Vanessa Teixeira, NCPS
6 years in practice
Vanessa Teixeira is a counsellor who uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside other practical methods to help people overcome anxiety, stress and low mood.
License and registration
- NCPS
- NCS22-02835 · expires July 2026
- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
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About Vanessa
Vanessa Teixeira is a counsellor who uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside other practical methods to help people overcome anxiety, stress and low mood. She works in English and Portuguese and brings six years of professional experience to her practice in the United Kingdom. Vanessa focuses on building understanding of feelings so people can make clearer choices in daily life.
She offers straightforward conversations that are tailored to each person. Sessions explore patterns that keep problems going, such as avoidance, shame or unhelpful thinking.
Background and approach
Vanessa draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy when useful to help clients try small changes and notice what works. Her work includes support for people dealing with addiction, trauma and abuse, relationship concerns and low self-esteem. She also helps individuals facing issues linked to adoption and foster care, attachment, body image and chronic illness.
The emphasis is on practical steps and clearer emotional awareness rather than labels or jargon. Vanessa uses a collaborative approach - she listens first and then suggests ways forward that fit each person’s life. She describes therapy as a process of learning new responses to old patterns, and she helps clients set goals that feel achievable.
Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, and international clients are supported. Vanessa holds the NCPS credential and uses a subscription model for sessions that can be cancelled at any time.
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
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- 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
- Systemic Therapy
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
Emotion and choice online - therapeutic approaches that help
Vanessa draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to help people recognise and name core feelings that maintain painful patterns. EFT aims to make emotions understandable so people can respond differently in relationships and in daily life.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and on choosing actions that match personal values. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is used to identify unhelpful thinking and try small behavioural experiments to test new ways of coping.
Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Vanessa listens to your concerns, goals and preferences and together you explore which methods feel most helpful. She adapts strategies over time so the work fits your life and the changes you want to make.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can suit quick check-ins and messages let you reflect between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel commitments while still accessing therapists who use EFT, ACT and CBT.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Vanessa supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, addiction issues, trauma and low self-esteem. She also works with relationship concerns and a wide range of related difficulties listed on her profile.
What is her general therapy style?
She combines Emotionally-Focused Therapy with practical approaches like CBT and ACT. The style is collaborative, focused on identifying feelings and trying practical changes.
How much experience does she have?
She has six years of professional experience working with people on the listed concerns. That time includes clinical practice in the United Kingdom.
What credentials and location are on record?
Her listed credential is NCPS and her practice is based in the United Kingdom. No further registration or board details are provided.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese. International clients may also be supported.
In what formats are sessions delivered?
Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and routines.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. No fixed fee is listed on the profile.
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