Vanessa Teixeira, NCPS
6 years in practice
Vanessa Teixeira is a counsellor who uses hypnotherapy alongside talking-based therapies to help people reduce anxiety and manage stress.
License and registration
- NCPS
- NCS22-02835 · expires July 2026
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Vanessa
Vanessa Teixeira is a counsellor who uses hypnotherapy alongside talking-based therapies to help people reduce anxiety and manage stress. She explains things plainly and tailors sessions to each person’s needs. Vanessa works in English and Portuguese and brings six years of experience to her practice in the United Kingdom.
Clients often come for help with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem and relationship difficulties. She also supports people dealing with addictions, trauma and abuse, and related concerns such as attachment issues, body image and caregiver stress.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to make problems easier to understand and to build practical ways to cope. Vanessa combines Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and client-centred conversations. That means she helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, decide on personal values, and practise small changes between sessions.
Attachment-based ideas inform her work when relationships and early patterns matter. She is registered with NCPS, which is shown as her professional credential. Vanessa adapts language and pace for each person, and she will explain therapy choices clearly during early meetings.
She accepts clients from outside the UK and runs sessions in English or Portuguese. Sessions are available as video calls, phone appointments, live chat or text messaging. The subscription model is used for bookings and can be cancelled at any time.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire is completed and a suitable session time is arranged.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Vanessa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- 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
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Vanessa names
- Hypnotherapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian 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 online approaches and hypnotherapy can help
Hypnotherapy is a conversation-based approach that uses focused attention and suggestion to support behaviour change and calmer responses. It can be useful for anxiety, motivation and changing habitual reactions when combined with talking work.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and clarifies what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thinking patterns and practical skills to reduce symptoms and change behaviours. Both approaches are applied to everyday problems like stress, low mood and confidence struggles.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will work together with the client to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences. That collaborative choice can be adjusted as progress is reviewed over time.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone appointments, live chat or text messaging to make therapy flexible. Video is good for face-to-face-style conversations, phone works when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer writing. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different life circumstances.
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Questions people ask
What issues does Vanessa help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression and self-esteem concerns. She also supports people struggling with addictions, trauma and relationship difficulties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Vanessa blends hypnotherapy with talking therapies such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and CBT. Sessions are practical and conversational, focusing on small steps you can try between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
She has six years of professional experience working with the issues listed in her profile. That experience informs how she adapts approaches for each person.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
Her listed credential is NCPS and she practises in the United Kingdom. That credential is shown as part of her professional details.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese to suit bilingual clients. International clients may also take part in sessions.
Which session formats are available?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. These options allow different ways to connect depending on need and convenience.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model. The subscription can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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