About Flavia
Flavia Melo uses body-aware therapeutic work to help people manage stress, anxiety and depression. She blends talk and somatic methods so emotions in the body can be noticed and understood. Flavia writes simply and offers a calm, steady approach to change.
Flavia draws on seven years of clinical experience and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She pays attention to how physical sensations and emotional memories connect.
How Flavia works
That helps when symptoms have a physical side, such as sleep problems, eating concerns or somatic complaints. Her practice covers a broad range of everyday struggles. She helps people who are coping with life changes, relationship difficulties, low self-esteem and parenting strain.
She also supports those facing trauma and abuse, postpartum depression, panic attacks and seasonally linked low mood. Therapy with Flavia mixes Cognitive Behavioural Therapy with mindfulness and somatic work. She may also draw on Internal Family Systems ideas to map inner parts and their roles.
Sessions can include simple body-based exercises, breath work, reflective talk and creative elements like music or art when helpful. In the first appointment she and the client set clear goals and choose practical steps to work on between sessions. Flavia aims to build understanding of linked body and mind patterns so change feels sustainable.
Her style is collaborative and focused on small, manageable steps. Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese and are available to people in the United Kingdom and internationally. Flavia uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
Flavia lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Flavia works with
The areas below are the ones Flavia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 7 |
| Languages | English, Portuguese |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How somatic and cognitive approaches work online
Flavia combines Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and somatic methods to address both thoughts and bodily experience. CBT looks at patterns of thinking and behaviour and offers practical steps to change them, which can help with anxiety, panic and mood. Somatic therapy pays attention to bodily sensations and breath, helping people notice how stress and emotion show up in the body and learn gentle techniques to regulate those responses.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Flavia will talk with each person about goals, symptoms and what feels comfortable, then choose techniques together. That collaborative process means the plan can change as needs shift and progress is made.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging, which makes therapy easier to fit around work, childcare or travel. Video sessions are useful when visual cues help the work, phone sessions suit a lower-bandwidth option, and chat or messaging can be used for brief check-ins or reflection between longer appointments. These formats aim to keep therapy flexible and accessible while supporting practical, step-by-step change.
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