Lavanniya Langa, BACP
Lavanniya Langa is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 14 years of experience.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and Abuse
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About Lavanniya
Lavanniya Langa is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 14 years of experience. She offers calm, practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, relationship concerns and depression. Her approach aims to make the first step feel manageable and respectful.
She keeps conversations focused on each person's needs. Sessions look at patterns in relationships and emotional responses. Lavanniya draws on client-centred work to make space for what matters to the individual and uses attachment-based ideas to map how early relationships still affect feelings now.
Background and approach
Cognitive behavioural techniques are used where helpful to break unhelpful thinking and build new coping habits. Emotionally-Focused Therapy ideas help when strong feelings are getting in the way of closeness or communication. Lavanniya can also bring Jungian perspectives when clients want to explore deeper meaning and personal narratives.
She works with a wide range of concerns beyond mood, including grief, intimacy-related issues, addictions, body image and caregiver stress. Other areas she supports include adoption and foster care, attachment difficulties, chronic health challenges and coping with major life changes. Lavanniya conducts sessions in English and Tamil and accepts international clients.
She adapts the pace and style of therapy to what each person needs, and she encourages small, steady steps toward clearer thinking and better day-to-day coping.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 95379 | October 2026 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
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Focus areas and approaches
What Lavanniya works with
Everything Lavanniya lists, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counselling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Lavanniya lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Online support
She also draws on attachment-based ideas that look at how early relationships shape current patterns. That work can help when recurring trust, closeness or communication problems are causing distress. Cognitive behavioural therapy is used alongside these approaches to identify unhelpful thoughts and to practise new coping strategies for anxiety, depression and day-to-day challenges.
Finding the right approach is part of the process and Lavanniya works collaboratively to decide what fits best. She will discuss goals and preferences and adapt methods as therapy progresses so the plan stays relevant to the person's needs.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls are good for a face-to-face feel, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins and messaging lets people reflect between sessions. These options give flexibility for different schedules, work commitments and comfort levels while keeping the focus on practical steps and steady progress.
Frequently asked
What concerns does Lavanniya commonly help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and depression alongside many related concerns such as grief, addiction and body image.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
She uses a client-centred style that keeps conversations personalised, combined with attachment-informed work and CBT techniques to change unhelpful patterns.
What is her professional background?
She has 14 years of professional experience working with a broad range of emotional and relational issues.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP, and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Tamil.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be done via video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How are sessions paid for and what does it cost?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin a course of therapy?
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