Counsellor profile
Alessio Tonato, BACP
Based in United Kingdom · 7 years of experience
Psychotherapeutic counsellor for relationship and personal issues
Continue with AlessioAt a glance
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom (392692)
- Qualifications
- BACP
- Experience
- 7 years
- Languages
- English, French, Italian
- Based in
- United Kingdom
Details come from information Alessio supplied to BetterHelp.
- Attachment-based work
- Mindfulness methods
- Somatic awareness
About Alessio
BACP. 7 years' experience. Alessio Tonato offers psychotherapeutic counselling for people facing personal and professional difficulties. He works in English, French and Italian and focuses on stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy-related issues, self-esteem, depression, family matters, trauma and abuse, anger, career concerns and coping with life changes.
Alessio uses attachment-based, mindfulness and somatic approaches in sessions. He aims to raise awareness of patterns that cause difficulty and helps people notice how their body, thoughts and relationships interact. Sessions involve talking through current problems and identifying habitual reactions that can be changed.
He favours a dialogic style - a conversational way of working that invites reflection and experimentation. This can include simple mindfulness exercises, paying attention to bodily sensations, and discussing past and current attachment experiences to better understand repeated relationship patterns.
Practical aims in sessions include spotting unhelpful behaviours, trying small alternative responses and widening choices in work and personal life. Alessio describes this as supporting professional and personal growth through increased awareness and practical steps rather than abstract theory.
People considering counselling with him can expect clear language and short-term goals alongside deeper exploration when needed. He describes the work as helping clients face challenges with more confidence and more flexible ways of responding.
Sessions are offered in the United Kingdom. International clients are not currently accepted.
How Alessio’s approaches work for online counselling
Alessio draws on attachment-based work to look at how early relationships influence current relationship patterns and expectations. This helps with trust, commitment issues, codependency and communication problems by mapping recurring interaction styles.He uses mindfulness techniques to bring attention to present experience, reduce reactivity and support emotional regulation. Mindfulness exercises in sessions can help when anxiety, stress or anger make it hard to think clearly.
Somatic methods focus on bodily sensations and how the body holds stress or trauma. These simple practices can help people notice tension, ground themselves and try different responses when old patterns kick in.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The counsellor will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs and agree together which methods to try. This is a collaborative process rather than a fixed programme.
Confirm the available session formats before booking, as the biography does not specify them. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions around work and family commitments, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also allows people to use mindfulness and somatic exercises between sessions to support change in everyday life.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
7+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, French, Italian
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does he work with?
He works with stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, self-esteem, depression, family problems, trauma and abuse, anger, career matters and coping with life changes.
What is his therapeutic style?
He uses a dialogic conversational style and draws on attachment-based therapy, mindfulness and somatic techniques to increase awareness and change unhelpful patterns.
How much experience does he have?
He has seven years of experience practising psychotherapeutic counselling.
Is he BACP registered and where is he based?
He is BACP registered and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English, French and Italian.
Can people outside the UK work with him?
He is not accepting international clients at this time.
How are sessions arranged and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start counselling with him?
Select the See online counselling options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
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