Flavia Melo

Flavia Melo is a counsellor who blends body-oriented work with talking therapies to help people manage stress, anxiety, trauma and low mood. She draws on somatic methods alongside cognitive and mindfulness-based tools to support clearer self-understanding and practical change. Flavia works in the United Kingdom and offers sessions in English and Portuguese.

Flavia spends the first session listening to your current experience and what you hope to change. She invites people to notice how feelings appear in the body as well as in thought. That helps shape a plan that combines movement, breath awareness, creative tools and practical exercises tailored to daily life.

Her approach aims to make emotional patterns easier to recognise and shift. Sessions may include gentle somatic exercises, mindfulness practices and thought-focused techniques to address unhelpful beliefs. Creative elements such as music or art are sometimes used to access feelings that are hard to name.

Flavia also draws on Internal Family Systems ideas to map different parts of a person’s inner world and to calm reactive parts that keep old patterns repeating. She can help people work through relationship worries, low self-esteem, body image and eating concerns, parenting strain, and the effects of past abuse.

She has practised for seven years and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. International clients can be accommodated and practical details about sessions are confirmed when booking.

How embodied and mindful approaches work online

Flavia uses Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Somatic Therapy in her work. CBT focuses on noticing and changing unhelpful thinking patterns and testing small behavioural changes to see what helps. Somatic Therapy pays attention to bodily sensations - breath, tension and posture - to uncover emotional patterns and release held stress.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Flavia will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try methods that feel right, and adjust as needed. She aims to combine talking, practical exercises and simple in-session body-based activities so clients can practise between sessions.

The online setting can make fitting therapy into a busy life easier, for example by removing travel time and allowing shorter check-ins when needed. Because the original biography does not list specific session formats, please confirm current options before booking. Many people find online sessions help maintain continuity of care while juggling work, childcare or other commitments, and the therapist will discuss how to adapt exercises to your everyday routine.