Vanessa East , BACP

Vanessa East is a counsellor who supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship tensions, trauma and many other concerns. She uses a practical, down-to-earth style that helps clients name what is wrong and take steps to feel steadier. Vanessa works from a place of empathy and aims to make sessions feel like a clear, steady conversation.

She draws on a mix of approaches tailored to each person. That can mean looking at how early relationships shape current patterns, working on coping skills to manage strong feelings, or using conversational, client-centred methods to follow whatever matters most to the client. Sessions can be focused on immediate relief or on longer-term understanding of recurring themes.

Vanessa has three years of professional experience and holds BACP registration. She has worked across a wide range of difficulties including grief, addictions, eating and intimacy-related issues, ADHD and compassion fatigue. Her background also includes work with trauma, abandonment and attachment concerns.

Her way of working is collaborative and flexible. She adapts techniques from cognitive and dialectical behaviour approaches when useful. She also incorporates attachment-based perspectives to help people understand relational patterns and make different choices in relationships.

Vanessa offers sessions in English and accepts clients from the United Kingdom and internationally. Therapy is available via video calls, phone, live chat or text messaging, and sessions use a cancellable subscription model. To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and a session is scheduled according to availability.

Approaches that shape online work

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships affect present-day feelings and patterns. In practice this often means looking at recurring relationship cycles and gently testing different responses to improve connection and self-understanding.

Client-centred therapy places the person and their experience at the heart of sessions. The therapist follows the client's lead, listens without judgement and helps people find their own solutions to issues such as low self-esteem, grief or life transitions.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy or CBT looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and actions. It offers practical tools to change unhelpful thinking and behaviour, which can help with anxiety, stress and mood difficulties.

Finding the right approach is part of the work and is decided together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels most helpful, then adapt methods over time as needs change. This collaborative process aims to match techniques to what the person wants to achieve.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to increase convenience. Video calls are useful when visual connection matters, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and messaging can suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer not to use video. These options help fit therapy around busy days and different routines.