Counsellor profile
Pippa Vlietstra, NCPS
United Kingdom
Counsellor - Anger and Relationships
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- CredentialsNCPS
- RegistrationNCPS, United Kingdom / NCS23-05335
- Experience3 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationUnited Kingdom
About
- Attachment-based work
- Somatic approaches
- Trauma-focused care
About Pippa
Pippa Vlietstra is a counsellor registered with the NCPS and has three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, addictions, grief, intimacy and anger among other issues. Sessions are aimed at helping adults understand and manage reactions that affect daily life and relationships.
Pippa works from a blend of practical approaches. She uses attachment-based ideas to look at how past relationships shape current reactions. She draws on client-centred principles to keep the work grounded in the person’s priorities. Somatic and trauma-focused methods are used when tension in the body and past distress are part of the picture.
In practice she helps people notice patterns that lead to snapping, withdrawing, or feeling shut down. Conversations are direct and focused on what changes are realistic in day-to-day life. She also supports people coping with sleep, eating or work-related stress that feeds into anger and frustration.
Pippa has experience addressing issues linked to attachment, abandonment, codependency and family-of-origin difficulties. She can help people who identify with autism or Asperger syndrome to explore communication and control issues that affect relationships. Her work includes practical steps as well as attention to bodily signals of emotion.
Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. Prospective clients are asked to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule an initial appointment via the See online therapy options button.
How sessions work
Approach and how online sessions work
Pippa draws on attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns of anger and closeness. This helps make sense of repeated conflicts and why some interactions feel threatening or rejecting.She also uses somatic approaches that pay attention to the body’s signals. These methods help people notice tension, breathing and posture that link with feelings of irritation or shutdown. Trauma-focused methods are used when past distress continues to affect mood and reactions, helping to process memories and reduce their day-to-day hold.
Choosing the right way of working is part of the process. Pippa will discuss the approaches with each person and decide together which methods fit their needs, goals and preferences. The work is collaborative and practical, aimed at manageable changes rather than quick fixes.
Please confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking, as the original biography does not list them. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy routine, require less travel, and allow shorter check-ins when evenings or work breaks are tight. They also give options for quieter or lower-bandwidth meetings when needed.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
Pippa works with stress, anxiety, relationship and family concerns, trauma and abuse, parenting, addictions, grief, intimacy issues, eating and sleeping difficulties, anger, career and depression.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her approach blends attachment-based, client-centred, somatic and trauma-focused ideas, with a practical focus on recognising patterns and managing reactions.
How much experience does she have?
She has three years of professional experience working as a counsellor in the United Kingdom.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is accredited with the NCPS and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages and international work are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as the original profile does not specify formats.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started?
Use the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.