Vanessa East, BACP

Vanessa East is a counsellor who helps people with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions and many everyday struggles. She also supports people dealing with parenting pressures, body image, intimacy concerns, anger, low self-esteem and workplace issues. Vanessa works with clients who have ADHD, bipolar difficulties and those coping with life changes or compassion fatigue.

She adapts her approach to the person who comes to sessions. Vanessa combines talking work with attention to bodily experience and to deeper developmental patterns. That can mean focusing on a present problem, learning practical skills, or looking at how early experiences shape current feelings and relationships.

Vanessa uses a mix of approaches that include attachment-based work, client-centred therapy, cognitive behavioural methods and elements of dialectical behaviour therapy. She also draws on existential ideas to help people find meaning and direction. These approaches are applied in ways that aim to be practical and relatable.

Her listed credential is BACP, which indicates membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Vanessa has about three years' professional practice and has worked in a range of agency settings with diverse presentations.

People who choose her can expect a thoughtful, adaptive style that pays attention to thoughts and everyday habits as part of change. If you want to explore how patterns of thinking and daily routines affect mood and relationships, Vanessa offers a collaborative space to do that work.

To begin, users complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.

How different approaches are used in online therapy

Attachment-based work focuses on how early relationships shape current connections and self-view. In online sessions this approach helps people notice patterns in relationships and practise new ways of relating to others and themselves.

Client-centred therapy prioritises the person's own goals and pace. The therapist offers reflective listening and gentle scaffolding so the client leads the topics and decides what to work on next.

Cognitive behavioural methods look at thoughts and everyday habits that keep problems going. This can involve identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying small experiments to change routine behaviours and mood.

Finding the right therapeutic approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss needs, goals and preferences and together decide which methods to use. That collaborative process means approaches can change as progress is made.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life by removing travel time and offering flexible scheduling. It also allows people to choose quieter surroundings, opt for shorter check-ins when needed, or avoid being on camera if that helps them engage. Confirm the exact session formats offered before booking to ensure they suit your day-to-day routine.