Victoria Welch (MSW, LCSW)
Christian Counseling for Trauma, Transitions, and Family Healing in Chapel Hill, Raleigh & Online
A compassionate space to process strong emotions, restore relationships, and move toward hope, wholeness, and renewed strength.
About Victoria
Victoria is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a diverse and deeply relational background in ministry, family support, and community care. She earned her undergraduate degree in Biblical Education from Multnomah University and her Master of Social Work from University of North Dakota.
For 13 years, Victoria served as a missionary on the China-Pakistan border while raising her five children. During that time, she adopted her daughter while volunteering in an orphanage—an experience that deeply shaped her understanding of attachment, trauma, and resilience.
Stateside, she has worked with children and adults with developmental disabilities, medically fragile adults in county mental health, families navigating hospice care, and adult female survivors of sex trafficking. This breadth of experience equips her to work with individuals and families from diverse cultural and life backgrounds.
Victoria approaches counseling with curiosity, kindness, and humility. She views therapy as forming a meaningful alliance with each client, walking together through adversity while seeking healing, growth, and restoration.
Who Victoria Helps
Victoria works with:
- Adults and Couples
- Parents navigating complex caregiving roles
- Missionaries and multicultural families
- Older families facing life transitions
- Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
- Adoptive Parents, Adopted Individuals
- Victims and Perpetrators of Intimate Partner Betrayal
- Older clients seeking Life Review, Legacy Projects or Forgiveness Therapy
- Clients seeking Christian or faith-informed counseling
Education and Background
Victoria holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biblical Education from Multnomah University and a Master of Social Work from University of North Dakota.
She has experience conducting psychosocial and crisis assessments and is trained in:
- Level 1, Narrative-Focused Trauma Care through The Allender Center
- Foundational training in Partner Trauma Therapy (PTT) through ITAAP
- Trauma-Informed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Community Resiliency Model
Which Insurance Is Accepted
Insurances that will be accepted:
Aetna
Blue Cross Blue Shield
- United Behavioral Health (UBH) / Optum
Victoria's Approach
Trauma-Informed and Relational Counseling
Victoria uses a trauma-informed, relational approach that values both individual resilience and the role of community in healing.
She incorporates evidence-based methods including Narrative-Focused Trauma Care, Partner Trauma Therapy (PTT), Trauma-Informed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Motivational Interviewing, and the Community Resiliency Model.
She also integrates Cognitive Behavioral and Interpersonal Psychotherapy interventions along with somatic work, art expression, and narrative techniques.
Her style is collaborative and compassionate, helping clients explore how strong emotions and difficult seasons can lead to growth, restoration, and deeper meaning.
For those who desire it, Victoria thoughtfully integrates Christian faith into the counseling process while honoring each client’s unique spiritual journey.
Area of Focus
What Victoria Can Help With
Victoria provides counseling and support for:
Guilt, shame, worry, fear, and anger
Spiritual doubt and faith struggles
Relationship and attachment challenges
Breaking generational patterns
Childhood trauma
Parenting a child with special needs or chronic illness
Missionary stress, burnout, and re-entry
Caregiving for elderly parents
Life review, forgiveness, reconciliation
Grief and loss
Her goal is to help clients process adversity, strengthen relationships, and experience emotional and spiritual renewal.
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