Counsellor profile
Vanessa East, BACP
BACP counsellor - family and parenting issues
Continue with VanessaAbout
- Attachment-based approaches
- CBT and DBT strategies
- Hypnotherapy techniques
About Vanessa
Vanessa East is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years' experience. She works with adults dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, parenting strains, and related concerns. Vanessa also supports people facing intimacy challenges, eating and body image struggles, anger, low self-esteem, bipolar disorder, ADHD and major life changes.
Her style is practical and person-focused. She listens to what is happening now and asks about past experiences that shape current patterns. Sessions can address a single problem or look back to early development to understand repeated difficulties. She uses a mix of talking, reflective work and body-aware methods when useful.
Vanessa draws on attachment-based and client-centred ideas to explore how relationships affect wellbeing. She also uses cognitive behavioural and dialectical strategies for thinking and behaviour changes. Existential perspectives are used when questions about meaning, values or life direction come up.
The work may include somatic techniques and gentle hypnotic methods as part of an integrative approach. Vanessa reports experience with grief, complex trauma, personality-related difficulties and chronic pain or illness. She also lists focus areas such as abandonment, attachment issues, autism, blended family challenges and communication problems.
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted. Practical next steps are to follow the site process to match and schedule a first appointment. Vanessa states that sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How sessions work
Therapeutic methods and online work
Vanessa commonly uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape trust, boundaries and responses to conflict. This approach helps when relationship patterns or attachment issues affect parenting and adult relationships.She also uses client-centred therapy, which focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person in the room. That approach is useful for people who need space to clarify values and make sense of difficult feelings.
Finding the right mix of methods is part of the process. Vanessa will work with the client to agree on which approaches to try first, and she adapts methods according to progress, goals and preferences. The collaboration includes checking in about what helps and what does not.
The practical aim of online work is to fit therapy around daily life. Confirm the specific session formats offered before booking, as the biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to attend from another location, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Registered or accredited professionals can use these options to support continued work between appointments.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of family and parenting concerns does she help with?
She works with parents and adults on parenting strain, blended family issues, communication problems and related family conflict.
How would she approach anxiety or stress?
Vanessa uses cognitive behavioural techniques alongside dialectical skills to help manage anxious thoughts and develop coping strategies.
What experience does she have with trauma?
She has worked with trauma, complex grief and abuse and describes experience with somatic and trauma-informed methods.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises from the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Yes, she accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.
Which session formats are available?
The biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Fees vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Follow the site process: use the See online therapy options button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.