Counsellor profile
Joelma Dos Santos, BACP
Based in United Kingdom · 3 years of experience
Counsellor for anxiety, trauma and life changes
Continue with JoelmaAt a glance
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom (406476)
- Qualifications
- BACP
- Experience
- 3 years
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
- Based in
- United Kingdom
Details come from information Joelma supplied to BetterHelp.
- Stress and anxiety
- Addictions support
- Existential and mindfulness
About Joelma
BACP registered counsellor Joelma Dos Santos has three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and coping with life changes, using approaches drawn from existential, mindfulness and psychodynamic perspectives. Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese.
Joelma frames counselling as a collaborative conversation. She listens to what matters most and then helps people see practical next steps. Conversations are intended to address current struggles such as feeling overwhelmed, difficulty managing urges, or the after-effects of traumatic experiences.
Her use of existential therapy pays attention to questions about meaning, choice and values. Mindfulness approaches are used to develop present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. Psychodynamic ideas support exploring patterns from earlier relationships that affect current feelings and behaviour.
Joelma also focuses on issues that can appear alongside these concerns, including abandonment or attachment difficulties, caregiving stress, communication problems, divorce and separation, guilt and shame, and postpartum depression. She works with practical life matters too, such as money stress, isolation, hoarding and problems around jealousy.
Sessions aim to combine short-term problem solving with attention to longer-standing emotional patterns. The counsellor asks about current goals and adapts the conversation to what the person needs in the moment. To begin, clients use the site matching process to choose from available online counselling options and book a first session.
How Joelma uses therapeutic approaches in online counselling
Joelma draws on existential, mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas to shape online counselling. Existential therapy looks at questions of meaning, choice and values and can help when someone feels uncertain about direction or purpose. Mindfulness therapy teaches present-moment awareness and simple attention exercises to reduce reactivity and manage stress. Psychodynamic work focuses on patterns that started in earlier relationships and helps make sense of repeated emotional responses.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The counsellor will discuss your goals, preferences and current difficulties and then suggest which methods to try first. That plan can change as sessions progress and as you both see what helps most.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the available ways to meet before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Registered or accredited professionals can use different arrangements to suit people’s schedules, and Joelma will help identify practical options that fit everyday life.
Areas of expertise
Additional focus areas
Therapeutic approaches
Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English, Portuguese
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and coping with life changes, plus related issues such as postpartum depression and financial stress.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her practice combines existential, mindfulness and psychodynamic ideas to address both immediate problems and longer-standing patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has three years of professional counselling experience in the United Kingdom.
What credentials does she hold and where is she based?
She is registered with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese.
Can international clients work with her?
Yes, she accepts international clients.
How are sessions arranged and what formats are available?
The original biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm the current options before booking.
How much do sessions cost and how does payment work?
Cost varies by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
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