Vanessa East, BACP
3 years in practice
Vanessa East is a counsellor who supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, addiction, intimacy concerns and challenges with self-esteem.
License and registration
- BACP
- 396567 · expires October 2026
- Years in practice
- 3
- Languages
- English
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About Vanessa
Vanessa East is a counsellor who supports people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, grief, addiction, intimacy concerns and challenges with self-esteem. She also helps with parenting stress, career shifts, ADHD and coping with life changes. Vanessa works by listening closely and tailoring each session to what the client brings.
She describes a flexible, integrative style that mixes talking therapy with somatic and mind-focused techniques. Sessions may focus on practical coping skills or on looking at early life experiences that still affect the present.
Background and approach
Vanessa uses a range of methods including hypnotherapy alongside cognitive and attachment-informed approaches. Her work draws on three years of professional experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. That background underpins a practice that aims to be culturally aware and trauma-informed.
She aims to meet people where they are and proceed at a pace they find manageable. Clients can expect sessions that are collaborative and adaptable. Some work targets symptom relief, such as anxiety management and emotional regulation.
Other work may be deeper and longer term, exploring patterns, attachment issues or the impact of past loss and abandonment. Vanessa is comfortable using online formats and offers several ways to connect. She accepts international clients and conducts therapy in English.
Booking begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling through the platform.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Vanessa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Addictions
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Vanessa names
- Hypnotherapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How her approaches work online and what they help with
Hypnotherapy helps people access focused relaxation and guided imagery to address habits, anxious thinking and some trauma-related symptoms. It can be useful when someone wants help with pain management, stress or breaking unhelpful patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current ways of relating and helps people understand and change repeating patterns that affect trust and closeness.Another commonly used strand in her work is Client-Centred Therapy, which emphasises a non-judgemental, listening-based relationship. That approach helps people explore feelings and find their own solutions at a pace they prefer. Choosing the right mix of methods is part of the work; the therapist will discuss options and decide together with the client which approaches fit their goals and preferences.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls are suitable for in-depth sessions where visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for quick check-ins. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter reflections, written journalling support or people who prefer not to be on camera. These formats make it simpler to fit therapy around work, travel or caregiving commitments and to maintain continuity when life changes.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Vanessa support?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions and intimacy-related worries. She also helps people with eating concerns, parenting strain, anger, self-esteem, career changes and ADHD.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is integrative and adaptable, combining talking therapy with body-focused work and hypnotic techniques when appropriate. Sessions are collaborative and tailored to the person's needs.
What kind of professional background does she have?
She has three years of clinical experience and has worked across a range of agencies with issues including trauma, grief, chronic pain and personality difficulties. Her practice emphasises trauma-informed and culturally responsive care.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and clients are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and preferences.
How are sessions priced?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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