Beatriz Zanichelli Sonego, BACP

Beatriz Zanichelli Sonego is an experienced clinical psychologist and counsellor with 15 years of practice across higher education, community services, healthcare settings, and private practice. She works with adults individually, offering both online therapy and in-person sessions from a consulting room in Oxford, United Kingdom.

She provides open-ended psychotherapy and aims to create a compassionate space where people can explore their emotions and life experiences. Her practice was shaped by psychodynamic ideas that attend to early relational patterns and unconscious dynamics, while also integrating practical strategies tailored to each person’s needs. She is registered with BACP - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which is the professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK.

Her clinical work focuses on loss, relationship and family concerns, self-esteem, life transitions, anxiety and depression, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating concerns, career challenges, and coping with change. She also offers LGBT affirmative support and works with issues such as abandonment, attachment difficulties, caregiving stress, and blended family dynamics.

As a migrant to the UK, she understands the challenges of moving between cultures and languages and offers sessions in English and Portuguese. An initial meeting is offered to assess together whether ongoing psychotherapeutic work would be helpful. Beatriz emphasizes the importance of the therapeutic relationship and supports people to find the right form of help for their situation.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online and In-Person Care

Beatriz uses Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how early relationships influence current patterns of connection and trust. This approach helps people address difficulties in intimacy, abandonment fears, and long-standing relationship dynamics by focusing on emotional bonds and how they shape behaviour.

She also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which places the person’s experience at the heart of the work. This method emphasizes empathy, nonjudgemental listening, and collaboration so that clients can clarify values, build self-esteem, and find their own solutions.

Depending on the presenting concern, she integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and develop practical skills for managing anxiety, low mood, and stress. The choice of approach is made together in discussion with the client, taking into account needs, goals, and personal preference - the therapist supports a collaborative exploration to find the best fit.

Online therapy with Beatriz is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access regular sessions while balancing work, family, and other commitments, and they allow continuity of care when in-person attendance is not possible.