Dr. Andreia Santo
Compassionate, research-informed remote counselling
About Andreia
Dr. Andreia Santo offers calm, practical support for people facing stress, anxiety, addiction and relationship strain. She speaks English and Portuguese and works remotely with people in the United Kingdom and internationally.
Her approach is warm and straightforward, helping people make small, useful changes that fit their life. She trained in Portugal and moved to the UK in 2010. Dr Santo holds HCPC registration which recognises her professional standing.
She has 16 years of experience across health and community settings, including work in child and adolescent mental health services within the NHS.
Background and approach
In sessions she uses a mix of methods to suit each person. That may include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for managing thoughts and behaviours, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and build flexibility, and Attachment-Based ideas to understand relationship patterns. She adapts practical techniques to everyday problems like sleep, anger and coping with life changes.
Her practice also addresses more complex presentations such as trauma, grief, bipolar conditions, disordered eating and substance use. She pays attention to issues that often sit alongside these concerns, for example attention differences, attachment wounds and chronic health challenges. Sessions are focused on what will help most in a person’s daily life.
Dr Santo asks people to follow the platform's sign-up steps to begin. She usually works remotely and sets aside regular days for rest, so response times may vary. Her work is informed by research and a long-term interest in the science of unconditional love.
What Andreia works with
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Sessions & fees
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression and life changes where getting clear on priorities matters.Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings and behaviour and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns. This approach is often used for anxiety, low mood, sleep problems and some aspects of addiction.
Attachment-Based Therapy explores how early relationship patterns affect current connections and intimacy. It helps people understand relationship triggers and build different ways of relating.
Choosing an approach is a shared process. The therapist will discuss what feels most helpful and may combine techniques from different methods to match a person’s goals. Collaborative planning makes sessions feel relevant and focused on real-life change.
Online work is offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls are good for face-to-face dialogue and exercises, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be a shorter check-in option, and messaging suits people who prefer writing or want flexible timing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, family and travel.
| Session length | Typically 50 minutes |
|---|---|
| Client ages | Adults, 18 and over |
| Fees | Subscription via BetterHelp, cancel anytime |
| Insurance | Not billed directly |
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Areas of focus
What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
- Experience
- 16 years
- Registered with
- HCPC
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
