Vanessa Anthony , BACP, NCPS

Vanessa Anthony is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom who helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief and depression. She works with individuals experiencing trauma, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction and struggles around eating and sleeping. Vanessa aims to make first steps feel manageable and supportive rather than overwhelming.

Vanessa follows a person-centred way of working that treats each person as the expert in their own life. She also uses cognitive behavioural techniques to help identify unhelpful thinking and practical ways to change patterns. Sessions are conversational and focused on small, achievable changes.

Her practice draws on nine years of experience supporting people from different cultural and faith backgrounds, and those who are neurodivergent. Vanessa holds BACP, which stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and NCPS, the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society. These credentials are part of her professional standing in the UK.

In sessions she pays attention to attachment and abandonment themes, body image, chronic illness and communication problems alongside more common concerns. She offers practical tools for coping with life changes, parenting strains, career stress and anger. The aim is to help clients build clearer choices and small steps forward.

Vanessa describes the therapeutic relationship as collaborative. She listens, asks questions, and works with each person to set realistic goals. People who want a straightforward, respectful approach to women’s issues and wider emotional concerns may find her style helpful.

Approaches that translate well to online therapy

Vanessa uses client-centred therapy to make sure sessions follow the person’s lead and priorities. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting and building a trusting rapport so people can talk through what matters to them. It helps with a wide range of concerns from low mood to relationship questions.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or CBT to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and routines. CBT often involves straightforward exercises and small behavioural experiments that can be practised between sessions, which suits remote work. Trauma-focused methods are used when past events are affecting present life and the focus is on stabilising and pacing the work safely.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels comfortable, and then try methods that match those needs. Together they check in and adapt the plan as therapy progresses.

Online therapy brings practical flexibility. Video calls allow a near face-to-face conversation while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit a lunch break. Live chat and text-based messaging let people share thoughts in short bursts or keep a running dialogue between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life.