Arleia Lopes, BACP

Arleia Lopes is a BACP-registered counsellor with four years of practice in the United Kingdom. She offers psychotherapeutic support to adults and young people, drawing on private practice work and voluntary roles in mental health organisations and schools. Her approach is person-focused and practical. She aims to make the first step easier for anyone who feels stuck or overwhelmed.

Her sessions typically address anxiety, depression, stress and coping with major life changes. She also helps people facing relationship strain, grief, trauma and abuse, and those dealing with issues around identity and prejudice. Eating concerns, postpartum challenges, ADHD-related difficulties and mood disorders are included in her core areas.

Arleia blends several approaches to shape conversations and goals. She uses attachment concepts to look at how early patterns affect current relationships. She draws on cognitive behavioural ideas to spot unhelpful thoughts and try small experiments. She also uses client-centred listening and psychodynamic thinking to explore deeper meanings that come up in sessions.

Her style is warm, interactive and respectful. She works collaboratively, tailoring each plan to what a person needs and prefers. Sessions can include short-term problem solving or more open-ended reflection depending on the situation.

People can expect a conversational pace and practical suggestions alongside space to reflect. Arleia also offers life coaching and supervision as part of her wider practice.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Arleia commonly uses attachment-based work to look at how early relationships shape current patterns and emotional responses; this can help when intimacy, trust or repeated conflicts are a concern. She also uses client-centred counselling which centres on attentive listening and reflecting what matters to the person, useful for people who need space to make sense of difficult feelings. Cognitive behavioural ideas are included to identify unhelpful thoughts and try small practical experiments that change mood or behaviour.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. Arleia will work together with the person to decide what methods feel most helpful based on goals and preferences. That collaborative process often blends different approaches over time to suit changing needs.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a short break at work, while chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins or when writing feels easier. These options make it simpler to arrange regular meetings around everyday life and to continue work even when circumstances change.