- Years in practice
- 6
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Sueli
Sueli Montilha is a psychotherapeutic counsellor who uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to help people manage emotional and relational difficulties. She holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Low Intensity Psychological Interventions and an MSc in Contemporary Psychosexual Therapy with distinction. She also has an Advanced Professional Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling and a CPCAB Certificate in Counselling Children.
Sueli has six years of clinical experience in the charity sector and the NHS. Her work focuses on stress, anxiety and depression, plus relationship and intimacy-related concerns.
Background and approach
She offers support for people coping with trauma and abuse, grief, parenting challenges and issues around sexual wellbeing. She is GSRD aware and works respectfully with diverse genders, sexualities and relationship styles. Sueli uses a bio-psychosocial framework to look at how biological, psychological and social factors interact in a person’s life.
She pays attention to cultural context and intersectional factors, drawing on her own international background to inform this perspective. Sessions aim to identify small, practical steps that fit into daily life. Common themes she addresses include attachment and adoption and foster care matters, separation and divorce, and problems with desire or sexual function.
She also supports people facing isolation, compassion fatigue, control issues and the fallout from domestic violence or family of origin problems. Her practice in the United Kingdom includes video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time, and fees vary with location and therapist availability.
What Sueli works with
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- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques are used to explore emotional and relational difficulties and to build practical coping skills. For example, psychosexual therapy focuses on understanding sexual wellbeing and function, and it helps address problems with desire, arousal or pain through education, communication exercises and behavioural work. A low intensity psychological approach offers brief, structured strategies to reduce anxiety and low mood, using manageable tasks and pacing to build confidence and reduce overwhelm.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to figure out which techniques suit their needs, goals and preferences. They will adapt the plan over time based on progress and what feels most helpful for the individual.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations, phone sessions can be a good fit when bandwidth is limited, live chat and messaging offer shorter check-ins and the ability to reflect in writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving or other commitments while keeping therapeutic momentum.
Questions people ask about Sueli
What kinds of concerns can Sueli help with?
Sueli supports people with stress, anxiety and mood concerns. She also helps with relationship difficulties, intimacy and sexual wellbeing matters, grief, parenting challenges and trauma-related issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques within a bio-psychosocial framework. Sessions are practical and collaborative, aiming to identify small, doable steps that fit into everyday life.
What experience does she bring?
Sueli has six years of experience working in the charity sector and the NHS. Her background includes work with children, young people and adults across varied settings.
What qualifications does she hold and where is she based?
She holds an Advanced Professional Diploma in Psychotherapeutic Counselling, a CPCAB Certificate in Counselling Children, a Postgraduate Certificate in Low Intensity Psychological Interventions and an MSc in Contemporary Psychosexual Therapy with distinction. She practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats does she offer?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How does the cost and getting started process work?
Fees vary with location and therapist availability and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to therapist availability.
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