About Colette
Colette Mattos helps people who are struggling with relationships, low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, and the stress of life changes. She also supports those dealing with trauma, eating issues, intimacy concerns and questions about identity and belonging. Colette offers a calm, steady presence so people can talk about what feels hard and confusing right now.
Colette uses an attachment-informed way of working to look at patterns that repeat in relationships. She helps people see how past experiences affect current connections and emotional reactions.
How Colette works
That often makes it easier to try new ways of relating to others and to oneself. Her sessions combine practical tools and open conversation. Techniques from cognitive behavioural therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy are used alongside emotionally focused methods.
Dialectical behaviour therapy skills are offered where people need help with strong emotions and staying steady. Colette places emphasis on clear, gentle communication. She supports people to build healthier boundaries, improve communication and work through guilt, shame or isolation.
She also explores issues such as body image, parenting strain, career worries and life purpose when these come up. Colette is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and has four years of experience. She works with adults in the United Kingdom and conducts sessions in English.
The aim is to create realistic steps forward rather than quick fixes.
Colette lists 16 ways of working on the entry:
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Hypnotherapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
What Colette works with
The areas below are the ones Colette selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 4 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Colette's approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed by them. It focuses on values and small committed actions to move life in a wanted direction, which is useful for low mood, anxiety and life changes.Emotionally-Focused Therapy, EFT, centres on emotions and attachment needs in relationships. It helps people understand emotional patterns and work towards more stable connection and intimacy, which can support relationship and attachment issues.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Colette will discuss your goals, what you prefer and how you respond to different ways of working. Together you can decide whether to focus on skills, emotional exploration or a mix of methods so sessions feel relevant and practical.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video lets you work face to face, phone can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for shorter check-ins and text messaging lets you pause and return to thoughts. These options make therapy more flexible for people balancing work, family or busy schedules.
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