Vanessa Gordon, BACP

Vanessa Gordon is an integrative therapeutic counsellor who combines a range of evidence-informed approaches to support people through life challenges and personal growth. She works in a way that attends to the past, the present, and interpersonal patterns, drawing on person-centred practice alongside psychodynamic and solution-focused methods and elements of transactional analysis to explore how personality, relationships and history shape current experience.

She also practices Reiki at Level II and uses simple relaxation techniques that can be delivered hands-on or at a distance to help activate the body’s natural healing response and encourage a sense of balance. Vanessa teaches mindfulness, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), Ho’oponopono practices and meditation as tools to examine and shift unhelpful beliefs and perceptions across emotional, physical, spiritual and mental dimensions. She integrates work with these four bodies to support a broader sense of wellbeing.

Vanessa is a trained Mental Health First Aid facilitator and holds the BACP credential - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy membership that indicates professional affiliation in the United Kingdom. Her experience includes supporting adults with mild to severe mental health difficulties related to attachment, co-dependency, relationships, self-validation, identity and self-concept, trauma, abuse, violence and addictions. She provides psychoeducation on self-love and self-care and brings ambition and commitment to help people become the best versions of themselves while recognising the impact of difficult past and current experiences on daily functioning and relationships.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Vanessa uses client-centred therapy to create a supportive, non-judgemental space where the person’s own goals and perspectives guide the work - this approach helps with self-esteem, relationship issues and building self-understanding. She also draws on psychodynamic therapy to explore how past experiences and unconscious patterns influence current feelings and behaviours, which can be useful for working with attachment problems, identity concerns and long-standing emotional patterns. Solution-focused therapy is used to identify practical steps and strengths in the present, offering focused strategies for managing stress, anxiety, coping with life changes and setting achievable goals.

Finding the right combination of approaches is part of the therapeutic process. Vanessa collaborates with each person to clarify needs, preferences and goals and adjusts methods as therapy progresses so the work remains personalized and relevant.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats can make it easier to access a registered professional from home, during work breaks or while managing caregiving and other commitments, helping therapy fit into everyday life.