About Velia
Velia is an experienced bilingual psychodynamic psychotherapist and psychosexual therapist, working in English and Italian with both couples and individuals, offering in-person in North London and online sessions to help them understand and address problems in their relationships, whether present or past in order to find a more fulfilling way forward.
Over the years, Velia has worked with a wide range of relationship and sexual issues, with clients from diverse cultural and religious backgrounds as well as sexual orientations, always offering a warm, supportive and containing space.
Velia qualified in psychodynamic psychotherapy and psychosexual therapy at Tavistock Relationships in London, a leading institute for psychotherapy and couple relationships. She further specialised in Couple Therapy for Depression, Mentalisation-Based Therapy for Couples and Divorce and Separation, working with high-conflict clients.
Velia’s specialisations and areas of interest are:
- Affairs, infidelity
- Anxiety and Depression
- Arousal, desire, sexual dysfunction
- Attachment disorder and Childhood trauma
- Communication issues
- Divorce, separation
- Low self-esteem
- Miscarriages, pregnancy and birth
- Postnatal depression
- Relationship challenges/breakdown
- Sex and intimacy problems
She is a staff member at Tavistock Relationships, working as a clinician and leading the training team for Couple Therapy for Depression and Couple Therapy for Depression with a Perinatal Focus, setting up training as well as training and supervising NHS practitioners across the country.
Velia is a registered member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP), the College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists (COSRT), and the European Society for Sexual Medicine (ESSM).
