Yana Valcheva
Compassionate, creative counselling for adults
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About Yana
Yana Valcheva offers support for relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, parenting strains, depression, addictions, intimacy concerns, eating struggles, anger, low self-esteem and coping with life changes. She also focuses on attachment issues, body image, fertility-related distress, postpartum depression and panic attacks. Yana greets people with creativity and a gentle practical manner.
Sessions aim to help people find small, usable steps forward and build confidence in their own resources.
Background and approach
Yana uses a client-centred style where the client's needs guide the work. She blends talking with creative practices and body-aware approaches to help people notice what feels true for them. This can include simple movement, breath or expressive activities to support emotional processing.
Her background spans art, theatre and holistic practices. She trained initially in fine art and later qualified with a diploma in therapeutic counselling. Yana has worked in Bulgaria, India, France and the United Kingdom and brings five years of counselling experience to her work in the UK.
She has experience supporting people with pregnancy and child loss, infertility, bereavement, self-harm and eating concerns. Yana also offers doula and postnatal-informed support for women alongside abdominal massage and self-care practices she teaches in circles and one-to-one work. People who meet her can expect compassionate listening, practical exercises and help to reconnect with their own strengths.
She encourages curiosity and slow learning rather than quick fixes. Booking begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling to suit the client.
At a glance
- Years practising
- 5
- Registered with
- BACP
- Registration number
- 393519
- Languages
- English, Bulgarian, French
- Approaches include
- Client-Centered Therapy
- How sessions happen
- Online, by video, phone or messages
Details are as listed on Yana's public professional profile. You can check any number with the professional body.
What Yana works with
Everything Yana lists, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Yana lists
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How Yana works online
Yana also incorporates creative and body-aware practices alongside a client-centred frame. Creative expression can help when words are hard to find, and gentle body-based awareness can support people processing trauma or strong emotions. These methods aim to widen the ways someone can access their feelings and insights rather than rely only on talking.
Finding the right approach is part of the work and is decided together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and what feels manageable, and then adapt methods over time. This collaborative process helps match techniques to the person's needs.
The biography does not list specific online formats, so please confirm which session types are offered before booking. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people try creative or reflective exercises from their own surroundings while following the therapist's guidance.
Questions and answers
What concerns does she help with?
Yana supports people with relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strains, depression, addictions, intimacy and eating concerns, among other life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She works in a client-centred way, combining listening with creative and body-aware exercises to help people notice feelings and try practical steps.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has five years of counselling experience and a background in fine art, theatre and holistic practices from work in several countries.
What credentials and location are on record?
She holds a Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling and is listed with BACP. Her practice is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, Bulgarian and French.
What session formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule a session according to the therapist's availability.
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