Vanessa East, BACP

Vanessa East is a counsellor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strains, grief and the challenges of living with health conditions. She also supports people dealing with trauma, addiction, intimacy concerns, eating issues and parenting stress. Vanessa uses a warm, practical style and aims to make therapy feel manageable for everyday life.

She draws on several approaches and adapts them to each person. Sessions can focus on solving a single problem, building coping skills, or looking back at early experiences that still shape feelings today. Vanessa says she works both with thoughts and bodily experience, and uses creative and intuitive methods in conversation.

Her background includes an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Hypno-Psychotherapy and a Diploma in Integrative Therapeutic Counselling. She is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, which is shown as BACP in her details. Vanessa has worked across agencies and with many issues over three years of practice.

People who come to her often want help with anxiety, chronic pain or illness, attachment or abandonment wounds, and compassion fatigue. She also mentions experience with neurodiversity and sexual culture topics such as BDSM and kink. The approach is personalised, and she aims to help people bring their full selves into sessions.

If someone wants to try therapy with her they start by using the site’s Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and booking a session that fits their schedule. Fees vary with location and through the subscription model used.

How therapeutic approaches work online

Attachment-based work helps people understand how early bonds shape current relationships and self-view. Online conversations can help identify patterns, rehearse new ways of relating, and build emotional safety over time. Client-centred therapy focuses on a respectful, non-directive relationship where the therapist follows the person’s lead and helps them feel heard and understood. This approach supports self-exploration and decisions about next steps. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours link together and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns; it is often useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether to focus on skills, exploration of past experience, or a mix of methods and review the plan as therapy progresses.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm which options are offered before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy lives, reduce travel time and allow a shorter check-in when needed. It can also be helpful when someone needs to work around medical appointments or unpredictable energy levels. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists can explain practical arrangements when you arrange your first session.