About Alessio
Alessio Tonato is a psychotherapeutic counsellor who offers talk therapy to help people navigate personal and professional challenges. He is BACP registered and works from a practical, conversational stance. Sessions are offered in English, French and Italian to suit different language needs.
Alessio uses a holistic style that brings together body awareness, attachment ideas and mindfulness. He helps people spot patterns that cause distress and test new ways of responding.
How Alessio works
The work is collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. In sessions he helps people understand what sits behind stress, anxiety, low self-esteem and difficulty with intimacy. He also supports those dealing with depression, anger, trauma and major life changes.
He pays attention to relationship problems, communication breakdowns and issues like codependency and commitment concerns. Alessio draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at early relating patterns. Mindfulness Therapy is used to build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity.
Somatic Therapy brings attention to bodily signals and how they relate to emotion and behaviour. With seven years of practice, he guides people through practical steps to change unhelpful habits. The focus is on clearer understanding, better emotional regulation and trying out different responses in daily life.
Work can include short-term focused work or longer exploration depending on what a person needs.
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What Alessio works with
The areas below are the ones Alessio selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English, French, Italian |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches translated to online care
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current expectations and responses. Online work can help uncover these patterns and try out new ways of relating in everyday life. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention exercises and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm. These techniques transfer well to phone or video sessions and can be practised between appointments. Somatic Therapy pays attention to bodily signals and movement to help process emotion and reduce tension, often using gentle awareness exercises that suit online formats.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Alessio discusses goals and preferences during the first meetings and will collaborate on which methods to use. This helps create a plan that fits what someone wants to change and how they prefer to work, whether that is shorter focused sessions or longer exploratory therapy.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow a face-to-face feel and sharing visual cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a busy day, and live chat or text messaging supports quick check-ins and ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and try different formats to find what works best.
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