Counsellor profile
Monica Mendes, BACP
United Kingdom
BACP counsellor - relationships and codependency
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- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 93824
- Experience
- 11 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- Client-centred work
- Mindfulness tools
- Solution-focused steps
About Monica
Monica Mendes is a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom with 11 years of professional experience. She works with people dealing with stress, anxiety, low mood and relationship and family tensions. She also supports those facing grief, life changes, self-esteem difficulties and compassion fatigue.
Monica uses straightforward conversations to help people notice what matters to them. Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer thinking rather than jargon. She pays attention to how attachment and abandonment issues can shape choices and patterns in relationships.
Her approach draws on client-centred work, where the person sets the pace and topics. Mindfulness techniques are used to help manage overwhelming feelings and stay present in difficult moments. Motivational interviewing and solution-focused strategies are used to identify small, achievable changes and build on them.
Monica has worked with people affected by trauma and abuse, intimacy-related problems, issues around kink and alternative sex culture, and difficulties linked to autism and avoidant or dependent personality patterns. Codependency and communication problems are among the patterns she explores with clients.
Sessions are practical and conversational. Monica helps people talk through problems, try short experiments between sessions, and review what works. She welcomes those who want clearer boundaries, steadier emotions, or help coping with major life transitions.
How sessions work
How her approaches work for online counselling
Client-centred work puts the person's concerns and priorities first. In practice this means the counsellor listens for what matters most and follows the client's lead on pace and topics. It suits relationship issues, grief and long-standing patterns such as codependency.Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce overwhelm. It helps with anxiety, low mood and emotional reactivity by building short, repeatable skills that can be used between sessions.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. Monica will explore your goals and preferences and suggest a blend of client-centred conversation, mindfulness practice and solution-focused steps. That choice is reviewed as you go so the plan stays practical and relevant.
The practical benefits of online sessions include fitting counselling into a busy week and reducing travel time. Online work can make it easier to have shorter check-ins, use brief practices between appointments, or schedule sessions around work or family commitments. The biography does not list explicit session formats, so confirm which formats are available before booking.
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Also works with
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
11+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Does she help with people-pleasing and codependent patterns?
Yes. The profile lists codependency, people-pleasing patterns and related relationship concerns among the issues she works with.
What style of therapy does she use in sessions?
She uses client-centred conversations alongside mindfulness, motivational interviewing and solution-focused techniques to notice patterns and try small changes.
How long has she been practising?
She has 11 years of professional experience working with the listed concerns.
What credential does she hold and where is she based?
She is listed with BACP and is based in the United Kingdom.
Does she work with non-UK or international clients?
Yes. The profile indicates she accepts international clients and conducts sessions in English.
Which session formats are offered?
The original biography does not list specific session formats. Please confirm current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Begin by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.