Valentina Mengarelli
Empowering, listening-centred counselling
About Valentina
Valentina Mengarelli is a counsellor based in the United Kingdom with five years of professional experience. She holds BACP accreditation, which is noted as her credential. Valentina speaks English, Spanish and Italian and is available to work with clients both in the UK and internationally.
She focuses on everyday problems that can feel overwhelming. These include stress, anxiety, sleep difficulties, low self-esteem and depression. She also helps people facing relationship strain, parenting concerns, addiction issues, anger and the practical impacts of life changes.
Background and approach
Valentina uses client-centred work to keep sessions focused on the person in front of her. She listens without judgement and adapts conversations to what matters most to each individual. She also draws on mindfulness practices to help people learn how to notice thoughts and feelings without getting swept up by them.
Her wider interests include attachment and abandonment issues, body image, codependency, dissociation, blended family matters and the stresses of caregiving. She has experience with trauma and domestic violence and supports people through separation and divorce concerns. Sessions can be arranged by choosing the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire.
After that, scheduling is done according to the therapist's availability. Valentina describes therapy as a collaborative process where she aims to empower people to make meaningful changes.
What Valentina works with
How Valentina works
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Sessions & fees
Approaches and online therapy options
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on the person rather than the problem. It involves open listening, reflecting what the person says and making space for them to set the pace. This approach helps when someone needs support to clarify values, make decisions or rebuild confidence.Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention skills to notice thoughts, feelings and bodily sensations. These practices can reduce reactivity to stress and help with sleep, anxiety and low mood by encouraging gentle awareness rather than struggle.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs and then agree a way forward. This collaborative process means methods can be adjusted as therapy progresses to fit what helps most.
Online therapy offers different ways to connect. Video calls let people see facial cues and have a fuller conversation, while phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit clients who prefer writing or who need more flexible timing during the day. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and travel and let people choose how they feel most comfortable communicating with a registered or accredited professional.
| 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
- Sleeping disorders
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Registered with
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Spanish, Italian
