Welcome to Vanessa Contreras Consulting
An independent psychology consultancy offering a comprehensive service grounded in a humanistic value base, robust ethical framework, and reflective practitioner identity.
The practice provides psychological therapy, a specialist trauma clinic, clinical supervision, consultation, reflective practice, academic work, and professional collaborations.
All therapy, specialist trauma services, and clinical supervision are currently delivered directly by Dr Vanessa Contreras. The consultancy is actively involved in a range of professional collaborations, and as the team continues to grow, selected services may be delivered by trusted practitioners under Vanessa’s direct guidance and clinical oversight — ensuring continuity of care and a consistent standard of ethical, culturally responsive, and evidence-based practice.
Services
Sessions last 50 minutes and usually take place once a week with flexibility depending on your particular requirements.
Individual Therapy
I work closely with each individual to understand their specific difficulties and explore the underlying issues that may have caused the problems that affect them.
Supervision
As an HCPC registered practitioner, I am also able to offer clinical supervision to counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists.
Academic Work
I work as a guest lecturer, clinical tutor and director of studies at key London universities on their Counselling Psychology doctoral programmes.
Services
Sessions last 50 minutes and usually take place once a week with flexibility depending on your particular requirements.
Psychological assessment
A psychological assessment is a structured and collaborative process designed to develop a comprehensive understanding of an individual’s psychological functioning, emotional wellbeing, and therapeutic needs.
Individual therapy
This therapy stream is appropriate for individuals experiencing a broad range of mental health and emotional wellbeing concerns.
Specialist Trauma Service
This service is designed for individuals whose psychological difficulties are rooted in the impact of trauma.
Clinical Supervision
Our approach is integrative, drawing on training and experience in a range of evidence-based models, including psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioural, EMDR, and ego state-informed therapies.
Reflective Practice
We also offer reflective practice to professionals in other caring roles, such as those working in healthcare, education, social care, and the charitable sector.
Consultation in organisations
We also provide consultation to organisations seeking to improve staff wellbeing, navigate complex interpersonal or systemic challenges, or integrate psychological thinking into their services and structures.
Academia and Teaching
Alongside my clinical work, Vanessa has held a number of academic positions, contributing to the training and development of future psychologists.
My Values
My work is rooted in a humanistic value base which focuses on respecting the unique experience of the client; facilitating their potential to grow, orienting the work towards empowering the individual, respecting the client as an expert in their life and experience; appreciating their uniqueness and individuality and understanding the person within their social and cultural context.
Humanistic value
The core of my practice encompasses a commitment to understand and engage with my clients in a way that affords them the deepest value and respect.
Ethical Framework
This code of conduct provides me with the parameters within which I am able to make sound professional judgements in my work.
Practitioner Identity
I have developed as a practitioner who is highly reflective and can gain a deeper and more complex understanding of myself in the context of others.
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My Approach
Specifically Tailored Interventions
My approach to psychological therapy is focused on integrating established and contemporary psychological theory and research within therapeutic practice.
During the course of therapy, I will work closely with each individual to understand their specific difficulties and explore the underlying issues that may have caused the problems that affect them. As such, my approach involves working collaboratively with clients in order to enable them to understand themselves and their difficulties and to empower them to make the changes that are relevant to them in order to improve their wellbeing.
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