Joelma Dos Santos

Joelma Dos Santos is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has three years of professional experience in the United Kingdom. She works with people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem and coping with life changes. Joelma speaks English and Portuguese and accepts international clients.

Joelma keeps conversations direct and practical. She listens for the patterns that make day-to-day life harder, then helps people notice options they may have missed. Sessions tend to focus on developing small, workable steps that a person can try between meetings. This can help when someone feels stuck or unsure what to do next.

Her background includes psychodynamic, existential and mindfulness approaches. That means she pays attention to past relationship patterns, questions about meaning and values, and skills for staying present and managing stress. In practice this can look like talking about early relationships, reflecting on choices and priorities, and learning brief breathing or attention exercises to reduce overwhelm.

Joelma will work with a person to shape sessions around their needs and aims. She notes concerns such as attachment pain, abandonment, caregiver stress, communication problems, divorce, guilt and shame, hoarding, isolation, jealousy, money worries and postpartum depression.

Sessions are arranged through a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time. To begin, clients use the platform's matching questionnaire and schedule an initial meeting to see how the approach fits their situation.

How her approaches translate to online work

Existential Therapy helps people look at questions about meaning, choice and responsibility. It can be useful when a person is rethinking work, relationships or what matters next. Mindfulness Therapy teaches attention and breathing practices that reduce stress and help someone respond more calmly to anxiety. Psychodynamic Therapy focuses on patterns from earlier relationships and how they appear in today's life, which can clarify repeated problems and improve decision making.

Finding the right mixture of these approaches is part of the work. Joelma will discuss what feels most relevant and will try ways of working that match a client's aims and preferences. This is a collaborative process that may change as a person learns more about what helps.

The biography does not specify session formats, so please confirm current options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, for example by removing travel time or allowing shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It can also let someone choose whether to use video, audio or another supported format once those options are confirmed with the therapist.