Petra Alena Todorov, BACP

Petra Alena Todorov is a counsellor who blends psychodynamic, trauma-focused and systemic ideas to help people untangle stressful relationship patterns. She has BACP registration and about eight years of clinical experience. Petra speaks English and Romanian and works from the United Kingdom.

Petra uses conversation to map how past relationships shape present feelings. Sessions look at patterns such as abandonment, attachment difficulties and codependency. She also supports people dealing with grief, infidelity, isolation and life transitions that affect self-esteem and identity.

Her background includes working in global organisations, which she draws on to understand workplace stress and cultural identity. That experience informs practical strategies for managing anxiety and emotional overwhelm. Petra aims to combine clinical insight with everyday language so ideas can be tried between sessions.

In sessions she pays attention to dissociation, dependent personality traits and communication problems that often sit beneath visible conflict. She uses trauma-focused work when painful memories affect current relationships, and systemic thinking to consider how family or blended household patterns play out now.

People meet Petra for coaching-style support as well as for longer therapeutic work. She helps clarify goals and then tests straightforward actions to shift difficult patterns. If you want to explore whether her approach fits your needs, follow the Start Therapy steps to complete the short questionnaire and arrange an initial meeting.

How psychodynamic, trauma-focused and systemic work translate online

Psychodynamic work looks at how past relationships influence current feelings and behaviours; online sessions use conversation to notice recurring patterns and make small changes over time.

Trauma-focused therapy helps identify and reduce the hold of painful memories and reactions. Online meetings can be used to pace memory work and develop practical coping strategies for anxiety and dissociation.

Systemic therapy pays attention to how family or household patterns affect an individual. In online sessions the therapist will map relationships, communication cycles and role expectations to find points where new choices are possible.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Petra will discuss goals and preferences with clients and decide together which methods to try first, and how to adapt them as needs change. This is a collaborative process that values the client's experience and practical aims.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Registered or accredited professionals commonly use these benefits to help people sustain steady progress while balancing everyday commitments.