Spalding's anxiety specialist

Break free from Anxiety

It's 3:17 in the morning. The house is silent except for the soft hum of the refrigerator and the distant tick of that kitchen clock you've been meaning to replace. You're sitting cross-legged on your bedroom floor, bathed in the blue light of your laptop, convinced that the persistent headache you've had for three days isn't stress but rather something far more sinister. Your fingers tremble slightly as you type symptoms into the search bar, each result more terrifying than the last.

By 4:30, you've convinced yourself it's something serious.

By 7:00, you've checked the front door is locked five times.

By 8:15, you're sitting in your car in the office car park, rehearsing a presentation while simultaneously wondering if anyone can tell you haven't slept, if your skirt is professional enough, and if the persistent knot in your stomach will ever truly go away.

This is the thing about anxiety that no one tells you: it doesn't come announced with a thunderclap. It weaves itself into the fabric of your life so gradually that one day, you look up and realize it's making decisions for you. It's choosing which invitations you decline, which opportunities you avoid, which thoughts spiral into midnight Google sessions.
I'm Vic, trained by Nick Kemp in Provocative Change Works therapy. And I work with women exactly like you every day.

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Drafts and redrafts emails, reading them aloud to yourself before sending (and then immediately checking your "Sent" folder to make sure you didn't somehow include something inappropriate)

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Lies awake cataloging every possible outcome of tomorrow's meeting

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Creates shopping lists with military precision (organized by store layout, because efficiency matters)

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Plans to arrive 20 minutes early to everything, just in case

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Re-reads text messages from friends, searching for hidden meanings or signs you've somehow offended them

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Has a pharmacy's worth of "just in case" medications in your handbag

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Feels a constant, low-grade hum of worry that never quite goes away

I can help you

The Way I Work

Think of anxiety like a record that's been playing the same track for years. Traditional therapy often tries to understand why you bought the record in the first place. PCW simply lifts the needle.

The conversations we have might seem unusual at first—more direct, more surprising, sometimes even frustrating—but they're precisely calibrated to interrupt the familiar patterns that keep anxiety in place. When the needle lifts, even momentarily, you experience what life could be without that constant soundtrack.

Not vague theories about your childhood—but precisely what's happening in your head when anxiety kicks in. The specific thoughts, images, and patterns that keep you trapped.

I take positions that might surprise you, make you laugh, or occasionally frustrate you. This isn't random—it's exactly what breaks the pattern keeping you stuck.

Not in some distant future after weeks of "practice," but right there in the session. Many clients report being unable to access the anxious feelings they've struggled with for years, even when they try.

Lianne

"I 100% would recommend for anybody. You are a truely amazing lovely person who helped me immensely and you genuinely care!"

Frankee

"Your therapy is unique but absolutely the best I've ever had! You made me question why I was feeling certain ways which rewired my brain. No tother therapist has done that for me. 100%r recommended!"

the woman behind the work

Meet Vic

I've always been fascinated by the difference between what people say and what they mean. The careful pauses in conversation. The way someone's eyes might flicker when touching on something important. The stories we tell ourselves that shape everything we do—and everything we don't.After completing my initial training in traditional hypnotherapy approaches, I found myself increasingly frustrated with the gap between momentary relief and permanent change. My clients would experience relief from their anxiety for a short time, but very quickly find themselves right back at the start, still living smaller lives than they deserved. Because hypnotherapy, deep breathing, mediation simply provide temporarily relief, not permanent change.When I discovered Provocative Change Works, it was like finding the missing piece. Trained directly by Nick Kemp, the creator of PCW, I learned an approach that doesn't just understand anxiety—it transforms it, often in ways that seem almost impossible until you witness them yourself.In my Spalding practice, I work with women who are simultaneously accomplished and exhausted by their own minds. The teacher who plans her lessons with military precision but can't sleep the night before delivering them. The marketing director who appears supremely confident in meetings while her stomach ties itself in knots. The doctor who can diagnose everyone but herself.My approach isn't for everyone. If you're looking for someone to nod sympathetically while nothing changes, I'm probably not your person. But if you're ready for something different—something that might surprise you, occasionally frustrate you, and ultimately free you—then we should talk.I believe that anxiety isn't who you are—it's just something your mind has become very good at creating. And what your mind has learned to create, it can also learn to release.