Yana Valcheva

• Client-Centred Therapy
• Creative expression
• Body-based practices

About Yana

Yana Valcheva works on relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting concerns, depression, addictions, LGBT issues, intimacy-related difficulties, eating and body-image concerns, anger, self-esteem and coping with life changes. She describes her work as guided mostly by clients and draws on creative practices and the felt sense of the body. Yana is a BACP member and has five years' experience as a counsellor in the United Kingdom.

She offers adults and young people a chance to talk and to use creative methods alongside talking. Sessions can include movement, art or somatic awareness to help notice feelings that do not fit easily into words. The aim is to help people find practical ways to manage distress and to access personal resources they already have.

Yana trained initially in fine art and theatre and has worked as a meditation teacher and holistic practitioner in several countries. She also practised as a doula and has supported people through pregnancy and child loss, infertility and postnatal issues.

Her background includes body-based practices such as dance, yoga, meditation, bioenergetics and massage. She uses these experiences to support people who want to work with bodily sensations as part of their counselling.

She offers creative exercises and somatic techniques alongside client-led talking. This can help with attachment issues, control issues, guilt and shame, eating-related problems, panic attacks and feelings of isolation. Sessions aim to be practical and oriented to the person's immediate concerns and longer term goals.

How Client-Centred practice adapts to online counselling

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person's own concerns and on being listened to without judgement. In practice this means the counsellor follows the client's lead, reflects what is said and helps the person clarify their own thoughts and feelings; it suits relationship issues, depression and self-esteem work.

Yana also uses creative expression and simple body-awareness in her work. Creative methods help when words are hard to find, and gentle bodily noticing can support people dealing with trauma, panic or eating-related difficulties. These methods are offered alongside the Client-Centred approach to broaden how people access their own resources.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and will be decided together. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs and will adapt sessions accordingly so the work fits the person's aims.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit counselling into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow brief check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt creative or somatic exercises for remote sessions, and practical arrangements are agreed at booking to suit each person's routine.

Topics Yana lists

• 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 and 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

Ways of working

• Client-Centred Therapy

Questions about Yana

Does she work with relationship problems?

Yes. She supports people with relationship issues, intimacy-related concerns and separation or divorce matters.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She practises primarily Client-Centred Therapy and combines talking with creative and body-based methods when useful.

What experience does she have?

She has five years' experience as a counsellor and a longer history working as a meditation teacher and holistic practitioner.

Where is she based and what are her credentials?

She works in the United Kingdom and is a member of the BACP.

Can I have sessions in languages other than English?

Sessions are offered in English, Bulgarian and French.

What session formats are offered?

The biography does not list explicit session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.

How much do sessions cost?

Costs vary with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I start counselling with her?

Select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.