What to Expect
Try one session, to see if you feel comfortable with Flavia, and decide if therapy may help you.
Behavioural Activation
Behavioural activation focuses on how your behaviour affects your thoughts and feelings. It involves planning and doing constructive activities. Behavioural activation aims to help you develop more positive behaviour.
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) suggests behavioural activation for:
- Depression
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
CBT focuses on how your thoughts (cognitions) affect your feelings and actions. It recognises and challenges negative thoughts that perpetuate the problems you experience. The objective of cognitive behavioural therapy is for you to experience healthier thoughts and emotions.
NICE suggests CBT for:
- Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)
- Depression
- Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Panic
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Self Harm
- Binge Eating Disorder (BED)
- Bulimia
Counselling
Counselling centres on listening to you, and assisting you. You determine which issue regarding your early years and/or adulthood you discuss. An objective of counselling is to enable you to speak about a difficulty and discover a way forward which is appropriate for you.
NICE suggests counselling for:
- Depression
Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR)
Eye movement desensitisation reprocessing directs your eye movements to affect how your mind processes data. The technique attempts to reprocess your frozen traumatic memories. The objective of eye movement desensitisation reprocessing is to desensitise your upsetting memories.
NICE suggests EMDR for:
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Psychology
Psychology is interested in you and your thoughts, emotions and behaviour. It offers you psychological interventions and mental wellbeing support. The objective of psychological therapy is to help you ease symptoms.
Therapy
- Abuse
- Anger
- Bereavement
- Relationship Problems
- Self Esteem
- Stress
Private Health Insurance Registrations
- Aviva Health
- AXA PPP Healthcare
- BUPA
- CIGNA
- PruHealth
- Simplyhealth
- WPA
Qualifications
| Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered Counselling Psychologist Last Check 10/11/2025 | Next Review 10/12/2025 | |
| April 2018 |
Certificate Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing (EMDR) Alexandra Richman (UK) Verified 29/10/2019 |
| June 2015 |
Certificate Behavioural Activation NHS (UK) Verified 29/10/2019 |
| October 2014 |
Certificate Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) University of London University College London (UK) Verified 01/11/2017 |
| October 2011 |
Doctorate Counselling Psychology University of Surrey (UK) Verified 15/09/2014 |
Flavia Cigolla is bound by the Standards of the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
Fees
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Wheelchair access: Yes