Vanessa Gordon
Compassionate integrative counsellor for everyday struggles
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About Vanessa
Vanessa Gordon helps people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or uncertain about their next step. She works with stress, anxiety, depression and a wide range of relationship and identity concerns. Vanessa aims to make therapy straightforward and practical for people juggling busy lives.
She uses an integrative approach that draws on client-centred work, psychodynamic ideas and solution-focused methods. That means sessions look at present problems, the stories people tell about themselves, and patterns rooted in earlier relationships.
Background and approach
Conversations are practical and collaborative, with space to reflect on feelings and history. Vanessa also includes narrative therapy and Internal Family Systems ideas when they suit a person’s needs. She offers psychoeducation on self-care and self-love, and teaches mindfulness and meditation techniques to support everyday coping.
These tools are offered alongside talking work rather than as a replacement for it. Her background includes five years of therapeutic practice and registration with the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Vanessa has experience supporting people with trauma, addictions, grief, body image and chronic illness concerns, among others.
In sessions she helps people notice unhelpful patterns, build small changes and test different ways of relating to themselves and others. The emphasis is on practical steps clients can use between sessions as well as reflection in the room. She describes her approach as compassionate, down-to-earth and focused on what works for each person.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 5
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 379026
- Languages
- English
- Approaches include
- Client-Centered Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Vanessa's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Vanessa works with
Everything Vanessa lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Vanessa lists
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
How Vanessa works online
She also uses narrative therapy, which looks at the stories people tell about themselves and how those stories shape behaviour. Rewriting those narratives can help with issues such as identity, shame and challenges after loss.
Finding the right approach is part of the collaborative process. Vanessa will discuss options and adjust the mix of listening, reflection and practical exercises based on the client’s needs, goals and preferences. Decision-making about methods happens together rather than being imposed.
For practicalities, please confirm current session options before booking as formats are not specified here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow people to use short check-ins when needed. It can also support continuity of care when life or health circumstances make leaving home harder. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt exercises like mindfulness, narrative work and solution-focused tasks for remote sessions so progress continues between meetings.
Questions and answers
What kinds of problems does Vanessa help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression and a wide range of relationship and identity concerns, including trauma, addiction and grief.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Sessions are collaborative and practical, blending client-centred listening with psychodynamic reflection and solution-focused techniques to address current problems and patterns.
What experience does she bring to therapy?
She has five years of therapeutic practice working with adults on issues such as attachment, self-concept, trauma and addictions.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practises in the United Kingdom and is registered with the BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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