Colette Mattos , BACP

Colette Mattos BACP focuses on relationship and women's issues, and on the feelings that come with them. She helps people who are struggling with connection, intimacy, low self-esteem, anxiety or depression tied to relationships. Her approach aims to make everyday interactions less painful and more understandable.

Colette uses an attachment-informed perspective to look at how early experiences shape current patterns. She talks with clients about the habits that repeat in relationships and the emotional reactions that follow. The goal is to notice those patterns and try different ways of relating that feel safer and more satisfying.

Sessions are collaborative and warm. Colette listens without judgement and works at a pace people are comfortable with. Conversations can focus on communication, rebuilding trust after separation, or improving sexual and emotional intimacy.

She also supports people facing career stress, body image and eating concerns, caregiving strain, or life changes such as divorce and separation. Practical skills from cognitive and behavioural approaches are mixed with emotion-focused work to help manage intense feelings and make choices that fit values.

Colette has four years' counselling experience and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging from the United Kingdom. Sessions are in English and international clients are not accepted at this time.

How therapeutic approaches work online

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them. It supports identifying personal values and taking small steps that match those values, which can help with depression, anxiety and life changes. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on being heard and understood; the counsellor offers empathy and reflection to help people make sense of their experience and find their own solutions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Colette will discuss what feels most useful and adapt methods to each person's goals and preferences. This is a collaborative process where the therapist and client try options and adjust as progress is made.

Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people use face-to-face conversation without travel, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging can keep a therapeutic thread between appointments. These options help therapy fit around work, caregiving and everyday life while keeping focus on the aims set in sessions.