- Anxiety and stress
- Relationship support
- Sleep and rest
About Pippa
Pippa Vlietstra is a counsellor who uses an integrative, client-focused approach. She aims to help people manage anxiety, relationship strains, low self-esteem and sleep difficulties. Pippa holds NCPS and has three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom.
Pippa blends person-centred listening with attachment-based ideas to understand how relationships shape feelings. She uses somatic techniques to help people notice and regulate bodily responses linked to stress and trauma. This combination is used to address worries, agitation and trouble sleeping in everyday life.
Sessions are practical and conversational. Pippa helps people name what is happening, try small experiments between sessions, and build routines that support rest and emotional balance. She pays attention to how the body and relationships affect moods and behaviours.
Her experience covers a wide range of concerns including grief, parenting pressures, addictions, anger, eating and intimacy-related issues. She also works with people facing career change, ADHD, and the fallout of family of origin problems or separation. Pippa aims to make space for difficult feelings while focusing on achievable steps forward.
People meet her for short-term work or longer therapy depending on their goals. The first meetings focus on practical priorities, sleep habits, and what the person wants from counselling. Pippa supports people to find steadier routines, calmer nights and clearer decisions about their relationships and daily life.
How Pippa's approaches can work online
Pippa uses attachment-based and somatic approaches alongside a client-centred way of working. Attachment-based therapy looks at how past and current relationships shape feelings and expectations, helping people change patterns that affect sleep, trust and closeness. Somatic therapy focuses on bodily signals and simple regulation practices to reduce tension, ground the nervous system and improve rest.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about their goals, symptoms and preferences and together decide which methods to use. This is collaborative and can change over time as needs shift.
The original profile does not list specific online session formats, so please confirm available options before booking. Online therapy can make sessions easier to fit into a busy day, reduce travel time and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people work through sleeplessness or stress from wherever they are, while the therapist guides breathing exercises, body awareness and relationship-focused conversation that support better sleep and calmer days.
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Primary focus
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
3+ years
Credentials
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What issues does Pippa commonly help with?
Pippa works with a broad range of concerns such as anxiety, depression, relationship problems, parenting stress, addiction, grief, anger and sleep difficulties. She also supports people dealing with ADHD, body image, eating-related issues and family of origin matters.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is integrative and client-centred, combining person-focused conversations with attachment-informed thinking and somatic work. Sessions are practical and aim to link feelings, relationships and bodily responses.
What is her professional background?
Pippa has three years of experience as a counsellor and works in the United Kingdom. Her background includes supporting people with trauma, nervous system regulation and relationship concerns.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She is listed with NCPS and practices in the United Kingdom. NCPS is the credential provided in her profile information.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats are available?
The original profile does not specify session formats, so please confirm current session options with the service before booking.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist arrangements; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. Exact fees should be checked on sign-up.
How do I begin work with Pippa?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to the therapist's availability.