- Years in practice
- 21
- Registration
- HCPC
- Languages
- English, Italian
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Anger management
About Vania
Vania Piludu is a counsellor who helps with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem and depression. She supports people facing relationship strain, grief, intimacy issues and parenting concerns. She also works with those managing career changes, compulsions around eating or sleeping, and longer-term conditions such as bipolar disorder and compassion fatigue.
Vania creates a calm, non-judgemental space where clients can talk about hard things. She encourages small, practical steps and builds on what each person already does well.
Background and approach
Conversations aim to clarify priorities and find workable ways to cope day to day. Her approach draws on several recognised methods, including acceptance and commitment ideas, attachment-based thinking, and cognitive behavioural strategies. These are used alongside client-centred listening and skills from dialectical behaviour therapy when helpful.
The focus is on choices people can try between sessions and on noticing what matters most to them. Vania is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, HCPC, and brings 21 years of professional experience in the United Kingdom.
She offers consultations in English and Italian and works with people who are navigating life transitions, chronic illness, caregiving stress and complex emotional histories. Practical options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text messaging so people can choose what fits their lives.
To begin, a short matching questionnaire helps find the right fit and sessions are then scheduled according to availability.
What Vania works with
Everything Vania lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Vania helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Vania lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches suited to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without being pushed around by them. It focuses on values and small committed actions that bring life closer to what matters, which can be especially useful for stress, anxiety and coping with change.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns of relating and emotion. Working through those patterns can help with intimacy-related issues, grief and caregiving stress by changing how someone relates to themselves and others.
Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to choose methods that fit their goals, needs and preferences. Sessions often mix listening, skill practice and simple homework so people can test what helps between meetings.
Online sessions come as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to match different lives and rhythms. Video calls let therapy feel more like in-person work, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a break, and messaging is useful for short check-ins or when writing out thoughts helps. These options give flexibility for busy lives, caregiving responsibilities or for those living abroad who want to work with a UK-registered professional.
Questions people ask about Vania
What concerns does Vania help with?
She supports people dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, depression, relationship strain, grief and parenting issues among other concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is calm and non-judgemental with practical focus. She helps clients try small changes between sessions and talks through what matters to them.
What is Vania's background and experience?
She has 21 years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom with a range of emotional and life challenges.
What credentials and where is she based?
Vania is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council, HCPC, and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Italian and she also accepts international clients.
Which session formats does she offer?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start working with Vania?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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