Petronela Antemia, BACP

Petronela Antemia is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has seven years of practice in the United Kingdom. She helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, relationship strain, trauma and abuse, anger, low self-esteem, grief, sleep and eating difficulties, and other life changes. Petronela also lists support for people concerned about intimacy, parenting pressures, ADHD and LGBT issues.

She uses straightforward conversation as the core of her work. Sessions focus on what is happening now and on practical steps people can try between meetings. Petronela mixes client-centred listening with techniques from cognitive behavioural approaches and solution-focused ideas to address patterns that cause distress.

Her background includes helping people manage attachment and abandonment concerns, communication difficulties, codependency and control issues. She also has experience with autistic clients and with people facing separation, domestic violence, dissociation, guilt and shame. That experience informs how she plans sessions and sets realistic short-term goals.

In practice she pays attention to how past experiences affect present relationships and behaviour. Conversations look at thoughts, feelings and small changes that reduce anxiety and improve day-to-day functioning. Many people use the sessions to practise new ways of communicating and managing difficult emotions.

Petronela offers sessions in English and accepts international clients. To begin, readers are asked to follow the site’s steps to view online therapy options and complete a short matching questionnaire before booking a first appointment.

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