Colette Mattos

Colette Mattos BACP offers counselling for people who are struggling with relationships and the way they relate to themselves. She helps with issues such as difficulties with communication, low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, intimacy problems and eating or body image concerns. Her style is warm and collaborative, and she aims to help people feel less stuck and more understood in their relationships and life choices.

Colette uses an attachment-informed way of working to look at patterns beneath current problems. She helps people notice how past experiences shape emotional reactions and relationship habits. Sessions focus on clear, practical steps alongside understanding emotional triggers.

She draws on a range of approaches, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) and client-centred work. These methods are used to build coping skills, improve communication and explore feelings about self and others.

Colette aims to create a non-judgemental space where people can speak openly about sensitive topics. She works at a measured pace and tailors the work to each person’s needs and goals. The process is collaborative, with the client guiding which areas to focus on.

With four years of clinical experience and registration with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), Colette practises in the United Kingdom. She offers sessions in English and asks new clients to use the Start Therapy button to begin the matching and scheduling process.

Approaches used in online counselling and what they do

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and make room for what matters to them. It supports work on values, reducing avoidance, and taking small actions towards a more meaningful life. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at connections between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and gives clear tools to shift patterns that maintain anxiety, low mood or unhelpful habits. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on emotions and attachment needs to help people improve connection and understand relationship patterns.

Finding the right way of working is part of the therapy process. The therapist will talk with the client about needs, preferences and goals, and together they will decide which approaches to use. This collaborative planning can change as the work unfolds and as different issues emerge.

If you are considering online sessions, please confirm the exact session options before booking. Online work can help people fit counselling into busy lives, reduce travel time and make shorter check-ins easier to arrange. It also allows continuity when circumstances change, and therapists can adapt exercises, communication styles and pacing to suit remote sessions.