About Andreia
Andreia Sousa Fortes is a counsellor who uses practical talking therapies to help people through hard times. She brings four years of professional experience in the United Kingdom and works with concerns such as stress, anxiety, trauma and grief. She speaks English and Portuguese and aims to meet each person where they are.
Her approach is flexible and personal. She listens first, then adapts conversations and techniques to what the person needs.
Background and approach
That can mean using ideas from cognitive behavioural therapy to spot unhelpful thinking, or drawing on acceptance and commitment therapy to clarify values and small steps forward. Sessions are collaborative and goal-focused. People often come wanting relief from depression, support with addictions, or help managing self-esteem and sleeping problems.
She also supports those facing family and relationship strain, communication problems, and issues linked to abandonment or attachment. Andreia uses a calm, non-judgemental style. She emphasises practical skills and short-term steps alongside deeper emotional work when it’s needed.
The aim is to build coping strategies that fit everyday life and to reduce the things that get in the way of functioning. People who prefer a straightforward, respectful counsellor may find this approach helpful. Andreia encourages people to be active partners in their care and to try techniques between sessions.
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs.
How therapeutic approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, often called ACT, helps people notice unhelpful thoughts without getting stuck in them and to take actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, or CBT, focuses on spotting and changing patterns of thinking and behaviour that feed problems like panic, depression and sleep troubles. It usually involves simple exercises to practise between sessions.Choosing an approach is a shared process. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences, explain different options, and together you will decide what to try first. That collaborative stance makes it easier to adjust methods if something is not helping.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let you use visual cues and work through exercises together. Phone sessions can be quicker check-ins or a better fit when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for short updates, homework support, or people who prefer typed conversation. These formats make it easier to schedule regular sessions around work, study or family commitments and to keep therapeutic momentum between meetings.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
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