Colette Mattos, BACP

4 years in practice

Colette Mattos is a counsellor who helps people facing relationship and personal challenges.

License and registration

BACP: 269070 · expires June 2026
Years in practice: 4
Languages: English

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About Colette

Colette Mattos is a counsellor who helps people facing relationship and personal challenges. She supports people dealing with relationship problems, self-esteem struggles, anxiety, depression and life transitions. Colette offers a calm, respectful space to talk through difficult feelings and confusing patterns.

Her approach pays close attention to attachment and how past relationships shape present ones. She helps clients notice repeated patterns in their relationships and understand the emotions that sit beneath their behaviour.

Background and approach

Work in sessions often focuses on clearer communication and rebuilding a sense of connection. Colette uses practical tools from cognitive behavioural therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy alongside emotionally focused ideas. These methods help people manage upsetting thoughts, practise new ways of responding, and clarify their values.

Sessions aim to be collaborative and paced to what each person needs. She also draws on dialectical behaviour therapy skills to support emotion regulation and distress tolerance. For those struggling with body image, eating concerns, or caregiver stress, sessions explore both feelings and everyday coping strategies.

The goal is to build small, sustainable changes that make daily life easier. Colette is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP. She works in the United Kingdom and offers appointments using online formats.

If someone thinks she may help, the first step is a short matching questionnaire to find a suitable way to begin.

Focus areas and approaches

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Approaches Colette names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches you can use online

Colette commonly uses Existential Therapy to help people reflect on meaning, choices and life direction. This approach can be helpful when someone is questioning life purpose or facing big changes. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on noticing difficult thoughts and staying connected to personal values while taking action.

Client-Centered therapy is another strand of her work, offering a supportive, non-judgemental space where the person’s own experience guides the pace and focus. Together the therapist and client decide which approach or mix of approaches best fits the person’s goals and preferences. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process and can be adjusted as work progresses.

Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different rhythms of life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and text options work for brief check-ins or when someone prefers writing. These formats aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit around work, caregiving or other commitments.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Colette support?

She works with relationship difficulties, parenting and family stress, self-esteem problems, anxiety, depression and life changes. Additional focuses include intimacy issues, body image, caregiver stress and mood concerns.

How would you describe her therapeutic style?

Her style is warm and collaborative, with an emphasis on understanding attachment patterns. Sessions combine talking, practical exercises and skill-building tailored to each person.

What experience does she bring?

Colette has four years of professional experience working with people on relationship and personal concerns. That time includes supporting people through trauma, separation and emotional regulation challenges.

What credentials and location are listed?

She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and practises in the United Kingdom.

Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats does she offer?

Appointments can take place by video call, phone session, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.

How does payment and cost work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I begin working with Colette?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

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