Vanessa Teixeira, NCPS
6 years in practice
Vanessa Teixeira is a counsellor who draws on Existential ideas to help people make clearer choices and find meaning in difficult moments.
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 draws on Existential ideas to help people make clearer choices and find meaning in difficult moments. She speaks English and Portuguese and works with adults on stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma, low self-esteem and depression. Vanessa holds NCPS and practises from the United Kingdom context.
Vanessa focuses on straightforward conversations that aim to clarify what matters to each person. She listens with sensitivity and adapts discussion and practical steps to match a person’s needs.
Background and approach
Sessions are shaped by the individual rather than a fixed script. Her approach blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with client-centred listening and cognitive tools. That mix helps people notice painful thoughts, decide what matters most, and take small workable steps.
She also uses attachment-informed ideas when relationship patterns are relevant. Across six years in practice Vanessa has supported people coping with burnout, relationship strain, grief, and the aftermath of abuse. She also works with concerns related to adoption and foster care, ageing, chronic illness, body image, and sexual expression, among others.
Her background includes helping clients manage co-morbidity and the practical strains of caregiving. Vanessa encourages practical goals and steady progress. She frames therapy as a collaborative process where the person’s values guide decisions.
If someone wants to explore purpose, change habits, or heal from past events, she offers steady support and clear next steps.
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
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- 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
Therapeutic approaches for online support
Existential therapy encourages people to consider what matters most to them and to face difficult choices with clearer priorities. It is useful for people seeking meaning, dealing with loss, or feeling stuck in life transitions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed, and then take action guided by personal values; it often helps with anxiety, stress and habits. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns shape current interactions and emotional responses, which can be helpful for those who struggle in close relationships or repeat distressing patterns.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of therapy. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs and together the person and counsellor decide which methods to try. That collaborative process means approaches can change as progress is made and new issues arise.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls are like an in-person conversation and work well for detailed work and visual cues. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and messaging suit quick check-ins, written reflection, or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family or travel while keeping continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression and relationship difficulties. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, caregiving stress, chronic illness and body image.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She blends Existential ideas with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centred listening. The style is conversational, values-focused and practical, with attention to relationship patterns when relevant.
How much professional experience does she have?
She has six years of experience working with adults on a range of mental health and wellbeing concerns. That experience includes support for people recovering from trauma and managing addictions.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practises in the United Kingdom and lists NCPS as her credential. Session formats and logistics are arranged through the service platform.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese, and she accepts international clients who can work in those languages.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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