- Years in practice
- 14
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Tamil
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Lavanniya
Lavanniya Langa is a counsellor who draws on 14 years of experience to help people manage stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties and depression. She works in English and Tamil and offers practical, compassionate support. She welcomes conversations about parenting concerns and related pressures.
Her approach is flexible and person-focused. She adapts conversation and plans to each person’s needs. Sessions are intended to be straightforward and easy to understand, with steps you can try between meetings.
Background and approach
Lavanniya uses ideas from attachment-based work to look at how early connections shape current relationships. She also uses client-centred methods to make space for each person’s perspective. Cognitive behavioural techniques are used when people want help with thoughts and behaviours that keep problems going.
Over 14 years she has helped people facing trauma, grief, addiction and intimacy-related concerns. She also supports those coping with life transitions, career stress, carer strain and chronic health issues. Therapy often includes practical coping tools and discussion about personal values.
Her practice aims to be respectful and sensitive. The goal is to build a plan together that feels realistic. Taking the first step can be hard and she acknowledges that effort at the start of the work.
What Lavanniya works with
Everything Lavanniya lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Lavanniya helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lavanniya lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Approaches for online support and relational work
Attachment-based work focuses on how early bonds shape current relationships. Online sessions can explore patterns of closeness and distance, helping people notice what they need from others and how to ask for it. This can be useful when parenting stress or past loss affects connection.Client-centred therapy puts the person’s experience at the centre. The therapist listens without judgement and follows the client’s pace. This approach helps people feel heard and clear about their own priorities before moving to practical steps.
Cognitive behavioural techniques are used to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and habits. Online tools suit this work well because homework, thought records and short check-ins can be shared between sessions to track progress.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively to choose methods that fit a person’s goals and preferences. Together they review what helps and adjust the plan as needed.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people see non-verbal cues and have deeper conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, day-to-day problem solving and between-session reflection. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into a busy parenting schedule or work routine.
Questions people ask about Lavanniya
What concerns does Lavanniya help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy-related issues, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions and parenting concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is person-focused and practical. She combines attachment-based and client-centred approaches with cognitive behavioural tools to address thoughts, feelings and behaviours.
How much experience does she have?
She has 14 years of professional work experience in the United Kingdom helping people with a wide range of emotional and relationship challenges.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and Tamil. She also accepts people from outside the UK for online work.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different preferences and schedules.
How are sessions paid for?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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