About Flavia
Flavia Melo is a counsellor who combines body-focused and talking approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety and depression. She draws on seven years of practice to guide clients through emotional difficulties and practical coping strategies. Flavia works in English and Portuguese and is based in the United Kingdom.
Flavia pays attention to the links between the body and emotions. She uses gentle body-centred techniques alongside conversation to notice how feelings show up physically.
Background and approach
Music and art are sometimes included as tools to help people access difficult memories or emotions. Early sessions focus on what brought someone to therapy and what they want to change. Flavia and the client map out clear goals and pick techniques that feel right for the person.
Sessions move at the client’s pace and aim to build everyday skills for managing stress, panic and low mood. The work often addresses relationship patterns, self‑esteem and life transitions. Flavia also supports people dealing with trauma, postpartum challenges, body image and eating or sleeping difficulties.
Practical steps for coping are balanced with attention to feelings that live in the body. People who choose to work with Flavia can expect a collaborative process. Progress is tracked through small, achievable goals and regular check‑ins.
The emphasis is on understanding what is happening now and learning ways to feel steadier day to day.
How somatic and CBT approaches work online
Flavia uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and build practical skills for anxiety and panic. CBT sessions focus on changing patterns of thinking and testing new behaviours in everyday life.She also brings Somatic Therapy into sessions to notice where emotions appear in the body. That work uses simple body awareness exercises and breath work to help people reduce physical tension linked to stress and trauma.
Finding the right approach happens together. Flavia will talk through options and adapt techniques to fit each person’s goals and preferences. The plan is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online work is offered by video call, phone session, live chat or text messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is useful for face‑to‑face conversation and somatic guidance, phone sessions suit lower bandwidth needs, and chat or messaging can work for brief check‑ins or when typing feels easier. These options help people fit therapy around work, childcare or travel commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
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