Flavia Melo, BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP #401508

I'm a BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) registered somatic therapist, trained in Bioenergetics, and a Mental Health First Aider. I also hold a degree in Psychology. I'm specialised in trauma, stress, anxiety and depression, with seven years of professional experience.

In addition to my counselling practice, I worked in Public Health for the UK government for four years delivering a wellbeing at work project, and two years at Mind, the UK mental health charity, also promoting employee health and wellbeing.

In my work with clients, I explore the relationship between body and mind through a series of therapeutic exercises to promote vitality and healthy emotional expression. The body stores all our unhelpful emotional patterns through chronic muscular tensions. I believe that it’s important to work on how we feel in our bodies and on those tensions to create health and significant behaviour change. I also integrate holistic tools such as music, breathwork, mindfulness and art when suitable, learned from my own yoga and meditation practice.

More recently I have been incorporating some techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and Internal Family Systems (IFS) learned during my career in Public Health.

During the process with me, we will use all those resources to gain more awareness and understanding of yourself, in a safe space for you to express your feelings, reconnect with yourself and regain joy and freedom in your own body and in your life.