Joelma Dos Santos , BACP

Joelma Dos Santos is a UK-credentialed therapist with three years of professional experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, and depression. She holds BACP, a professional membership with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy that signals training and ethical standards in counselling practice in the United Kingdom. Joelma works in both English and Portuguese, bringing cultural sensitivity to the issues she addresses and an appreciation for how background shapes emotional experience.

Her practice focuses on practical and personal concerns including self-esteem, coping with life changes, and a range of relational and emotional challenges such as attachment and abandonment, caregiver stress, communication difficulties, and isolation. She also supports clients dealing with specific circumstances like postpartum depression, divorce or separation, financial stress, and the long-term effects of trauma. Joelma adapts her conversations and treatment plans to each person she meets, tailoring interventions to fit individual goals and preferences.

Joelma values respect, sensitivity, and compassion in therapeutic work. She acknowledges that beginning therapy takes courage and affirms the step of reaching out for support, aiming to create a space where clients can explore their concerns and build practical skills for change.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Joelma draws from existential therapy, mindfulness therapy, and psychodynamic ideas to help clients understand their inner experience and make meaningful changes. Existential therapy explores questions about purpose, choice, and personal responsibility, assisting people facing big life transitions, uncertainty, or a search for meaning. Mindfulness therapy introduces present-focused awareness and practical exercises to reduce reactivity and manage symptoms of stress, anxiety, and emotional overwhelm. Psychodynamic therapy looks at patterns in relationships and earlier experiences to illuminate how past dynamics influence current feelings and behavior, which can be helpful for attachment issues and long-standing relational difficulties.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Joelma works with each client to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, adjusting methods as therapy progresses so the work fits the person rather than fitting the person to a model.

Online therapy with Joelma is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access consistent support from licensed professionals while balancing work, family, and other commitments, and they allow therapy to continue even when in-person meetings are impractical.