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Mr Angelo Valente (AV Coaching Sweden)
Registered Professional Counselor
“Therapy has become very clinical in the pathological world we live in. I focus on ways to make ethical, value-based choices that help you build a purposeful, meaningful life. I use an Existentialist approach, and my methods use Self Determination Theory & lessons from aviation psychology to lift you up!”
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About Me
I understand 'therapy' can sometimes feel overly clinical. My approach helps you cultivate a purposeful, meaningful life, moving beyond learned helplessness or hopelessness. We’ll explore ethical, value-based choices, drawing on an Existentialist approach and Self-Determination Theory. Practical lessons from aviation psychology and power psychometrics help you navigate life's complexities. This unique blend supports those seeking clarity and direction, helping you find your authentic path forward.
I have decades of experience in self-actualization, having started life on the back-foot in poverty and neglect. I endured 7 years of anorexia and alcohol abuse while battling Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). Later I was a successful entrepreneur for 20 years, achieved a pilot's license and began my psychology degree before Covid-19 hit. Today I live in Sweden and practice online with people around the world. I moved away from classic 'therapy' to coaching because I felt the term 'therapy' has gained some stigma of being drawn-out and overly complicated, some methods I do not subscribe to. For me; coaching has evolved into a professional arena with psychometrics support. These modern tools enable me to give you more control and transparency in the process.
I invite you to start with a personality-type assessment and analysis, I have helped many people change their distress levels, make better choices, and find self-actualization, building on the decades of personal growth I have achieved.
Approach
Building on the focus on values and ethical living through professional level psychometrics, sessions move with practical, often kinetic pacing—short-check ins, focused reflections, and concrete experiments you can try between meetings. From my base in Sweden I work in English and online, creating a predictable, calm structure that borrows safety-minded lessons from aviation to reduce overwhelm and sharpen decision-making through self-report psychometrics like the NEO-120, IIP-32 and other powerful assessments. We will tune toward autonomy, competence and connection so you feel more grounded in choices about body, identity and life-stage transitions. People seeking clarity, self-awareness and growth gain immensely from my process.
Recommendations
- Personality Profile min 4 sessions
- Full personality and life analysis min 6 sessions
- Deep interactional patterns analysis (IPA) min 12 sessions (individual)
- System/couple/family IPA min 24 sessions
- ongoing/intermittent support always available
Services
Primarily self-awareness growth, life-stage transition analysis, Gendered distress, body dysmorphia, existential crisis, interactional patterns, self-actualization.
Services Offered:
Coaching
A goal-oriented practice focused on identifying objectives, overcoming obstacles, and taking action, centred on the present and future rather than past difficulties.
Personal Development
The ongoing process of self-awareness, self-improvement, and reaching one's potential, pursued not because something is wrong but to live more fully.
Conflict Management
Structured approaches to resolving disputes and improving communication between people in conflict, whether in relationships, families, or workplaces.
Counselling
A form of talk therapy providing a safe, confidential space to explore feelings, thoughts, and behaviours with a trained professional.
Learn more about CounsellingCrisis Support & Counselling
Emergency emotional support and counselling for people in acute psychological distress, available at the point of need.
Learn more about Crisis Support & CounsellingFamily Therapy
A form of therapy that works with family members together to improve communication, resolve conflict, and strengthen relationships within the family system.
Learn more about Family TherapyIndividual Therapy
One-on-one therapy sessions between a client and a therapist, focused on that person's specific concerns and goals.
Learn more about Individual TherapyPersonality Difficulties & Diagnostic Assessment
Assessment of long-standing patterns in thinking, feeling, and relating that cause persistent distress, used to clarify diagnosis and guide treatment.
Psychoeducation
Structured information provided about a mental health condition (what it is, why it occurs, and what strategies can help) as part of the therapeutic process.
Learn more about PsychoeducationInterpersonal Therapy
A short-term, structured therapy that focuses on improving relationships and resolving interpersonal difficulties as a way to relieve emotional distress, particularly depression.
Works With:
- All ages
- Adolescents
- Adults
- Couples
- Elderly
- Families
- Individuals
- Organisations
- Parents
Area of Expertise
Scope of Practice:
Eating Disorders
A group of conditions, including anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating, involving disturbed eating behaviours and a distorted relationship with food and body image.
Learn more about Eating DisordersBody Image
How a person perceives, thinks, and feels about their physical appearance. When persistently negative, it can drive distress, avoidance, and disordered eating.
Learn more about Body ImagePersonal Development
The ongoing process of self-awareness, self-improvement, and reaching one's potential, pursued not because something is wrong but to live more fully.
LGBTQI+ Support
The unique psychological experiences of LGBTQI+ individuals, including identity exploration, coming out, discrimination, minority stress, and relationship dynamics.
Life Transitions
Major life changes, such as relocation, retirement, parenthood, or career shifts, that disrupt routine and require psychological adjustment.
Learn more about Life TransitionsMen's Issues
Psychological challenges commonly experienced by men, including difficulty expressing emotions, anger, relationship struggles, fatherhood pressures, and societal expectations of masculinity.
Suicide Bereavement or Crisis
The grief of losing someone to suicide, or being in a state of suicidal crisis oneself, both carrying unique psychological weight that differs from other forms of loss.
Learn more about Suicide Bereavement or CrisisAnorexia
An eating disorder characterised by severe food restriction, intense fear of weight gain, and a distorted perception of one's own body size or shape.
Learn more about AnorexiaCareer Issues
Work-related difficulties such as chronic dissatisfaction, conflict, burnout, uncertainty about direction, or the stress of career change.
Parenting Support
Guidance for the psychological challenges of raising children, including discipline, communication, co-parenting, and managing the emotional demands of parenthood.
Professional Title:
Registered Professional Counselor
A counselor registered with a professional body to provide counselling services.
Credentials
Registrations
Qualifications
Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) in Counselling
South African College of Applied Psychology
Year: 2022
Suicide Prevention Continuing Education (PESI CE)
PESI USA
Year: 2021
Service Areas
Ostermalm, Sundsvall, Sweden
