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Vanessa Anthony, BACP, NCPS

Credentials: BACP, NCPS
Experience: 9 years
Practising in: United Kingdom
Languages: English
Sessions: Online only
Client ages: Adults, 18 and over

Works with Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsTrauma and abuse Grief Depression

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Vanessa Anthony welcomes people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety or major life changes. She meets each person where they are and focuses on practical steps to make everyday life easier. Vanessa uses calm, direct language and aims to build a safe space for talking through hard things.

Vanessa is accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and by the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society, NCPS. She has nine years of experience working in the United Kingdom.

Background and approach

Her background includes person-centred and cognitive behavioural approaches to therapy. In sessions she helps people manage grief, depression, addictions and relationship or intimacy concerns. She also supports those coping with trauma and abuse, family problems, eating and sleeping difficulties, and the practical strain of parenting.

Vanessa works with people experiencing ADHD, bipolar symptoms and issues around self-esteem and career stress. Her approach is straightforward. She listens first, then helps clients spot patterns and try small changes.

Mindfulness and solution-focused ideas are used when they suit the person, alongside trauma-informed work where needed. Vanessa aims to help clients feel more able to cope and make clearer choices. She believes people are the experts in their own lives and that therapy is a collaborative process.

She encourages practical goals and steady progress rather than quick fixes.

Approaches that translate well to online therapy

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person’s experience and priorities. The therapist listens closely and helps the person make their own sense of what is happening, which suits worries about relationships, self-esteem and life direction.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions link together. It is practical and task-orientated, useful for anxiety, low mood, sleep and coping with stressful situations.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Vanessa will discuss options and try methods that fit the person’s goals and preferences, working collaboratively to adapt techniques as progress is made.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and text messaging can help people reflect between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep momentum between meetings.

What concerns does Vanessa help with?

She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, grief, depression, addictions and trauma among other issues.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She uses a person-centred stance combined with cognitive behavioural and mindfulness ideas to help people spot patterns and try changes.

How much experience does she have?

Vanessa has nine years of clinical experience working in the United Kingdom.

What credentials does she hold and where does she practise?

She is accredited by BACP and NCPS and practices in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are sessions offered in?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can I work with her from another country?

She is not taking international clients at this time and works with people within the United Kingdom.

What session formats are available?

Sessions are available by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging.

How are sessions paid for and how do I begin?

Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time and costs vary with location and therapist availability; to start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.

Areas of focus

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Also listed

Abandonment
Addictions
ADHD
Anger management
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Bipolar disorder
Body image
Career difficulties
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with life changes
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Depression
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Eating disorders
Emptiness
Family problems
Fatherhood issues
Forgiveness
Grief
Guilt and shame
Infidelity
Intimacy-related issues
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Men's issues
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Parenting issues
Phobias
Post-traumatic stress
Prejudice and discrimination
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Relationship issues
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self esteem
Self-harm
Self-love
Sexual assault and abuse
Sexuality
Sleeping disorders
Social anxiety and phobia
Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Experience: 9 years
Registered with: BACP, NCPS
Languages: English

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Vanessa Anthony, BACP, NCPS

Background and approach

Approaches that translate well to online therapy

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Others working with stress, anxiety