Vanessa East, BACP
Vanessa East offers support for a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, intimacy issues and eating concerns.
- Stress & Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- +15 more
About Vanessa
Vanessa East offers support for a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, intimacy issues and eating concerns. She also helps with parenting strains, anger, low self-esteem, career worries, bipolar challenges, ADHD and coping with life changes. Vanessa works in English and accepts international clients from the United Kingdom.
Vanessa draws on three years of practice and an accredited BACP credential. She adapts her approach to each person, matching methods to what they bring into the room.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and conversational, with an emphasis on building coping skills and understanding patterns that keep problems repeating. Her style combines attention to emotional bonds with straightforward cognitive tools. That means looking at how early attachments shape current relationships while also working on thoughts and behaviours that maintain anxiety or low mood.
Vanessa uses elements of attachment-based work, client-centred listening, cognitive behavioural techniques and dialectical methods where helpful. Therapy can focus on specific problems or go deeper into life patterns and past events. Vanessa may invite reflection on childhood experiences, emotions held in the body, and current relationship dynamics.
She aims to help people spot unhelpful cycles and try small, concrete ways to change them. Sessions are offered online by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. Costs vary with location and the service uses a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
To begin, clients use the Start Therapy button and complete a short matching questionnaire to schedule sessions.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 396567 | October 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
What Vanessa works with
Everything Vanessa lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Addictions
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Vanessa lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Online support
Client-centred therapy focuses on listening without judgement and helping people feel heard. In an online setting this often means the counsellor offers warm, accepting space while the person leads the pace and topics of each session.
Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, helps identify unhelpful thoughts and test new ways of thinking and acting. It suits problems like anxiety, depression and stress because it gives clear tasks and small steps to try between sessions.
Choosing the right approach is part of working together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most useful, and then try methods that fit the person's needs. That decision is collaborative and can change over time as progress is made.
Online formats offer practical advantages. Video calls allow face-to-face discussion and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can fit quick check-ins during a busy day, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make therapy easier to fit around work, caregiving and travel while keeping focus on meaningful change.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems can I bring to therapy?
Vanessa supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions and intimacy-related issues among other areas listed on her profile.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is adaptive and conversational, blending attuned listening with practical strategies to manage feelings and behaviour.
What experience does she have?
She has three years of clinical experience working across a broad range of issues and has practised with various agencies.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She holds BACP accreditation and is based in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What should I do to start therapy?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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