Dr. Andreia Santo, HCPC
Dr. Andreia Santo helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, loss or big life changes. She is direct and warm, and she speaks English and Portuguese. Her backgrou
- Stress & Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
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About Andreia
Dr. Andreia Santo helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, loss or big life changes. She is direct and warm, and she speaks English and Portuguese.
Her background spans work with mood disorders, addiction, trauma and relationship concerns, plus focus areas such as attachment, abandonment and ADHD. She trained in Portugal and practised across health and community services before moving to the United Kingdom in 2010.
Since then she has worked in child and adolescent mental health services within the NHS and completed further study in family and systemic theory at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust.
Background and approach
Her HCPC registration is listed as HCPC. Her clinical work draws on evidence-informed methods including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Attachment-Based and Client-Centred approaches. In sessions she helps people notice patterns, try new ways of coping and practise skills that reduce distress in daily life.
She has 16 years of experience and has also spent time in early intervention services and community placements, providing assessments and direct interventions. More recently she has moved towards independent research while continuing remote clinical work. People working with her can expect practical, down-to-earth conversations about goals and next steps.
She prefers to manage her time so responses may come on scheduled workdays rather than weekends, and she works mainly via remote session formats.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| HCPC | PYL28359 | May 2027 |
Registration details are as listed on the counsellor's public profile. You can check any number with the registering body.
Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
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Focus areas and approaches
What Andreia works with
Everything Andreia lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Andreia lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
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Online support
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms and preferences, and will suggest ways of working that fit those needs. That process is collaborative and can change over time as progress is made.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy lives or who prefer remote contact. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging suit shorter check-ins or when someone prefers writing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel while using the chosen therapeutic methods in day-to-day life.
Frequently asked
What kinds of concerns does this counsellor help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, addiction, depression and grief, and also addresses relationship and intimacy-related issues, trauma and abuse, eating and sleeping problems, ADHD and other listed focus areas.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a blend of practical, skills-based work and person-centred listening drawing on approaches such as ACT, CBT, DBT and attachment-focused methods.
What background and experience does she have?
She has 16 years of experience. Her work history includes placements in early intervention services, community health centres and NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practises from the United Kingdom and holds the credential HCPC as supplied in her biography.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese, and she is available to work with international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging as ways to meet remotely.
How are fees and payments organised?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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