Yana Kambites, BACP

Yana Kambites trained in Transactional Analysis, a therapeutic approach that examines how people communicate, respond to others, and the roles they adopt in relationships. This training supports greater awareness and offers practical ways to make different choices in the moment, helping people respond to challenges more effectively and intentionally. Yana describes Transactional Analysis as an everyday tool she uses to understand patterns of reaction and to encourage positive change.

With four years of experience, she has supported people presenting with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, anger, low self-esteem, and depression. Her practice also addresses issues such as trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related difficulties, sleep problems, parenting and family matters, and challenges linked to ADHD and life transitions. Yana additionally focuses on themes like attachment and abandonment, codependency, communication problems, control issues, isolation and loneliness, and questions around life purpose and forgiveness.

Yana creates a welcoming, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be explored at each person’s pace. She works collaboratively to help clients gain insight into their experiences and to identify the changes they want to make. Yana holds BACP, a professional membership with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, and is based in the United Kingdom. She offers support aimed at empowerment and practical progress toward a more fulfilling life.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Yana’s core training is in Transactional Analysis, an approach that explores how people interact, the roles they adopt, and the patterns that shape responses. This method helps people recognise habitual communication styles and offers practical ways to choose different responses, which can be useful for relationship difficulties, communication problems, and patterns of reactivity. She also draws on a range of evidence-based therapeutic techniques - practical, research-informed methods that focus on building coping skills, altering unhelpful thought and behaviour patterns, and addressing emotional regulation. These approaches are commonly used for anxiety, mood concerns, stress, and trauma-related issues.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Yana works collaboratively with each person to decide which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as therapy progresses to ensure the best possible fit.

Online therapy with Yana is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options allow therapy to fit around work, family, and other commitments, and make it easier to access support from home or elsewhere when attending in-person sessions is difficult.