Marcos Alves Ribeiro , BACP

Marcos Alves Ribeiro is a BACP-accredited psychotherapist with more than 23 years of experience supporting people through emotional distress and life transitions. He draws on person-centered methods alongside cognitive behavioral techniques and existential perspectives to help clients explore meaning, manage distress, and build practical coping strategies. Marcos offers therapy in English and Portuguese and has a background in working with individuals, couples, and groups on concerns such as anxiety, depression, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, addiction, grief, and parenting challenges.

He combines an empathic, client-centered stance with structured interventions when helpful, tailoring his approach to each person’s needs and goals. His practice includes work with intimacy-related issues, body image and eating difficulties, family and blended-family dynamics, and matters related to LGBT identities. Marcos is also experienced in crisis intervention and interventions for more severe mental health presentations, and he has professional familiarity with the Mental Health Act 2010 and the Equality and Diversity Act 2010.

Marcos balances clinical work with lecturing and research interests, and he aims to create a collaborative therapeutic relationship that supports long-term wellbeing. He communicates effectively in both English and Portuguese and works with clients from a range of cultural backgrounds, including international clients.

Approaches Marcos uses for online therapy

Marcos integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Client-Centered Therapy with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to support people in online sessions. ACT helps clients focus on personal values and build psychological flexibility by learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings while pursuing meaningful goals. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes an empathic, nonjudgmental relationship in which the therapist listens closely and follows the client's pace to encourage self-understanding and growth. CBT offers time-limited, structured techniques to identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that maintain anxiety, depression, and other concerns.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic work. Marcos collaborates with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adapting interventions over time so therapy remains practical and relevant.

Online therapy with Marcos is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, providing greater flexibility to fit therapy into busy lives and to connect across distances. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, accommodate different communication styles, and access licensed professionals from varied locations.