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Antonella Mezzasalma, BACP

Credentials: BACP
Experience: 3 years
Practising in: United Kingdom
Languages: English, Italian
Sessions: Online only
Client ages: Adults, 18 and over

Works with Stress, Anxiety Trauma and abuse Self esteem Depression Coping with life changes

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Antonella Mezzasalma uses straightforward, evidence-informed approaches to help people facing stress, anxiety, trauma and low mood. She is a BACP counsellor working in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. Antonella speaks English and Italian and aims to make sessions clear and practical from the first meeting.

She centres therapy on each person's strengths and experience. Antonella believes people already know much about their lives, and she supports them to notice what works and what gets in the way.

Background and approach

Sessions focus on small, manageable steps that fit everyday life rather than long lists of tasks. Her practice draws on therapies that help people change unhelpful patterns and build new skills. Techniques from cognitive and acceptance-based approaches can help with intrusive thoughts, worry, and overwhelming feelings.

Skills from dialectical behaviour work support emotion regulation and steadier reactions in stressful moments. Antonella also uses ideas from Internal Family Systems to help people understand internal conflicts and parts of themselves that feel stuck or critical. This can be useful when dealing with shame, guilt, or difficult memories from past hurt.

People often bring concerns about relationships, intimacy, body image, and life changes. She also addresses attachment issues, codependency, obsessive behaviours, and multicultural concerns. Antonella helps people set realistic goals and reviews progress together so therapy stays relevant and manageable.

How therapy approaches translate to online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice painful thoughts and feelings without fighting them and to take steps that match their values. It can help when worry or avoidance stops someone doing things that matter. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and trying out practical changes in behaviour to reduce anxiety and low mood. This approach is useful for worries, intrusive thoughts, and changing habits. Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) offers concrete skills for managing strong emotions and improving regulation, which can reduce overwhelm and reactive behaviour.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work and happens together. Antonella will talk through goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they decide which methods to try and check in regularly to adapt the plan as needed.

Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter, phone sessions use less bandwidth, and live chat or text messaging can work for brief check-ins or when people prefer written reflection. These options increase flexibility and make ongoing contact easier for people juggling work, family, or other commitments.

What concerns does Antonella commonly help with?

She supports people with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self-esteem problems, depression, and coping with life changes. She also focuses on relationship and intimacy-related issues and related topics such as body image and codependency.

What is her therapeutic style like?

She combines acceptance and commitment, cognitive behavioural, dialectical behaviour, and Internal Family Systems ideas into practical sessions. The emphasis is on small, useful steps and working with a person’s existing strengths.

How much experience does she have?

Antonella has three years of professional experience working as a BACP counsellor in the United Kingdom.

Where is she based and what credential does she hold?

She practises in the United Kingdom and holds BACP registration, which is listed as her credential.

Which languages are available in sessions?

Sessions are offered in English and Italian.

Can people outside the UK work with her?

She is not taking international clients at this time, so sessions are offered to people located in the United Kingdom only.

What formats are used for sessions?

Sessions can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on the person’s preference.

How does payment and scheduling work?

Costs vary with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist’s availability.

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Experience: 3 years
Registered with: BACP
Languages: English, Italian

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Antonella Mezzasalma, BACP

Background and approach

How therapy approaches translate to online sessions

Areas of focus

What this therapist works with

Others working with stress, anxiety