Antonella Mezzasalma

Antonella Mezzasalma is a counsellor with three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She works with people facing stress, anxiety and depression, and she supports those dealing with trauma, self-esteem and motivation. Antonella speaks English and Italian and aims to make first contact straightforward and humane.

Her approach begins from the idea that each person knows their own story best. Sessions focus on building practical skills and noticing strengths that already exist. She offers a calm, direct style that helps people take small steps toward change.

Antonella uses therapies such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy to help with unhelpful thinking, anxious feelings and low mood. She also draws on Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Internal Family Systems ideas when people need emotion regulation tools or a way to understand inner conflicts.

She has worked with a wide range of issues beyond anxiety and depression, including relationship and intimacy-related matters, grief and hospice and end-of-life counselling concerns, body image, codependency and obsessive-compulsive patterns. Antonella pays attention to cultural background and how it shapes the problems people bring.

Practical matters are kept simple: sessions follow the client’s pace and focus on what will help day to day. If you are ready to take a first step, she can guide you through setting goals and trying out small, manageable changes.

Therapeutic approaches and online working

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and it supports action toward things that matter. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking patterns and trying practical changes to reduce anxiety and low mood. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) offers skills for managing intense emotions and improving communication in stressful moments.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and preferences and try methods that fit the person’s needs. This is a collaborative process where techniques are adapted over time based on what helps.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the session formats offered before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around daily life, for example by reducing travel time or allowing shorter check-ins during busy days. It can also let people use tools and worksheets in-session and practise skills between meetings. Registered or accredited professionals generally tailor how they meet to match what helps each person most.