About Antonella
Antonella Mezzasalma uses practical, evidence-informed approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety and low mood. She combines methods from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy with skills from Dialectical Behavior Therapy to build coping skills and emotional awareness. Antonella is identified by her BACP credential and practises in the United Kingdom, offering sessions in English and Italian.
She focuses on everyday problems that can feel overwhelming - persistent worry, flashbacks after trauma, low self-esteem and difficulties with intimacy.
How Antonella works
Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with simple tools to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. The work often starts with small, manageable steps that fit into a person's routine. Antonella also helps people facing life changes, grief and loneliness.
She pays attention to how attachment patterns and body image can affect relationships and self-worth. When issues like codependency, control struggles or obsessive thoughts come up, she helps clients notice patterns and try new ways of responding. Her approach is collaborative.
She treats each person as the expert on their own life and aims to make therapy a space for practical problem solving and emotional processing. With three years of professional experience, Antonella brings a calm, straightforward style to sessions. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text messaging.
People who want to begin complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
Antonella lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Antonella works with
The areas below are the ones Antonella selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Relationship issues
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English, Italian |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Antonella’s approaches fit online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy emphasises noticing thoughts and choosing actions that match personal values. Online sessions can help people practise these choices between meetings and bring concrete examples to talk about. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thinking and trying small behavioural changes to reduce distress, which suits short exercises and homework that can be shared during video or chat sessions.Therapy is a collaborative process and Antonella will work with each person to find the right mix of approaches. She will listen to a client's goals and preferences, try techniques that match those aims, and adjust methods as progress is reviewed. That shared exploration helps tailor the work to what feels useful and realistic.
Practical benefits of online therapy include flexibility and easier fitting of sessions into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues help, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be a shorter check-in, and live chat or text messaging can suit people who prefer writing or need rapid, ongoing support between sessions. Registered or accredited professionals provide these formats so people can choose what works best for them.
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A practical next step
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