About Flavia
Flavia Melo is a counsellor who works with the links between body and mind. She combines somatic approaches with practical talking therapy to help people manage stress, anxiety and depression. Flavia has seven years of experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Flavia focuses on how physical sensations and emotional memories interact. She uses gentle body-based techniques alongside cognitive and mindfulness tools. This helps people notice patterns held in the body and learn new ways to respond to them.
Background and approach
Sessions are practical and down to earth. In the first meeting she will talk about what you want to change and how you would like to work together. From there she tailors simple exercises and practices that fit daily life, such as breath work, grounding and thought-focused exercises.
She also draws on creativity when it is helpful, including music and art, to open up new ways of understanding feelings. People who are dealing with relationship strain, sleep difficulties, eating concerns or life transitions may find this mix useful. Flavia offers appointments in English and Portuguese and works with people across the United Kingdom and beyond.
The sessions aim to increase awareness of body signals, reduce overwhelm and build clearer ways of coping with difficult moments.
Somatic and Cognitive Approaches Online
Flavia integrates somatic therapy with cognitive and mindfulness methods to support people working through stress, anxiety and trauma. Somatic therapy focuses on bodily sensations and movement to help people notice where emotion shows up in the body and develop new physical responses. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviours and offers practical strategies to reduce worry and change unhelpful patterns. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce overwhelm and improve focus.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with the person to decide which methods suit their needs and goals, trying out practices and adapting them if something does not fit. The aim is to combine body-based work with talking and practical exercises so the plan feels manageable and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to work with these approaches through video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life, to practise exercises between sessions, and to access support from different locations. Many people find the variety of contact methods helpful for staying connected and practising new skills in everyday moments.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- 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