Yana Valcheva , BACP

Yana Valcheva is a counsellor who supports people dealing with relationship pain, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting strain, depression and issues around intimacy and body image. She also works with people facing addiction, eating and anger concerns, low self-esteem, and major life changes. Yana uses creativity and attention to the body as part of how she works.

Sessions with Yana are client-led and conversational. She encourages gentle self-inquiry and practical ways to tap into a person’s own resources. Creative activities and simple body-focused practices are offered when they suit the individual.

Her background includes an MA in Fine Arts and a Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling, and she holds BACP registration. Before training as a counsellor she worked in the arts and has taught meditation and body-based practices since 2001 in several countries.

Yana brings a range of body-oriented approaches from dance, yoga and bioenergetics to massage and meditation. She offers options such as abdominal massage and self-massage for people exploring fertility, pregnancy-related loss, or the physical effects of trauma on the lower belly.

Practical goals in sessions include easing distress, improving self-connection, and finding clearer ways to make decisions. She offers support in English, Bulgarian and French and works with adults and young people who want a creative, embodied route to change.

Client-centred and body-aware therapy online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and creating a non-judgemental space where the person sets the pace. It helps with depression, relationship issues, self-esteem and coping with life changes by emphasising understanding and the person's own capacity for change.

Yana also brings body-informed practices into her work, such as gentle attention to bodily sensations and simple movement or breathing exercises. These approaches can be useful for people dealing with trauma, anxiety, postpartum issues or body-image concerns because they reconnect feeling and thought in practical ways.

Finding the right approach is usually a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options at the start and adapt techniques to suit your goals, comfort and preferences rather than offering a one-size-fits-all plan.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give practical flexibility. Video allows face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits brief check-ins and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats help people fit therapy around work, childcare and travel commitments while staying connected to a therapist who uses client-centred and body-aware methods.