Joelma Dos SantosBACP

Joelma Dos Santos is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addiction challenges, trauma and abuse, and depression. Joelma aims to treat everyone with respect, sensitivity and compassion from the first conversation.

Her approach is flexible and tailored. She adapts session dialogue and plans to each person’s needs. That can mean focusing on day-to-day coping, exploring patterns from the past, or building new habits to reduce anxiety and cravings.

Joelma draws on existential ideas to help people find meaning and direction when life feels uncertain. She also uses mindfulness practices to slow down overwhelming thoughts and notice bodily responses. Psychodynamic work is used to look at recurring relationship patterns and early attachments that shape current feelings.

She also supports people dealing with issues around abandonment, attachment, caregiving stress, communication problems, relationship separation, guilt and shame, and postpartum depression. Joelma works with multicultural concerns and money or life-purpose questions in straightforward language.

Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese, and international clients are accepted. Therapy uses a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time, and practical steps to begin are clearly outlined when signing up.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Joelma uses a mix of approaches to suit different needs. Existential Therapy helps people look at meaning, choice and purpose when life feels uncertain; it can be useful for major life transitions and questions about direction. Mindfulness Therapy focuses on simple attention practices to reduce reactivity and anxiety, helping to manage overwhelming thoughts and bodily stress responses. Psychodynamic Therapy pays attention to patterns that repeat in relationships and feelings rooted in early life, which can help explain persistent emotional struggles.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Joelma will discuss goals, preferences and how you respond to different methods, and then decide together which ideas to emphasise in sessions. The process is collaborative, with adjustments made as needs change over time.

Practical benefits of online therapy often include fitting sessions more easily into a busy day, saving travel time, and allowing appointments across different locations since international clients are accepted. If you want to know the exact session formats on offer, confirm the current options before booking. This makes it simpler to plan therapy around work, childcare or other commitments without assuming a particular delivery method.