Victoria graduated in Psychology from the University of Stirling in 2008 and then obtained her Masters in Research Methods in Psychology from UCL in 2012. Victoria has held verious roles as support worker for people with enduring mental health problems, learning disabilities and challenging behaviour living in the community. Victoria has also worked as a research worker for King’s College London and has previously held honorary research assistant positions at the Mental Health Sciences Unit working on a research project investigating the experiences of access to primary health care from the point of view of people with intellectual impairment and their carers and at the Eating Disorders Unit collaborating on a project investigating the impact of providing extra support to carers caring for people with Anorexia Nervosa.