- Mindfulness practice
- Client-centred work
- Solution-focused steps
About Monica
Monica Mendes is a BACP counsellor based in the United Kingdom with 11 years of professional experience. She works with common early-adult concerns such as stress, anxiety, low mood, relationships and family conflict. She also supports people coping with grief, confidence and career worries.
Her style is straightforward and person-focused. Sessions involve talking through current difficulties, noticing patterns in relationships, and practising simple skills to manage stress and low mood. She uses listening, reflective conversation and goal-focused work to help people make changes that feel manageable.
Monica draws on client-centred ideas that keep the person’s priorities central. She also uses mindfulness practices to calm strong feelings and solution-focused techniques to identify small next steps. Motivational interviewing helps when someone feels stuck about change.
She has worked across a range of settings over eleven years, helping people with intimate relationship issues, identity and LGBT concerns, trauma and abuse, and complex family problems. Additional areas she addresses include attachment and abandonment, codependency, dissociation, autism and Asperger syndrome, and issues connected to kink and alternative sexual cultures.
People who book with Monica can expect clear, practical sessions. She invites clients to set aims and to review progress over time. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session through the online booking flow.
How Monica's approaches translate to online counselling
Client-centred work focuses on the individual’s concerns and priorities. In practice this means sessions begin with the person's immediate needs, and the counsellor reflects what matters most to the client so goals stay relevant. Mindfulness therapy teaches short exercises and attention practices to reduce stress and manage strong feelings, useful for anxiety, grief and low mood.Finding the best approach is collaborative. Monica will discuss different ways of working and agree on steps together. That might mean trying a few techniques over the first sessions and deciding which to keep based on how useful they feel for your goals.
The practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions into a busy life and keeping conversations to focused time blocks. Because session formats are not specified here, confirm the current options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to connect from different locations and to schedule shorter check-ins or longer therapy blocks depending on what works with study, work or travel commitments.
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Experience
11+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she support?
She helps with stress, anxiety, low mood, relationship and family conflict, grief, self-esteem, career worries and related areas.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is person-focused and practical. Sessions combine listening, reflective conversation and goal-focused tasks.
How much experience does she have?
She has eleven years of professional work experience supporting people with a range of mental health and relationship issues.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is listed with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can sessions be conducted in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English.
Does she work with clients outside the UK?
She accepts international clients.
How are sessions charged?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to book?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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