Monica Mendes, BACP

Monica Mendes is a counsellor with over 11 years of experience helping people facing stress, anxiety, low mood and relationship difficulties. She works with clients on family conflicts, grief and loss, and common struggles with self-esteem and confidence. Monica aims to offer a respectful and compassionate space for people taking the first steps towards change.

Her sessions are tailored to each person’s needs and goals. She uses straightforward conversation to help people spot patterns, clarify priorities and find small steps that make life feel more manageable. Monica often blends client-centred listening with practical, goal-focused techniques so each meeting can be both felt and useful.

Monica draws on mindfulness practices to help people become more aware of unhelpful thinking and to build steady coping skills. She also uses motivational interviewing to support commitment to change when people feel stuck or unsure which direction to take. These approaches are used flexibly depending on what a person brings to the room.

She works with a wide range of everyday concerns including career stress, intimacy-related issues, compassion fatigue and trauma and abuse. Additional areas Monica supports include attachment and abandonment issues, autism and Asperger syndrome, and concerns linked to alternative sexual cultures such as BDSM and kink.

Monica is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. Her practice is centred on practical progress and human understanding, with a focus on helping people move towards more satisfying and manageable lives.

How Monica uses therapeutic approaches online

Client-Centred Therapy places the person's own experience at the heart of the work. The counsellor listens without judgement, reflects what is said and helps people make sense of their feelings and choices. This approach is helpful when someone needs a steady, supportive space to talk things through.

Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm. It can help with anxiety, stress and mood problems by building small everyday skills that reduce overwhelm.

Finding the right approach is a shared process. Monica will work with each person to try methods that match their needs and goals, and adjust the plan as progress is made. The aim is a collaborative path that combines understanding with steps that feel realistic and useful.

The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the available online options before booking. In general, online work can make it easier to fit counselling into busy lives, whether that means shorter check-ins, avoiding travel time, or choosing a way of meeting that suits energy and schedule. Registered or accredited professionals can adapt interventions such as mindfulness exercises and motivational interviewing to remote sessions so people can continue meaningful work from wherever they are.