Yana Valcheva, BACP

Yana Valcheva offers support for people facing relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting strain, depression, addictions, intimacy issues and eating concerns. She also helps with anger, low self-esteem, coping with life changes, and issues linked to attachment and body image. Yana works with adults and young people and draws on creativity and the body to guide the work.

Sessions invite talking, sharing and practical exploration. Yana encourages clients to notice bodily sensations and creative expression alongside conversation. The aim is to help people access their own resources and find new ways to manage problems and build confidence.

Her background began in fine art and theatre and led to many years as a holistic practitioner and meditation teacher across several countries. She trained in therapeutic counselling and holds a Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling and an MA in Fine Arts. Yana also has other holistic qualifications noted in her biography.

In practice she uses client-centred therapy as her main approach, tailoring sessions to each person’s needs. Creative techniques such as art, movement or guided imagination are included when they suit the client. Body-focused practices are used to help people sense and regulate emotions and physical tension.

Yana has five years' experience in counselling and has supported people with anxiety, bereavement, pregnancy and child loss, infertility, self-harm and eating disorders. She works in English, Bulgarian and French and accepts international clients.

How client-centred work and creativity translate online

Client-centred therapy places the person's experience at the heart of the work. The therapist listens without judgement, follows the client's pace and reflects what is important to them. This approach helps with relationship issues, low mood and coping with life changes by allowing a person to lead the focus of sessions.

Creative practices are used alongside talking to access feelings that are hard to name. Art, guided imagery or gentle movement can help reveal meanings and ease tension. These methods may be particularly useful for trauma, grief, body image and fertility-related concerns when verbal description alone feels limiting.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will work with the client to decide whether more talking, creative tasks or body-focused exercises suit their needs and goals. That decision can change as therapy progresses and is reviewed together.

Please confirm the session formats available before booking, as the biography does not list specific online options. Online work can make fitting therapy into daily life easier by reducing travel, allowing sessions around work or family commitments and enabling shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let clients try creative tasks from their own space while still getting professional support.