Bonita Zammit, BACP

Bonita Zammit uses a person-centred and relational approach to therapy. She aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space where people can talk about painful experiences and work through difficult feelings. Bonita is a BACP counsellor with 14 years of experience and speaks English. She sees clients in the United Kingdom and accepts international clients through the service.

Bonita trained as an integrative counsellor in 2007 and holds an Advanced Diploma. Since qualifying she has worked in diverse settings, including a women’s centre, a GP centre, a prison, and in independent practice. She has experience offering one-to-one work, group work and telephone support as part of that background.

A large part of her practice has involved supporting women who have survived domestic abuse. She also co-facilitates a 12 week Freedom Programme aimed at helping women understand abuse and its consequences. Those roles have shaped her focus on trauma, safety and recovery.

Bonita describes her approach as phenomenological and person-centred, emphasising trust, respect and emotional attunement. She also works with attachment-related themes and psychodynamic ideas to help uncover patterns that affect relationships and self-worth.

Her areas of focus include relationship and intimacy issues, family-related concerns, coping with life changes, stress, anxiety, addictions, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting strain, low self-esteem, career problems, bipolar and depression. Additional interests include abandonment, codependency, guilt and shame, hoarding, isolation, jealousy and sexual assault and abuse.

Clients can expect someone who values the therapeutic journey and offers steady, empathic support while they work through practical and emotional challenges.

How Bonita’s approaches translate to online work

Bonita uses person-centred practice rooted in attachment-based thinking to help people feel heard and understood. Client-Centred Therapy focuses on empathy and acceptance, helping people explore their feelings at their own pace and build self-worth. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current patterns and can be useful for relationship worries, abandonment fears and intimacy concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and practical needs and then decide together which way of working fits best. That collaborative planning means methods can shift as progress and understanding develop.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm available session options before booking because formats were not specified in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into everyday life and reduce travel time. It also allows shorter check-ins when needed, or meetings that do not require being on camera. Many people find remote sessions help maintain continuity when routines change, while still allowing the same relational focus that characterises her practice.