Petronela Antemia, BACP

Petronela Antemia is a UK-qualified therapist who brings seven years of clinical experience to her practice and holds BACP accreditation. BACP stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a professional organisation for counsellors and psychotherapists in the United Kingdom. She works with individuals across a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, trauma and abuse, grief and bereavement, anger, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting challenges, and problems with intimacy and relationships.

Petronela also offers support for people navigating life changes, coping with ADHD, and addressing attachment-related difficulties such as abandonment, codependency, and communication problems. Her practice extends to family matters, domestic violence, divorce and separation, and complex issues like dissociation, guilt and shame, and body image concerns. In addition to individual work, she provides couples therapy that focuses on communication patterns, attachment dynamics, conflict resolution, and the ways past experiences influence current partnerships.

Her clinical approach is collaborative and tailored to each person’s needs, drawing on Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy, and Solution-Focused Therapy to create practical and compassionate treatment plans. Petronela emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and empathy in the therapeutic relationship, and aims to support and empower people as they take steps toward greater wellbeing. More information is available on her website at www.empoweringchangetherapy.co.uk.