Dr. Andreia Santo, HCPC
16 years in practice
Dr. Andreia Santo offers straightforward, respectful support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, loss, addiction or difficult life changes.
License and registration
- HCPC
- PYL28359 · expires May 2027
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Andreia
Dr. Andreia Santo offers straightforward, respectful support for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, loss, addiction or difficult life changes. She speaks English and Portuguese and brings 16 years of experience to conversations that focus on what matters most to each person.
Her approach is down-to-earth and conversational, aiming to help people make sense of painful patterns and find practical steps forward. She uses a mix of approaches tailored to each person’s needs.
Background and approach
Existential ideas help people face big questions and regain meaning when life feels uncertain. Cognitive and behavioural methods break worries and habits into manageable parts to try new responses. Attachment-informed thinking looks at how early relationships shape current trust and closeness.
Andreia trained in Portugal and later completed further post-graduate study in family and systemic theory in London. Her background includes work across child and adolescent services in the NHS and placements in early intervention and community settings. She holds HCPC registration, which is recorded as HCPC.
Sessions are provided remotely in a range of formats including video calls, phone, live chat and text-based messaging. She accepts international clients and combines therapeutic conversation with practical tools so people can practise outside sessions. She also pursues independent research into themes around unconditional love and wellbeing, and continues to develop her clinical thinking.
Her style is warm, curious and respectful, with an emphasis on helping people reconnect to what brings them a sense of freedom and joy.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Andreia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- 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
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Andreia names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
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Online support
How therapeutic approaches work online
Existential Therapy invites people to talk about meaning, choice and the difficult questions that follow loss or big life changes. Online sessions can give space to name what feels empty or stuck and to decide what matters next. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without being driven by them, and then committing to actions that match personal values; it can help with anxiety, low mood and coping with chronic problems.Finding the right way of working is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try different techniques and adapt sessions to what feels most useful. That partnership helps decide whether existential reflection, ACT exercises or attachment-based ideas best match a person’s needs and preferences.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for longer conversations and face-to-face feel. Phone sessions are a lower-bandwidth option and can fit a break at work. Live chat and messaging support shorter check-ins, written reflection and ongoing prompts between sessions. These options make regular contact easier for people in different time zones and life situations.
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Questions people ask
What issues does she help with?
She works with a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma and grief, relationship and intimacy difficulties, eating and sleeping problems, ADHD and bipolar symptoms.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is conversational and reflective. She combines existential reflection with practical cognitive and behavioural techniques and attachment-informed thinking.
How much experience does she have?
She has 16 years of professional experience, including work in early intervention services and child and adolescent mental health teams within the NHS.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is recorded as HCPC and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
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