Rebeca Paiva , BACP

Rebeca Paiva is a UK-licensed and BACP-accredited therapist with more than eight years of clinical experience supporting adults through anxiety, stress, depression, trauma, relationship difficulties, and life transitions. She works with a wide range of concerns including attachment patterns, low self-esteem, overthinking, burnout, panic, grief, boundaries, emotional regulation, and the lasting effects of childhood experiences on current wellbeing.

Her therapeutic foundation is Humanistic Person-Centred counselling, and she blends that approach with evidence-informed methods such as cognitive behavioural techniques, solution-focused tools, interpersonal work, transactional analysis, and compassion-focused strategies. This integrative, trauma-informed, and strengths-based style is designed to offer both emotional insight and practical coping skills tailored to each person’s needs.

Rebeca holds a Master’s in Health Psychology and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, and she uses this background to help clients build self-worth, strengthen identity, recognise and manage triggers, challenge the inner critic, and develop communication and stress-management skills that support lasting change. She also works with people adjusting to chronic health conditions, helping them process the emotional impact of diagnosis, change, and loss while focusing on resilience and manageable strategies.

In sessions she explores feelings, patterns, and behaviours with curiosity and compassion, aiming to identify core issues, unhelpful beliefs, and existing strengths so clients feel more grounded, capable, and confident in navigating relationships, emotions, and everyday life. Rebeca provides therapy in English and Portuguese and is accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), which recognises professional standards in counselling and psychotherapy.

How therapy approaches translate to online sessions

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed by them and then commit to values-driven actions. It can be especially useful for anxiety, avoidance, and navigating life transitions by building psychological flexibility.

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current emotional patterns and attachment styles. It supports work on intimacy, relationship difficulties, abandonment concerns, and patterns that repeat in adult relationships by exploring relational needs and safety.

Client-Centred Therapy centres the person’s own experience, offering empathic listening and support so individuals can explore their feelings, build self-worth, and find their own solutions. This approach is helpful for emotional processing, self-esteem, and strengthening resilience.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Rebeca works collaboratively with clients to identify which methods fit best with their needs, goals, and preferences, and adapts techniques over time as those needs evolve.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and communication styles. These options make it easier to access consistent support from licensed professionals, maintain continuity during life changes, and integrate therapy into a busy routine.