Counsellor profile
Vanessa Teixeira, NCPS
United Kingdom
NCPS counsellor - Stress and relationships
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- Credentials
- NCPS
- Registration
- NCPS, United Kingdom / NCS22-02835
- Experience
- 6 years
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- ACT and CBT
- Attachment focus
- Works with addictions
About Vanessa
Vanessa Teixeira is an NCPS counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with six years of experience. She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression and relationship concerns. She speaks English and Portuguese and accepts international clients.
Vanessa focuses on practical conversations that help people make clearer choices. Sessions tend to look at what keeps someone stuck - like people-pleasing, trouble saying no, or living around another person’s moods or drinking. She uses straightforward tools from cognitive and behavioural approaches alongside acceptance-based ideas to help with day-to-day coping.
She also attends to attachment and relationship patterns that underlie recurring problems. That can involve looking back at earlier relationship experiences and noticing how they shape current behaviour. Vanessa combines that with skills for regulating strong emotions so people can test new ways of responding.
People who are juggling health problems, caregiving, adoption or ageing concerns can bring those overlapping stresses into sessions. She also works with issues such as body image, chronic illness, and aspects of kink and alternative sexual cultures when they are part of someone’s distress. Vanessa aims to keep sessions practical and focused on observable changes.
Therapy sessions are conversational and collaborative. Vanessa asks about what matters most and helps set small, achievable steps. To begin she asks clients to complete a short questionnaire so the first session can focus on priorities and immediate coping strategies.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It is often used for anxiety, low mood and patterns of avoidance. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and behaviours and teaches practical techniques to test and change unhelpful patterns. It is commonly used for stress, anxiety and addictive behaviours. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early relationship patterns and how they shape current reactions; it can help when repeated relationship difficulties, abandonment fears or codependency-like patterns cause distress.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Vanessa works collaboratively to identify what fits a client’s needs and goals. She will discuss options in early sessions and adjust methods as things change so therapy remains focused on practical steps the client can use.
Session formats are not listed in the supplied biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life - for example a shorter check-in can fit a work break, audio-only calls reduce bandwidth needs, and remote sessions remove travel time. Registered or accredited professionals often use these practical arrangements to help therapy slot into everyday routines rather than to promise a specific service.
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Also works with
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
6+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Portuguese
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Can she help with people-pleasing and boundary issues?
Yes. She works with patterns like people-pleasing and difficulty saying no using practical skills and reflection on relationship patterns.
What therapeutic style does she use?
Vanessa uses a combination of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment-based approaches in a conversational way.
How long has she been practising?
She has six years of professional experience supporting people with anxiety, addictions, trauma, self-esteem and related concerns.
Where is she based and how is she registered?
She is based in the United Kingdom and holds NCPS credentialing as supplied.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese.
Can international clients work with her?
Yes. She accepts international clients as part of her practice.
How are sessions arranged and paid for?
Cost varies by location; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time according to the service terms.
What do I do to start therapy with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.