Joelma Dos Santos, BACP

Joelma Dos Santos is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience and a BACP credential. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, and depression. Joelma aims to meet each person with respect, sensitivity and compassion from the first contact. She shapes sessions to the individual, tailoring conversation and a treatment plan to fit what matters most to the client. Her work also addresses issues such as self-esteem, coping with life changes and jealousy. She speaks English and Portuguese, which can help when cultural context matters. Joelma draws on existential therapy to help people find meaning and direction when life feels uncertain. She uses mindfulness approaches to help calm the body and mind in the moment. Psychodynamic ideas often inform discussions about past patterns that continue to affect current relationships and feelings. Her style is down-to-earth and straightforward. Sessions focus on practical steps alongside deeper reflection, depending on what the person needs that week. Joelma encourages small changes that add up over time while also attending to complex emotions. Signing up starts with a short matching questionnaire and then booking a session according to availability. She accepts international clients, and sessions are offered in English and Portuguese. The service operates on a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How Joelma's approaches translate to online work

Existential therapy helps people look at life's big questions and decide what matters now. It can be useful when someone feels stuck after major life changes or struggles with purpose. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce stress and manage strong emotions in day-to-day life. These practices are often taught in short exercises and repeated between sessions. Psychodynamic ideas focus on patterns that come from past experiences and how they repeat now, which can clarify recurring conflicts and feelings. Finding the right combination of these approaches is part of the work. Joelma will discuss goals and preferences and together they will choose methods that match the person's needs. That collaborative conversation helps shape each session and the plan over time. Confirm the current session options before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people join from different places if schedules or geography make in-person meetings difficult. Registered or accredited professionals can adjust pacing, homework and session length to suit how someone is managing between sessions.