Victoria James

LCSW, 16 years of experience
Authentic
Empowering
Warm
VirtualAvailable

Victoria James is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Psychotherapist, and Founder of Ever Growth Counseling®. She specializes in working with high-achieving professionals, entrepreneurs, and first-generation individuals who appear successful on the outside but feel overwhelmed, anxious, or burned out behind the scenes. Many of her clients are navigating high-pressure careers in tech, finance, healthcare, and law while silently dealing with anxiety, impostor syndrome, and the constant pressure to keep it all together. Victoria provides evidence-based, culturally responsive therapy combined with practical mindset and coping strategies. Her approach is collaborative, structured, and goal-oriented, helping clients gain clarity, improve emotional regulation, and build sustainable success without sacrificing their well-being. As a first-generation American from a multicultural immigrant background, Victoria understands the unique pressures of identity, family expectations, and navigating spaces where you may feel like you have to work twice as hard to maintain your success. She supports clients in processing these experiences while building confidence, boundaries, and a stronger sense of self. Victoria has over 15 years of experience in the mental health field and has worked across inpatient, outpatient, and community-based settings in New York City. She has extensive experience treating anxiety, burnout, depression, life transitions, and high-functioning stress. She offers virtual therapy across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Florida. If you’re used to being “the strong one” but are ready to feel more supported, grounded, and in control, this may be a good fit.

Get to know me

In our first session together, here's what you can expect

The first session is an intake assessment where we’ll explore your background, current challenges, and what’s bringing you to therapy. We’ll also identify your goals and what you want to get out of our work together. By the end of the session, you can expect a clearer understanding of your patterns and a general direction for how we’ll move forward.

The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions

My greatest strength is working with people who “look like they have it all together” but feel overwhelmed behind the scenes. I help clients identify the root patterns driving high-functioning anxiety, perfectionism, and burnout, then create a clear, personalized plan to build emotional regulation, confidence, and sustainable success without losing their ambition.

The clients I'm best positioned to serve

I enjoy working with young professionals, over achievers and entrepreneurs who are often the first to do things differently in their family, go getters and the strong one's who often don't appear to need support.

Specialties

Top specialties

Anxiety

Depression

Other specialties

Bipolar Disorder

I identify as

Asian / Asian American

Black / African American

Serves ages

Licensed in

Connecticut

Accepts

Location

Virtual

My treatment methods

Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)

During sessions we'll explore long-standing behavioral patterns or negative perceptions that cause you distress. Together we'll identify targeted goals for treatment. You could expect to unpack baggage, process challenges, be challenged, feel supported & empowered.

Strength-Based

Utilizing a coaching style and strength based approach, I've helped my clients build a positive mindset, strengthen sense of self and recognize their personal strengths to overcome limiting beliefs, achieve their personal goals and increase motivations.

Multicultural

As a First generation American born to a multi-racial immigrant family, I can support you around issues related to racial/ethnic identity, challenges of being first generation American or person of color. I have a passion for Mental Health and hope to destigmatize mental health services in BIPOC communities.

Solution Focused Brief Treatment

Utilizing a solution focus approach, I help over achievers and entrepreneurs overcome mental health challenges related to anxiety, burnout, stress, overwhelm, depression, impostor syndrome and the challenges that come with achievement so they can simultaneously be successful and live more life.

, 22 ratings

2 ratings with written reviews

March 10, 2025

By far the realest therapist I have ever had, can definitely say she has helped in my journey

Verified client, age 25-34
Review shared after session 5 with Victoria

March 4, 2025

She was great just not for me.

Verified client, age 18-24
Review shared after session 1 with Victoria