Vanessa (V) is a licensed psychologist and trauma-informed care practitioner whose work spans psychotherapy, behaviour support planning and development within Australia’s NDIS, and comprehensive psychological assessment. She works with clients across the lifespan, with a particular focus on adolescents and adults experiencing trauma, complex post-traumatic stress disorder, grief, anxiety, depression, and relationship or family-based challenges. Her therapeutic style is integrative and grounded, drawing from somatic work, brainspotting, ACT, systems and narrative therapy, CBT, and behaviour therapy. Her practice is informed by polyvagal principles, attuned to regulation, embodied awareness, safety, and genuine human connection in the therapeutic space. Since 2022, she has provided pro-bono mental health support to mothers experiencing postpartum depression and individuals from underserved and marginalised communities. Vanessa is the co-founder of Brainspotting Philippines Training Consultancy Services, which aims to expand access to trauma-informed, neuroscience-based therapeutic training in the country. Before entering clinical practice, she worked as a consultant in the People and Culture spaces – handling HR and organisational development work that now shapes her practical, systems-aware lens as a clinician. She is also a published poet, with work appearing in local and international publications, and has had the privilege of receiving national and international poetry fellowships. Outside the therapy room, Vanessa is a freediving coach, yogi, runner, community builder, creative writer, and fur-mom to her cat, Maxie. It’s important for her to balance her clinical world with movement, creativity, and the ocean. At her core, Vanessa is a forever student who is continually learning, unlearning, and expanding the ways she supports healing and human dignity.