Our Providers | Victoria Coutinho, LCSW

Victoria Coutinho, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

A firm believer in transforming every ending into a new beginning, Victoria Coutinho aims to support and empower those caught “in between” life’s inevitable transitions. Emphasizing innate strengths and offering a compassionate, collaborative, and solution-focused therapeutic approach, she assists her clients in uncovering unique breakthroughs to weave into their present experience. 

From grief processing to adjustment into newfound roles, Victoria facilitates the therapeutic journey with intention and unconditional positive regard. Using a personalized and proactive approach, she creates a genuine and empathic space for clients to explore unconscious thought patterns, unresolved grief, and their present coping mechanisms when faced with abrupt changes and challenging circumstances.

Education & Experience

Victoria earned her Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Southern California and her Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from Loyola Marymount University. With a background in equine-assisted therapy, group therapy, and working with youth and their families, Victoria has vast professional expertise working with populations across “all ages and all stages.” The perspective she has gained through that exposure allows Victoria to create the positive atmosphere for clients to recognize and embrace each phase of life as an opportunity to grow, gain wisdom, and enhance their way of living. 

Well-versed in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Victoria optimizes tools from a wide variety of therapeutic modalities to help clients achieve deeper insight, transform maladaptive behavioral patterns, and live a well-balanced life. Maintaining focus on holistic wellness, tangible everyday examples, and  incorporation of analogies, Victoria seeks to instill the confidence in her clients to overcome life’s obstacles in a healthy way.