ABOUT
Vanessa Wallace MSc, Dip Suv, Dip Management and Leadership, Cert Mindfulness, Cert Coaching and Mentoring.
Hello and welcome!!
Might I be the right person to work with you? To help you decide I would like to share with you a little bit of information about me.
I was brought up as the only daughter of a Consultant Cancer Surgeon in a family where the competition amongst my siblings was strong and achievement was expected. This led me to be independent and hungry to achieve.
As a young person, my pursuit of happiness along with achievement took me down some wrong paths eventually leading to misery, financial and emotional deprivation and a series of difficult events as well as some destructive behaviour patterns.
After years of active and chronic addiction I came into recovery in 2001 to be confronted with a whole heap of self esteem work I needed to do.
I was terrified of judgement and was a chronic people pleaser.
I had no boundaries in my life with others or with myself.
There were abandonment issues from my childhood which I needed to work through.
My life was limited as a result and I felt frustrated at my inability to find authentic meaning in my life.
When I decided enough was enough and I needed to change, I decided to embark on a long term journey of therapy and discovery to help me get my life back on track.
I have managed to do what I set out to do and in doing so i’ve become an expert on what keeps us well and healthy mentally and in life. I have discovered that there is so much to learn and enjoy and I love sharing this knowledge and power with others.
I am a qualified psychotherapist, coach, practicing for nearly two decades now. In 2022 I became a best selling author with my book 'The REBEL method.
My vision is to serve others using the skills and techniques I have learnt and still use myself, to help them to fulfil their life dreams, ambitions, goals and most importantly find peace of mind.
Vanessa uses a clear methodology in her work, holding a degree in Rational Emotive Behavioural
Therapy, and clearly threading the ‘self-help’ principle of CBT into every aspect of her approach.
In 2022 she published her first self-help book – The Rebel Method – through which the reader is
guided and resourced to achieve a range of uniquely personal outcomes - including freedom from
anxiety and depression, and transformational shifts in mindset that ultimately empower individuals
to align their lives with their true values and aspirations.
Vanessa’s empathic and caring nature means that she connects easily with her clients and deeply
understands their needs. She is skilled and competent in her ability to respond to them, by
providing a menu of therapeutic options, be it 1:1 counselling, structured CBT programmes,
workshops, retreats, or group therapy. She applies tried and tested programmes that have been
formed and tweaked through her extensive experience and additionally writes new programmes to
meet emerging needs.
Her latest being Healing the Motherline retreats and courses. These programmes focus on supporting individuals to 'heal' from past childhood trauma, neglect or abandonment and find their true authenticity whilst removing blocks such as people pleasing, lack of boundaries and relationships that do not serve them.
My mission is...
‘To enable you as well as groups of people to make changes by developing and implementing a path that is clear, user friendly and bespoke to achieve your goals.’ My academic qualifications and certificates include:
Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy
Supervision Skills
Working with Families
Interpersonal Group Therapy
Management and Leadership
Mindfulness
Coaching
Mentoring
Train the Trainer
The combination of my training, my personal insight and intuition have provided me with a wide range of tools to support people from all walks of life to develop in the directions they wish or overcome problems and stumbling blocks to achieve their goals. The most interesting thing is that everyone is different so everyone needs something different, unique and specific to their personality and communication style.
Not sure what to do?
Take the first step and call me on 07917 061284 or email vanessa@crystalclearcoaching.org