Beatriz Zanichelli Sonego , BACP

Beatriz Zanichelli Sonego approaches the decision to begin therapy with empathy and practical clarity, recognizing how confusing it can feel to decide if this is the right time to seek help. With 15 years of experience, she has worked across higher education, community settings, healthcare services, and in private practice, bringing a breadth of experience to her work with adults. She has described her professional identity as a Clinical Psychologist and Counsellor and holds the BACP credential - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which indicates affiliation with a professional counselling body.

She offers open-ended psychotherapy and emphasizes the importance of tailoring the therapeutic conversation to each person, creating a compassionate space for emotional expression and exploration. Her practice was shaped by a psychodynamic orientation that pays attention to patterns, relationships, and underlying emotional themes, and she also draws on a range of therapeutic methods to address issues such as loss, relationship and self-esteem difficulties, life transitions, anxiety, and depression. She is an LGBTQIA+ affirmative therapist and speaks both English and Portuguese, informed by her own experience as a migrant in the United Kingdom.

Beatriz typically begins with an initial session to assess whether ongoing psychotherapeutic work will be beneficial and to agree goals and fit. She encourages people to reach out with questions about the process and how therapy might help their particular situation.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships and attachment patterns shape current emotional responses and close relationships; it can help people address issues around abandonment, intimacy, and longstanding relational patterns. Client-Centered Therapy places the person at the center of the therapeutic process, using empathic listening and acceptance to support self-exploration and strengthen self-esteem and personal agency. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers practical tools to identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, often helping with anxiety, depression, and coping with life changes.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work together with each person to identify goals, trial different methods when appropriate, and find the best fit based on needs, preferences, and progress. That collaborative stance helps tailor sessions to what feels most useful for the individual.

Online therapy options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to access licensed professionals from different locations. These formats provide flexibility in scheduling, allow continuation of work between in-person meetings, and support ongoing connection when in-person sessions are not possible.