

31 Mar 2027

NPI

1639124100

Years in practice

30

Gender

Female

Languages

English

International clients

Accepted

Listed since

15 May 2026

07 · Provenance

Where every line on this page came from

Victoria's name, credential, state, subjects, approaches and biography are read from BetterHelp's therapist roster, which Maker Therapy re-reads once a day; this page reflects the reading taken on 10 Oct 2026. The licence number and NPI are cross-checked against public registers.

The plain-English method descriptions, the first-session walkthrough and the questions are written by Maker Therapy and labelled as such wherever they appear.

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