Monica Mendes
Compassionate practical therapy for real life
About Monica
Monica Mendes helps people facing stress, anxiety, low mood and relationship strain. She supports those dealing with grief, family conflict, self‑esteem worries and major life changes. Monica also works with concerns around trauma, intimacy, anger, career stress and compassion fatigue.
She uses a straightforward, respectful style and adapts sessions to each person’s needs. Monica listens first and then helps people set small, achievable goals. Her bedside manner is calm and patient, and she aims to make therapy feel practical and understandable.
Background and approach
Monica trained and works with approaches such as client‑centred therapy, mindfulness and solution‑focused techniques. She draws on motivational interviewing to help people find their own reasons for change. These methods are used to address emotional pain, relationship patterns and low confidence.
With 11 years of professional experience, Monica brings steady clinical experience to sessions. Her credential is BACP, the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, which she holds in the United Kingdom. She offers sessions in English and accepts international clients.
In sessions people can expect a mix of listening, reflective questions and practical steps to try between meetings. Monica supports exploration of attachment, abandonment, communication problems, codependency and related issues. She aims to help people feel clearer about their next steps and more able to manage day‑to‑day challenges.
What Monica works with
How Monica works
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Sessions & fees
How Monica uses practical therapies online
Client‑centred therapy puts the person’s perspective at the heart of sessions. The counsellor listens without judgement, reflects what she hears and helps people make sense of their feelings. This approach is helpful for issues like low self‑esteem, grief and relationship strain.Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and improve focus. It helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and respond more calmly to difficult feelings. This can be useful for anxiety, anger and coping with life changes.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Monica will talk through goals, preferences and what has helped or not helped before. She will suggest techniques and adjust the plan as therapy progresses so it fits the person’s needs.
Online sessions are offered by registered or accredited professionals and can use video calls, phone, live chat or text‑based messaging. Video calls are good for face‑to‑face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and messaging suit shorter check‑ins, quick reflections and flexible scheduling. All formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, caring duties and travel.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
