Joelma Dos Santos

Joelma Dos Santos is a BACP-registered counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with three years of professional experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, and low mood. She aims to meet clients where they are and to adapt sessions to each person’s needs. Her approach is conversational and straightforward. She focuses on listening, asking practical questions, and helping clients try different ways of coping. Sessions may cover emotional patterns, day-to-day triggers, and choices that help people feel steadier. Joelma draws on existential ideas to help people think about meaning and life direction. She uses mindfulness techniques to build present-moment awareness and reduce reactivity. Psychodynamic ideas inform work on repeated relationship patterns and early influences. She also supports people dealing with abandonment and attachment issues, caregiver stress, communication difficulties, divorce and separation, and feelings of guilt or shame. Concerns such as hoarding, isolation, jealousy, life purpose and financial worries are within her scope, as is work around narcissism and multicultural issues. Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese, and international clients are accepted. Joelma describes the first step as a short but important move - signing up and starting a conversation. She aims to create a respectful, sensitive space where people can explore problems and try different ways forward.

How her approaches shape online therapy

Existential therapy helps people reflect on their values, choices and life direction. It supports those who feel stuck about purpose, big decisions or a sense of meaning. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and manage anxiety and stress. It is useful for people who want tools to calm the body and steady the mind. Psychodynamic ideas focus on patterns in relationships and how past experiences can influence current behaviour, which can help with repeated difficulties such as attachment wounds and recurring conflicts. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Joelma will discuss your needs, goals and preferences and together you will decide which ideas to try first. That collaborative process makes it easier to adapt methods as the relationship and your priorities evolve. Please confirm the session formats available before booking, as the biography does not list specific formats. Online therapy can make fitting sessions into a busy life easier by reducing travel time and allowing appointments from different locations. It can also allow shorter check-ins when needed, or sessions that do not require being on camera, depending on the options offered. These practical benefits help many people keep continuity of care while managing work, family or living arrangements.