Vanessa Richards, BACP
5 years in practice
Vanessa Richards offers help for stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, and issues with self-esteem.
License and registration
- BACP
- 395767 · expires January 2027
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Vanessa
Vanessa Richards offers help for stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, and issues with self-esteem. She also supports people facing addiction, grief, parenting strain, career changes, bipolar challenges, and ADHD. Vanessa works with people who want practical ways to cope and feel steadier day to day.
She uses a relational style and aims to make conversations easy to follow. Sessions focus on what matters most to the person sitting in the room.
Background and approach
Vanessa listens first, then helps people try new ways of thinking and acting that fit their life. Her background includes a Master’s in integrative counselling and psychotherapy and five years of professional counselling experience. She has worked in the National Health Service and the personal sector helping with depression, stress, motivation and confidence.
Vanessa also has clinical experience around cancer care from prior work as a therapeutic radiographer. Vanessa blends client-centred, cognitive behavioural and systemic ideas in a practical way. That can mean working on thoughts and behaviours, repairing communication, or looking at relationships and wider patterns that affect wellbeing.
She adapts methods to each person rather than following a single formula. Sessions are aimed at clear, manageable goals. People leave with simple strategies to practise between meetings.
The emphasis is on steady progress and on building coping skills that fit everyday life.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Vanessa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Vanessa names
- Systemic Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that shape online sessions
Vanessa draws on systemic ideas to look at patterns in relationships and wider life contexts, helping people see how interactions and roles can keep problems going. This approach can be useful for communication problems, blended family issues and other concerns tied to relationships.She also uses client-centred work, which places the person’s experience at the heart of the session. That means listening closely and helping people make choices that match their values and goals. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used to identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviours, which can help with anxiety, depression and coping with life changes.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and agree a plan together. That collaborative planning means methods are adjusted as needs change over time.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat and text messaging to make therapy flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation across distances. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter updates, paced conversations or times when writing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and other commitments.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Vanessa supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship issues, grief, addictions, body image and parenting concerns, among others listed in her specialities.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She works in a relational, client-centred way and focuses on clear, practical steps. Conversations aim to be straightforward and collaborative.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
Vanessa has five years of counselling experience and has worked in the NHS and personal sector supporting people with depression, stress, motivation and confidence.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds BACP registration and practises from the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
Which session formats does she use?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions charged?
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