Rebeca Paiva, BACP
Rebeca Paiva is a counsellor with eight years of experience supporting adults through stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties.
- Stress & Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and Abuse
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About Rebeca
Rebeca Paiva is a counsellor with eight years of experience supporting adults through stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties. She works in English and Portuguese and supports people dealing with trauma, grief, addiction and challenges like low self-esteem or overthinking. Her background includes work with parenting concerns, intimacy-related issues and coping with life transitions.
She draws on a humanistic, person-centred base and integrates practical methods so sessions are both reflective and actionable.
Background and approach
Rebeca helps people spot repeated patterns from childhood and current triggers that keep problems cycling. She uses plain language and aims to make sessions feel steady and manageable. Sessions often focus on improving communication, building self-worth and learning ways to regulate strong emotions.
Practical tools for stress management, motivation and resilience are blended with space to talk through painful memories. Rebeca also supports people facing compassion fatigue and the strain of caregiving. Her work includes addressing specific concerns such as attachment wounds, abandonment fears, body image and issues arising from kink or alternative sexual cultures.
She also helps people navigate separation, addiction, and the emotional fallout of domestic violence. Rebeca offers multiple ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. She asks new clients to complete a short questionnaire to match needs and then arrange scheduling that fits their life.
Registration
| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 373161 | March 2026 |
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.
Costs are shown on the partner platform before you commit. If cost is a concern, ask about reduced-fee options.
Focus areas and approaches
What Rebeca works with
Everything Rebeca lists, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Rebeca lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
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Online support
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional patterns. It helps people understand triggers, improve emotional connection and change long-standing ways of relating to others.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Rebeca will discuss goals and preferences and try different methods to see what fits. That collaborative process means therapy can shift over time as needs change.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different days and routines. Video is useful for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is low, live chat suits shorter check-ins and messaging supports ongoing reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to book around work, family and travel while keeping the focus on steady progress and practical coping skills.
Frequently asked
What kinds of problems does this counsellor help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship concerns. She also addresses parenting strain, addictions, grief, low self-esteem and many related issues listed in her profile.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is humanistic and person-centred with practical methods mixed in. Sessions combine emotional exploration with tools for coping and behaviour change.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has eight years of practice supporting adults with a wide range of emotional and relationship difficulties.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and is based in the United Kingdom.
Can I see her if I live outside the UK or don’t speak English?
Sessions are offered to international clients and are available in English and Portuguese.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What should I do to begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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