Yana Valcheva

Yana Valcheva is a counsellor who helps people facing relationship strain, anger, grief, depression, addictions and parenting challenges. She also supports issues around intimacy, self-esteem, eating and coping with life changes. Sessions aim to help clients notice what feels stuck and to find practical ways forward. Yana draws on creativity and body-based practices to help people reconnect with their own resources.

Her style is warm and client-led. People can expect time to talk and to try creative ways of expressing things that are hard to put into words. She often brings simple body awareness and movement into sessions to help reduce tension and make emotions easier to name. The work combines talking with hands-on sensing and imaginative exercises.

Yana trained first in fine art and theatre and then moved into therapeutic work. She has run groups and taught meditation in several countries since 2001, and has five years' formal counselling experience. Her background includes work around pregnancy loss, infertility and postnatal issues as well as supporting people with anxiety, self-harm and eating concerns.

Her listed qualification is BACP, which stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She also has training in body-based approaches such as yoga, bioenergetics and abdominal massage, and several complementary therapy diplomas. These inform how she gently uses the body and creativity in sessions.

Sessions are offered in English, Bulgarian and French. Yana is based in the United Kingdom and accepts international clients. If you want to explore whether her way of working fits you, selecting Start Therapy will begin the matching and scheduling steps.

How her client-led and body-aware work translates online

Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening closely and following what matters most to the person in front of the therapist. It aims to create a supportive space where people can speak freely, make sense of feelings and find their own solutions. This approach helps with relationship issues, depression, anger and decisions about life changes.

Yana often combines gentle body awareness and creative expression with talking. Body-based practices involve noticing sensations, breath and simple movement to reduce tension and help feelings become clearer. Creative exercises use drawing, imagery or guided imagination to access thoughts that are hard to say aloud. These methods can be adapted to online work so the same themes can be explored remotely.

Finding the right approach is a shared task. She will help clients decide which methods suit their goals and comfort level. The early sessions typically focus on what feels most pressing and experiment with different ways of working until a good fit emerges.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm current session options before booking. Many people find online sessions useful because they fit into busy schedules, avoid travel time and make it easier to attend from different locations. Online work can allow shorter check-ins, flexible timing around work or family, and the chance to practise techniques between sessions.