Help2Cope Counselling & Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

10/01/2025

Very excited to share that I’m now seeing private clients at Studio 70 in the Southside of Glasgow. Drop me an email on help2cope@outlook.com for availability or to book a free 10-minute intro call 😊

20/11/2024

I have some more daytime online availability in my private practice for individual therapy sessions: https://www.counselling-directory.org.uk/counsellors/vanya-semerdjieva

Get in touch on help2cope@outlook.com.

It can be daunting finding a therapist, I get it! I'm an authentic human first, a therapist second: I believe it’s important to be genuine, accepting, and empathetic, so you can feel safe in our work together. I specialise in low self-esteem and...

15/08/2024

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19/06/2024

Pleased to share I am now an ASIST-trained su***de first aid caregiver

24/04/2024

What’s in your stress bucket?
If it’s overflowing, it might be worth considering therapy. You might be struggling with being assertive, setting clear boundaries, and saying ‘no’.
Get in touch on help2cope@outlook.com to get booked for a consultation.

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17/02/2024

Humans are creatures of comfort, no doubt. But the only constant thing in life is change. If we don’t learn to tolerate and even embrace the discomfort that change brings, we may struggle with anxiety and stress. Research has shown that the more we avoid something, the higher our levels of anxiety will be about the avoided things or situations.

Feeling nervous or afraid when experiencing change is natural. It means you’re leaving your comfort zone and growing. But if this discomfort is so unbearable that it makes you want to pull back, run away, and hide, then it may be worth exploring and seeking treatment for anxiety.

I am currently offering online video therapy sessions on Zoom (adults only). I have limited availability on Wednesday and Thursdays, and I would love to hear from you. Get in touch on help2cope@outlook.com to find out more 🤍

17/02/2024

What if things turn out for the better?

17/12/2023

I often see people come to therapy with certain expectations. I think films and tv have sometimes shown therapy as a “magical fix” - a character goes to see a therapist once and all their problems are resolved, so the narrative can move along.
I WISH, I truly wish there was a “magic fix”. As someone who has trained to be a therapist after being in therapy myself, I remember sitting in my first therapist’s chair and hoping she would take all the pain away and I would never feel discomfort again. I remember my own disappointment, and so, I empathise deeply with clients who come into my therapy room and express a similar disappointment that therapy is not about “fixing” them but unlearning what’s unhelpful and learning to tolerate what has been avoided or has felt unbearable before. I won’t sugarcoat it. Therapy is work, perhaps the hardest work you might undertake in your life. It’s a team effort. We will sit with the pain together and we will work out the “why” and the “when” and the “how” and the “what” together. But once you leave the therapy room, the work continues without me, so that you can learn yourself, from experience, that you CAN manage, that you are stronger than you think, and that you don’t need to be “fixed” by “magic” because you are enough and you have the power to choose to let go of what doesn’t serve you anymore and to accept what is helpful to go on.
I suppose the “magic” of therapy is the process of learning and unlearning because the mind is a magical tool, indeed, but sometimes it needs a nudge to serve us better.