- Client-centred listening
- Psychodynamic ideas
- Solution-focused steps
About Vanessa
Vanessa Gordon is a BACP counsellor with five years' experience. She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, self-esteem, depression, addictions, trauma and related issues including grief and intimacy difficulties.
Vanessa uses several ways of working to cover past experience, current patterns and interpersonal problems. She draws on client-centred listening alongside psychodynamic ideas about attachment and narrative work that looks at the stories people tell about themselves. She also uses solution-focused techniques to identify small, practical steps forward.
Sessions include talk-based work and practical exercises such as mindfulness and simple relaxation practices. Vanessa describes work that looks at how past relationships and experiences shape current behaviour and feelings. She also offers psychoeducation about self-care and self-validation to help people notice small changes that matter.
Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns beyond anxiety and stress, including body-image struggles, caregiver stress, chronic illness or pain, communication problems, dissociation, addictions and relationship separation. Vanessa aims to help people make sense of difficult past events and to try different ways of responding now.
She works in an integrative way, bringing together different approaches depending on what a client needs. Sessions are conversational and practical, with time spent reflecting on patterns and planning steps to try between sessions.
How her approaches work in online sessions
Vanessa commonly uses client-centred work and psychodynamic ideas alongside solution-focused techniques. Client-centred work focuses on careful listening and helping people to clarify what matters to them, which can help with anxiety and confidence in social situations. Psychodynamic ideas look at how past relationships and attachment shape present feelings and patterns, useful for understanding recurring relationship problems. Solution-focused techniques concentrate on small, practical steps to change what isn’t working and to build momentum.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss options and try methods that fit a person’s goals and preferences. Together they prioritise what to work on and agree small experiments to try between sessions, then review what helps and what to adjust.
Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific online or in-person options. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example by reducing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, or choosing audio rather than video if that feels easier. Practical benefits include being able to schedule sessions around work or caregiving and using mindfulness or relaxation exercises during or between sessions without needing extra travel.
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Experience
5+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, self-esteem, depression, addictions, trauma and grief, plus related issues such as body image and caregiver stress.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her style combines client-centred listening with psychodynamic reflection and solution-focused exercises to help people notice patterns and try practical changes.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years of therapeutic experience working with adults on a range of concerns from attachment and identity to trauma and addictions.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can clients from other countries work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are fees and payment handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Click the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.