Vanessa Teixeira, NCPS
6 years in practice
Vanessa Teixeira is a counsellor who combines a systemic perspective with practical talking therapy.
License and registration
- NCPS
- NCS22-02835 · expires July 2026
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
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 Teixeira is a counsellor who combines a systemic perspective with practical talking therapy. She works in English and Portuguese and brings six years of professional experience to sessions. Vanessa aims to help people reduce stress and anxiety, cope with addiction, and rebuild confidence.
She focuses on problems such as trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression and relationship difficulties. Vanessa also supports people facing issues like abandonment, adoption and foster care, chronic illness and caregiver stress.
Background and approach
Her wider interests include attachment concerns, neurodiversity matters such as autism and Asperger syndrome, and challenges around body image and sexual expression. Vanessa uses a mix of approaches tailored to each person. She draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients clarify values and take meaningful action.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy tools are used to spot and change unhelpful thinking patterns. Attachment-based ideas inform work on relationship patterns and trust. Vanessa explains things in simple terms and adapts sessions to an individual’s needs.
Sessions may feel practical, with steps to try between meetings, or more exploratory when needed. She treats people with sensitivity and respect and aims to create a calm, focused space for change. She holds an NCPS credential and is based in the United Kingdom.
International clients can work with her, and sessions are offered through online formats to fit into busy lives.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Vanessa lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Vanessa names
- Systemic Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic 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
Therapeutic approaches and online working
Systemic therapy looks at how relationships and wider patterns affect thoughts and feelings. It helps when problems repeat across relationships or when people want to change interaction patterns that keep issues going. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches skills to notice thoughts without getting stuck and to take action guided by personal values; it can help with anxiety, low mood and motivation. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early bonds shape current relationships and can be useful for people who struggle with trust, closeness or repeating difficult relationship patterns.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, history and preferences and then decide together which methods to try. That collaborative process helps match techniques to what feels most helpful for the individual.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let people work face to face from different locations, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a break, and live chat or text-based messaging suits short check-ins or a lower-pressure way to communicate. These options make it easier to keep therapy going around work, family or travel commitments and to try different formats until one fits.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Vanessa help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression and relationship issues, plus related concerns like abandonment and caregiving stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Vanessa blends a systemic viewpoint with practical talking therapies. Sessions can focus on small steps, values-based work, or relationship patterns depending on need.
How much experience does she have?
She has six years of professional experience working with these kinds of difficulties.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds NCPS as a credential and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese, and she accepts international clients.
What formats are used for sessions?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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