About Vanessa
Vanessa Thomas helps people managing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem and depression. She also supports those facing compassion fatigue, relationship and family strain, trauma and sleep difficulties. Vanessa works with issues around parenting, career changes, bipolar mood shifts and coping with life transitions.
She uses a person-centred approach that keeps the client’s goals central. Sessions focus on practical steps and skills people can use between meetings. Vanessa draws on acceptance and commitment ideas, cognitive behavioural tools, emotionally-focused work and mindfulness practices to tailor the plan.
How Vanessa works
Vanessa brings three years of clinical experience and holds AASW credentialing with work based in Queensland. She has experience supporting people who have survived trauma and those living with complex mental health concerns, while also helping with everyday life stresses and relationship problems. In sessions she helps people clarify values, notice unhelpful patterns and practise new ways of coping.
Therapy may include mindfulness exercises, emotion-focused conversations and cognitive restructuring to change thinking and behaviour. Each plan is shaped by the person's strengths and aims for practical improvement. Vanessa aims for a warm and collaborative style.
She works with people to set clear goals, adjusts pace to suit them and gives simple strategies to use at home. Her approach is straightforward and grounded in everyday language.
Vanessa lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Vanessa works with
The areas below are the ones Vanessa selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | AASW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Australia |
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Online support options
How Vanessa’s approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that match their values. It’s useful for anxiety, low mood and life transitions because it emphasises what matters and builds small, value-led steps. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting patterns of thinking that feed distress and learning practical skills to change them, which can help with depression, anxiety and sleep difficulties. Mindfulness Therapy teaches attention and grounding practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus, often used alongside other techniques for trauma or stress.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Vanessa discusses goals and preferences with each person and chooses techniques that fit their needs. This is a collaborative process and plans are adjusted over time as progress and priorities change.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat or text suits brief check-ins or those who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, parenting and travel commitments while keeping the focus on practical skills and steady progress.
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