Meet The Team
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About us
Over 50+ years combined experience
Changes4Life was founded in 2002 by Vanessa Boudier in Reading, Berkshire. Since then Changes4Life has expanded across the counties of Hampshire and Oxfordshire and now provides Counselling, Psychotherapy, Hypnotherapy, EMDR/IEMT, DBT and specialist ADHD Coaching services to adults.
The practice is well known as one of the most sought after therapy practices in the Home Counties, due the experience and dedication of their team of counsellors and therapists. This experience is the reason their clients experience significant change, build resilience, create success, build self esteem, confidence and regain control over their life to create better and happier futures.
Vanessa and the Changes4Life team pride themselves on offering you a confidential, open-minded, “down to earth," professional and caring approach. This ethos is at the heart of each team members practice.
All of the team undertake regular continued professional development ensuring they are up to date with the latest regulations and developments.
The team all have different disciplines and specialist areas so please feel free to check through if there is a particular area that you would like to address.
Life has a little habit of ‘happening’
We don’t know what we don’t yet know, and because of this we can sometimes experience challenges in different degrees at various times in our lives. We may need a little support to work through them and it is important to reach out and engage with trained professionals who are approachable, professional and compassionate. Our team understand that clients can benefit from an integrative approach where counselling and psychotherapy sessions can also include Hypnotherapy, Coaching, NLP or EMDR to help them work through the challenges in the shortest possible time using an approach tailored individually to them.
Within Changes4Life the quality of therapeutic relationship is nurtured, we focus on helping our clients feel heard, comfortable, safe and able to express themselves, which means they can make sense of their challenges quickly whilst working towards taking control back of their life once again.
It can be very normal for new clients to feel a little nervous, or even vulnerable, when considering disclosing private and personal information to someone they don’t know. This is the reason that we offer every client a free 15 minute telephone call with their chosen team member where they can get to know each other, whilst exploring and identifing the best approach, and to help the client feel at ease with the process.
Our Our Counsellors & Therapists
Natalie Burley
Counsellor for couples and individuals, Hypnotherapist,IEMT Practitioner
Sara Yorke
Counsellor, Coach and NLP Practitioner. Wellbeing, Attachment and Menopause specialist Practitioner
![Andree Kenny- Changes4Life](https://changes4life.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Andree-Kenny-e1761763150466.jpg" "Andree Kenny")
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In just a few sessions, we’ve covered so much that’s already reduced my overwhelm and decision fatigue. I’m seeing calmer days, smoother client management, and more headspace to focus on my business future.
If you want realistic, sustainable strategies delivered with empathy and accountability, I can’t recommend Vanessa enough. She’s genuinely helped me shift my mindset and find clear direction in how I run my business - life changing actually, and that is not an exaggeration!
Changes 4 Life offer a safe a relaxing environment to help with life's ups and downs.
Charlotte has a lovely calming nature which I found extremely helpful and totally at ease with, when deciphering my difficulties. Since I have been working with Charlotte for about 8-9 months now, I have been going from strength to strength.
Charlotte is thorough in all that she works on as well as has many strengths; one of these is a knack of letting you talk then guides you slightly sideways showing the situation from a unique perspective. This method I have found extremely effective. Charlotte has guided me through some very dark times, along the way, and, utilizing her exceptional help and guidance, I am now in a better place.
I am now finding situations where I am starting to do things which stop me from going down wrong paths-without thinking! Charlotte has ‘taught’ me well!
Charlotte has helped me through an exceedingly challenging time in my life, and I have learned a lot about how to live it and how Charlotte has made it better. Thank you Charlotte.
Three specific examples:
a) My desk stays clear every day.
b) I caught up on five months of expense claims and I'm current for this month - what a relief!
c) My communication skills are improving as I become more mindful of my words.
My wife has also commented on how good and effective Vanessa is, and she can see - and enjoy the benefits.
Vanessa, thank you!
She was able to be completely flexible with how she worked, completely giving me freedom in how I wanted therapy to be structured and the topics I wanted to discuss. She was able to easily swap between a therapeutic approach, exploring trauma or relationship issues, or a coaching approach offering practical strategies to help with day to day life.
Throughout our time working together, Vanessa was always very compassionate and warm. She was always engaged showing a genuine and caring approach which helped create a safe place where I felt comfortable talking about difficult personal topics
I can't thank her enough for the time we spent together and would thoroughly recommend her to anybody who would like to learn more about themselves, improve their mental health and learn practical strategies to help them with day to day life.
