Colette Mattos

Colette is a compassionate and empathetic counsellor, specialising in helping individuals with low moods, feelings of sadness, and lack of motivation. She offers counselling services to teenagers aged 16 and 17, and adults over 18.

Colette is also experienced in parent counselling and coaching, guiding parents in managing their child’s emotions and behaviours, as well as considering the impact on family dynamics. With a holistic approach, Colette integrates counselling, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Somatics, Mindfulness, and Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). She empowers clients to envision a different life, explore their situations, and manage anxiety, depression, and limiting beliefs.

She practices at The Awareness Centre in Clapham on Saturdays and also offers online evening sessions. Colette accommodates weekly and bi-weekly sessions for in-person and online counselling.

As a registered member of the BACP, Colette holds qualifications in BSc Integrative Counselling, NLP Practitioner, and Master NLP Practitioner. Her counselling expertise extends to individuals dealing with depression, anxiety, relationship issues, and low self-worth. Additionally, Colette offers specialised parent and child coaching sessions, focusing on children aged 4 to 10 years, as well as individual parent sessions for parents of older children. Utilising a blended approach, she combines parent counselling, child-led play, psychoeducation, and proven therapeutic techniques to support parents to help their children effectively regulate their emotions and manage challenging behaviours. The Blended Parenting and Child Sessions lasts 12 weeks, and cater to single parents, couples, carers, kinship, and involve some sessions with parent and child together. Upon completion, parents have the option to continue with individual counselling or parent counselling sessions as needed.

Colette charges £65 per session for individual counselling and parent counselling sessions. For parent coaching sessions, including children’s play sessions within the 12-week program, the fee is £75 per session.

In summary, Colette’s warm and caring approach, coupled with her diverse therapeutic techniques and extensive experience, provides invaluable support for clients as they navigate life’s challenges.