Victoria Bartholomew, LCSW - Therapist in Kansas

About Victoria

Victoria Bartholomew is a licensed clinical social worker who uses practical therapy methods to help families and parents facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, and parenting challenges. She gives clear, direct guidance and encourages honest conversation in sessions. Her manner is supportive and upbeat, while still focused on realistic steps a family can try between meetings.

Bartholomew draws on several evidence-based approaches including cognitive behavioral therapy and trauma-focused work to address persistent worries and past hurts.

Background and approach

She also uses solution-focused tools and motivational interviewing to set small, doable goals and build momentum. Sessions tend to focus on concrete skills for managing emotions, shifting unhelpful thinking, and improving daily interactions at home. With six years of professional experience, Bartholomew has helped people navigate divorce and separation, blended family concerns, workplace stress, and the ups and downs of young adulthood.

She pays particular attention to issues of control, self-love, and women’s stressors when those come up in sessions. Her background includes practice across several states and she is licensed as an LCSW. Therapy sessions with her mix listening with hands-on techniques.

She will often teach breathing and grounding strategies, challenge stuck thinking, and map out small behavioral steps. Parents can expect practical suggestions they can try between appointments. Victoria works from Kansas and conducts sessions in English.

Her licensing includes Illinois LCSW 149.023928 and Texas LCSW 106353.

Therapeutic methods and online sessions that fit family life

CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, helps people notice and change the thoughts that fuel anxiety and low mood. It teaches simple exercises to test unhelpful beliefs and try new behaviors, which can reduce fighting and improve daily routines at home. Trauma-focused therapy focuses on processing past hurts and building safety in the present; it uses gradual steps to reduce overwhelming reactions and make day-to-day parenting and relationships feel more manageable.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the family or individual about goals, preferences, and what has helped before. From there she adapts techniques and checks in regularly to see what is working and what needs changing, so the plan stays practical and relevant.

Online sessions can fit into busy family schedules. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations from home, phone sessions can work when screens are not possible, and live chat or text-based messaging supports shorter check-ins and reminders between meetings. These options offer flexibility so families can try therapy without major disruptions to their routines.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Motivational Interviewing

A way of working through mixed feelings about change without being pushed. The therapist helps you weigh things up and find your own reasons, which often makes a difficult decision feel less stuck.

Frequently asked questions

What issues does she address related to family life?

She helps with family problems, relationship strain, parenting concerns, blended family issues, and the emotional effects of divorce or separation.

What is her general therapy style like?

Her approach is practical and supportive. Sessions blend listening with skill-building and short-term goals.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has six years of professional experience working with stress, anxiety, trauma, and family dynamics.

What are her credentials and where is she based?

She is an LCSW and works from Kansas. Licensure details include IL LCSW 149.023928 and TX LCSW 106353.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can people outside the U.S. work with her?

International clients are not currently accepted.

What formats are available for meeting online?

Sessions can be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How does pricing and payment work?

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

Specialties and expertise

Top specialties

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Family conflicts

Also works with

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 6 years
Licensed: Florida, Missouri, Texas, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Tennessee
Languages: English

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