About Yana
Yana Valcheva offers therapy for relationship problems, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges, depression, addictions, LGBT issues, intimacy concerns, eating issues, anger, self-esteem and coping with life changes. She also focuses on attachment issues, avoidant personality patterns, body image, caregiver stress, control issues, separation and divorce, fertility and postpartum concerns, guilt and shame, loneliness, life purpose and panic attacks.
Yana greets people with a calm, creative approach and aims to help them find practical ways to feel steadier in daily life.
How Yana works
Her style is grounded in client-centred therapy. Sessions give people space to talk and to be heard without judgement. She often brings creativity and movement into sessions, including gentle body-based practices, to help feelings that are hard to put into words.
Yana trained originally in fine art and theatre and has practised as a holistic therapist and meditation teacher since 2001 in Bulgaria, India, France and the United Kingdom. She also trained as a doula and has experience supporting people through pregnancy, fertility struggles and pregnancy or child loss. People who prefer non-verbal ways of exploring themselves find her creative methods useful.
She uses techniques such as art, breath work, gentle movement and self-massage alongside talking, so people can access insight in different ways. Yana holds a Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling and is a BACP registrant. She worked with adults and young people and adapts sessions to the needs of each person.
Sessions can be held in English, Bulgarian or French and she is available to work with international clients.
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What Yana works with
The areas below are the ones Yana selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English, Bulgarian, French |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Client-centred and creative approaches for online therapy
Yana practises client-centred therapy, which focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person in front of her. This approach helps when someone needs space to make sense of feelings, relationships and life changes without being led by the therapist.She also integrates creative and body-aware methods to reach feelings that words alone may not express. Techniques such as art, breath work, gentle movement and self-massage can help with grief, trauma-related tension, body image and fertility-related distress by giving new ways to notice and work with sensations and memories.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals and preferences, then try different ways of working to see what fits best. Decisions about pace and methods are made together and can change as work progresses.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow visual connection and use of creative materials, phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel.
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