Petronela Antemia
Compassionate, practical support for life changes
About Petronela
Petronela Antemia helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, grief and intimacy-related concerns. She also supports people with sleeping and eating problems, parenting strains, ADHD and coping with big life changes. Petronela is based in the United Kingdom and holds BACP accreditation.
Petronela works in a direct and respectful manner. Sessions focus on what the person wants to change and practical steps to get there.
Background and approach
She adapts the pace and style to the individual, using clear conversation rather than jargon. Her background includes seven years of practice supporting people through separation, grief and family problems. She has particular experience with attachment and abandonment issues, codependency and communication difficulties.
She also supports people who identify as LGBT and those affected by domestic violence. In therapy she draws on Client-Centred ways of working to create a non-judgemental space. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy techniques are used when thought patterns and behaviours are a clear route to change.
Solution-Focused ideas help people identify small, achievable steps and build momentum. Expect collaborative sessions where goals are agreed together. Petronela encourages self-awareness and problem-solving skills that can be used outside appointments.
The emphasis is on practical tools, steady work and restoring a sense of control.
What Petronela works with
How Petronela works
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Listed by Petronela among the ways they work.
Listed by Petronela among the ways they work.
Listed by Petronela among the ways they work.
Sessions & fees
How Petronela's approaches work online
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience. The therapist follows the person’s lead, offers empathic reflection and supports them to make choices that feel right. This approach can help with low self-esteem, grief and relationship concerns.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings and behaviours are linked. It uses practical exercises and experiments to reduce anxiety, manage anger and tackle depressive thinking. CBT is useful when someone wants clear tools to change habits and mood.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Petronela will talk with people about their goals and preferences, and then together they decide what to try first. That collaborative process means methods can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online therapy offers several practical ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day, live chat suits shorter check-ins and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options increase flexibility and make it easier to fit therapy into everyday life.
| 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
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English
