Ylenia Ceccarelli, NCPS
3 years in practice
Ylenia Ceccarelli is a relationship counsellor who uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside attachment-based and client-centred methods.
License and registration
- NCPS
- NCS24-04662 · expires November 2026
- Years in practice
- 3
- Languages
- English, Italian
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Ylenia
Ylenia Ceccarelli is a relationship counsellor who uses Emotionally-Focused Therapy alongside attachment-based and client-centred methods. She works with people to improve communication, rebuild trust, and manage relationship stress. Ylenia speaks English and Italian and practices from the United Kingdom.
She trained in psychosocial studies and completed a Level 5 Diploma in Relationship Counselling, a CPCAB-accredited programme delivered by Relate. Ylenia is also a member of the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS), which she lists among her professional credentials.
Background and approach
Her background includes volunteer work as a Samaritans volunteer leader, where she gained experience offering emotional support and listening to people in distress. That experience shapes how she holds conversations in therapy - with calm attention and steady listening. In sessions she focuses on identifying repeated patterns, naming the emotions underneath behaviour, and trying new ways of connecting.
Practical goals include better communication, clearer boundaries, and handling major life changes such as separation or relocation. She regularly works on issues such as anxiety, depression, intimacy problems, infertility or parenting stress, and concerns linked to identity or immigration. Ylenia adapts the pace to each person and uses straightforward language rather than jargon.
People can expect a collaborative, respectful approach that connects feeling and behaviour. She combines short-term practical steps with deeper work on attachment and emotional experience.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Ylenia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Ylenia names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
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Online support
How Emotion-Focused and Attachment Work Online
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and work with strong feelings that shape how they relate. Online sessions walk through emotional responses and look for ways to notice and change unhelpful interaction patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early bond patterns affect adult relationships and helps people build safer ways of relating and asking for support.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about concerns, goals and preferences and suggest which methods to try first. This is a collaborative process and approaches can be adjusted as therapy progresses.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and non-verbal cues, phone sessions can suit lower bandwidth or quick check-ins, and messaging or live chat work well for short reflections between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, childcare or travel while keeping regular contact with a registered or accredited professional.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship problems including intimacy and trust issues. Other focuses include self-esteem, parenting strain, family conflict and immigration-related stresses.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style blends Emotionally-Focused Therapy with attachment-based and client-centred approaches. Sessions aim to identify feelings, notice patterns and try practical steps to improve connection and communication.
What experience does she bring?
She has three years of counselling experience and prior voluntary experience as a Samaritans volunteer leader supporting people in distress.
What credentials and location are listed?
She lists NCPS as a credential and she practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Italian.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled?
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