Pippa Vlietstra , NCPS

Pippa Vlietstra uses an integrative, client-centred approach that focuses on connection and safety in the therapeutic relationship. She draws on attachment ideas and somatic work to help people manage anxiety, regulate their nervous system and improve close relationships. Pippa holds NCPS, which indicates her professional registration, and she practises from the United Kingdom.

Pippa helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, worry or grief. She also supports those facing relationship strain, intimacy concerns, parenting pressures and the fallout of trauma and abuse. Practical issues such as sleep disruption, eating difficulties, anger and career stress are included in her work.

Her style is down to earth and steady. Sessions tend to be collaborative conversations that bring attention to bodily experience as well as thoughts and feelings. She encourages small, doable steps that build people’s capacity to cope and to feel more in control.

Pippa has three years of clinical experience. That time has included work with people living with ADHD, attachment wounds, abandonment fears and body image struggles. She also addresses blended family issues, communication problems, codependency and guilt or shame that often follow relationship breakdown.

People meet Pippa for one-to-one therapy by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging. She aims to tailor the pace and focus to each person’s needs, helping them identify what matters most and how to move forward.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions

Attachment-Based Therapy pays attention to patterns of connection and safety in relationships. Online work can explore how early attachment shapes present-day trust, closeness and fears of abandonment, helping people notice and change repeating patterns. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on creating a warm, non-judgemental space where the person leads the pace. In remote sessions this means listening closely, reflecting feelings and following what matters most to the client to support clearer self-understanding and decision-making.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then shape the work together. That collaborative planning can include trying different methods and checking in regularly to make sure the approach fits the person's needs.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls work well for more in-depth conversations that benefit from visual cues, while phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for shorter reflections, quick support between sessions or when someone prefers not to be on camera. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, parenting and daily life, and they let people continue sessions from different places within the United Kingdom without travel.