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Victoria Hoyt

Victoria Hoyt, LCMFT, LMFT

Kansas

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - family patterns, addictions

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  • Attachment issues
  • CBT strategies
  • Couples and parenting

About Victoria

Victoria Hoyt is a Licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist (LCMFT) and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) with 27 years of experience based in Kansas. She works with adults on relationship and family concerns, addictions, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, and parenting challenges. She also addresses intimacy-related issues, grief, anger, self-esteem, career stress, and coping with life changes.

Over many years she has seen people from diverse backgrounds, including those affected by adoption and foster care, blended family dynamics, caregiving strain, and cancer-related stress. She draws on several approaches to help people untangle patterns that began in childhood and still affect their relationships now. Attachment-related issues and codependency are among the family-of-origin patterns she commonly addresses.

Her work mixes practical skills with talking and reflection. She uses methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Attachment-Based ideas, Client-Centered work, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy as fits each person. Sessions tend to focus on clearer communication, managing difficult feelings, and changing unhelpful behavior patterns.

Victoria has long experience supporting people through divorce and separation, domestic violence, drug and alcohol addiction, and obsessive-compulsive behaviors. She also helps those facing commitment issues, control problems, or dependent personality patterns. Parents and caregivers find her background useful when parenting pressures affect family life.

She balances clinical work with a large family life and brings straightforward practicality to appointments. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial session. Costs vary by location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

How her clinical approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and values, then take actions that match what matters to them. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and making life changes. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current bonds and helps people recognize and change those patterns in present-day relationships. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete skills to reduce distress and manage symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, history, and preferences, and then suggest which methods to try first. That decision is collaborative and can change as therapy progresses.

Confirm the session formats before booking since the biography did not list specific online options. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments into busy schedules, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. They also let people keep continuity of care when life circumstances shift, while the therapist and client decide together how to structure sessions to suit daily routines.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

AddictionsRelationship issuesFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseIntimacy-related issues

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyGriefParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changesCoaching

Additional focus areas

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

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Gottman MethodMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

27+ years

Listed in

Kansas, Oklahoma, Arizona

Languages

English

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she address?

She works with relationship and family concerns, addictions, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, parenting, grief, anger, and related issues like codependency and attachment problems.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

She combines practical skills and reflective conversation, using methods that include ACT, attachment-informed ideas, client-centered listening, CBT, and DBT depending on the person's needs.

How much experience does she have?

She has 27 years of clinical experience working in varied settings with people across many ages and life situations.

What are her credentials and location?

She holds LCMFT and LMFT credentials and practices from Kansas with licenses noted as KS LCMFT and OK LMFT in the record.

Does she offer sessions in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats were not specified in the biography.

How is cost handled?

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

How do I get started?

Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a first session.

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