Monica Mendes

My name is Monica, and I’m a registered therapeutic counsellor and life coach. You may be here because life feels overwhelming, painful, or simply confusing. Perhaps you’re grieving a loss, drowning in sadness, feeling emotionally numb, or carrying distress that seems impossible to process alone. Maybe you’re struggling with relationships, facing unresolved feelings, or longing for more peace and clarity. Whatever has brought you here, you don’t have to face it alone. In our sessions, you’ll have a safe, supportive space to talk openly and be heard without judgment. Together, we’ll explore your experiences, emotions, and relationships to help you: * Understand yourself more deeply * Process grief, sadness, and emotional distress at your own pace * Untangle patterns that no longer serve you * Develop healthier ways of relating to yourself and others * Find grounding, clarity, and resilience through life’s challenges My approach is warm, humanistic, and relational. I draw on psychodynamic and psycho-spiritual perspectives, along with mindfulness and solution-focused techniques. This blend allows me to tailor support to your unique needs and pace, whether you’re looking for short-term guidance or a longer, transformative journey.

I hold a diploma in Integrative Therapeutic Counselling (2024), and I’m a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). My clinical experience spans over a decade and includes offering support in educational settings, charities and community centres, mental health organisations and private practice. I have additional training in Mindfulness techniques, Somatic Resilience, Psycho-Spiritual approaches and Life Coaching (solution focused support).

Hey there, I’m Monica, a BACP-registered therapeutic counsellor and life coach with over a decade of experience supporting individuals through some of life’s most challenging moments.
My training is founded on an Integrative approach to Therapeutic Counselling, and I have worked across schools, mental health services, charities, and community organisations before establishing my private practice. I now work with a diverse, international client base in person and online.

My approach is relational, holistic, and body-informed. Alongside psychodynamic thinking and humanistic principles, I integrate somatic awareness and nervous system-informed practices into our work.

Our emotions, memories, and relational patterns are not held in the mind alone. They live in the bodies, too. By gently bringing attention to bodily experience alongside thoughts and feelings, we can access deeper layers of healing that talking alone sometimes cannot reach. This is particularly valuable for those carrying stress, burnout, trauma, or patterns of emotional shutdown or overwhelm.
I draw on mindfulness, breathwork awareness, and somatic resilience practices to help clients develop a more regulated, resourced nervous system and build the capacity to feel safer in themselves and in their relationships.

I have particular experience supporting people with anxiety, grief and loss, relationship difficulties, low self-worth, emotional overwhelm, life transitions, and trauma. I welcome clients from all cultural and spiritual backgrounds. Whether you are seeking short-term support or a longer, more exploratory journey, I am here to walk alongside you, at your pace, and with your whole self in mind.

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