Vanessa East , BACP

Vanessa East is a BACP-credentialed therapist based in the United Kingdom who brings a compassionate, integrative approach to supporting people through stress, anxiety, relationship and family difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, addiction, and a wide range of other challenges. With three years of professional experience, she offers practical and empathetic guidance tailored to each person’s needs, drawing on training in integrative hypno-psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems, somatic and polyvagal techniques, and family constellation-informed practice.

She works creatively and intuitively, combining cognitive methods that address thinking patterns, somatic work that attends to the body, and psychodynamic or spiritual perspectives that explore deeper meaning and early development. This flexible approach can focus on alleviating specific symptoms or on exploring formative experiences to better understand how past relationships and developmental history shape present-day feelings, behaviour, and relationships.

Vanessa has experience addressing trauma in many forms - including sexual, racial, developmental, relational, and generational trauma - as well as issues such as low self-esteem, codependency, chronic pain and illness, eating and intimacy-related concerns, ADHD, bipolar challenges, and caregiver stress. Her training also includes couples work, emotional regulation, resilience building, and group facilitation, enabling her to tailor sessions to the goals and preferences of each person.

She aims to create a space where clients can bring their whole selves and explore change at a pace that feels right. If preferred appointment times are not visible, Vanessa invites potential clients to enquire about alternative slots and she accepts both UK-based and international clients.

Integrative approaches for effective online support

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns of connection and trust. It helps people notice and revise ways of relating that contribute to anxiety, abandonment fears, or difficulty forming close bonds. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes the therapist's empathetic, nonjudgmental presence and supports clients in exploring their own goals and values at their own pace - it is useful for building self-esteem, clarifying choices, and processing life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, works with thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching practical strategies for managing unhelpful thinking and building new coping skills.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Vanessa collaborates with each person to identify which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adapting techniques over time so therapy remains effective and relevant. This collaborative stance ensures the work feels personalized and aligned with what the client wants to achieve.

Online therapy offers flexibility and accessibility - clients can meet by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit their schedules and daily life. These options make it easier to maintain consistent care, try different formats for what feels most helpful, and access licensed professionals from a distance while preserving continuity of treatment.