Vanessa East, BACP

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Vanessa East offers an integrative, intuitive approach designed to meet each person where they are. She brings practical experience working across a wide range of issues including anxiety, low self-esteem, pain management, codependency, loss and grief, rejection and abandonment, and a broad spectrum of trauma - sexual, racial, developmental, relational, and generational - as well as personality disorders. Vanessa believes recovery and growth are possible and frames therapy as a collaborative process focused on healing and practical change.

Her work is tailored to what clients bring into the room, combining cognitive techniques that address thought patterns, somatic work that attends to bodily experience, and psychodynamic and spiritual perspectives that explore deeper meaning. This flexibility allows sessions to center on immediate symptom relief or on exploring early development and attachment to better understand present relationships with the self and others.

Vanessa's formal training includes an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Hypno-Psychotherapy, a Diploma in Integrative Therapeutic Counselling, and certification as a hypno-psychotherapist with training in self-hypnosis, progressive counting, anchoring, and EMR. She is trained in Integrative Psychotherapy and Hypnotherapy and has completed Internal Family Systems training with the UK Internal Family Systems Institute. Her practice is informed by family constellation work, somatic and polyvagal approaches, trauma-informed and culturally responsive methods, group facilitation, psychoeducation, couples therapy and communication skills, and resilience and emotional regulation techniques. Vanessa is also accredited with the BACP, a recognised UK counselling association.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Vanessa integrates Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationships shape current patterns of connection and emotional response; this approach can be helpful for people struggling with trust, abandonment, intimacy, or relationship conflicts. She also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which places the client’s experience at the heart of the work and emphasizes empathy, acceptance, and collaboration to support personal growth and self-understanding. In addition, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is employed to identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behaviour patterns, offering practical tools for anxiety, mood concerns, and coping with everyday challenges.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Vanessa works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit best with their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adapts the pace and focus as trust and clarity develop.

Online therapy with Vanessa is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing clients to access support from different locations and at times that suit their schedules. This flexibility can make it easier to maintain consistency in therapy, try different formats, and integrate therapeutic work into daily life while working with registered professionals and therapists who tailor the process to each individual.