Pippa Vlietstra
Practical, attachment-informed counselling for adults
About Pippa
Pippa Vlietstra is a counsellor who draws on attachment-based, client-centred and somatic ways of working. She aims to make therapy straightforward and approachable for people feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, relationship strain or life changes. Pippa holds NCPS credentials, which indicates registration with that body.
She has three years of professional experience and works from the United Kingdom. Sessions are offered in English and are available through online formats including video calls, phone, live chat and text messaging.
Background and approach
In sessions she focuses on the here-and-now. That might mean talking about current relationship patterns, looking at how the body holds tension, or building clearer communication habits. The emphasis is on practical, manageable steps rather than lengthy theory or jargon.
Pippa also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, grief, addiction concerns, difficulties with intimacy, eating and sleeping problems, anger, career questions and adjustments such as separation or blended family issues. Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment concerns, codependency, body image and family of origin topics.
Therapy starts with a short matching questionnaire and then scheduling a series of sessions that suit the client's needs. Pippa works collaboratively and aims to tailor the approach to each person's goals and circumstances. The subscription model for sessions can be cancelled at any time.
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How Pippa works
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Sessions & fees
Online therapy with attachment and somatic focus
Attachment-based work pays attention to how early relationships shape current feelings and behaviour. It helps people identify patterns that affect trust, closeness and communication in adult relationships and supports steps towards different ways of connecting.Somatic therapy looks at how the body holds stress and emotion. It uses body awareness, breathing and simple movement to reduce physical tension and help people feel more regulated during and between sessions. This can be useful for anxiety, trauma-related responses and overwhelm.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist will work together with the client to identify goals, try different methods and adjust the plan as needs change. That collaborative process makes it easier to discover what helps in real life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video suits in-depth sessions with visual connection, phone needs less bandwidth, chat can be a quicker check-in and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make therapy more flexible for work, family life and changing schedules.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Registered with
- NCPS
- Languages
- English
