Regina Martins, HCPC, BACP

Regina Martins is a Counsellor Psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council and a psychodynamic counsellor accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She has 16 years of clinical experience and trained first in psychology in Brazil before completing further counselling training in the UK. Regina speaks English and Portuguese and draws on a long history of working in community and health settings.

Her practice draws on psychodynamic ideas and attachment-informed thinking. She pays attention to how past relationships and early family experiences shape current patterns. She looks for connections between repeating behaviours and feelings that began long ago.

Sessions are collaborative and grounded in the client’s everyday life. Regina listens for the story behind symptoms such as anxiety, depression, grief, addiction or relationship strain. Together with the person she works to identify unhelpful cycles and practical ways to change them.

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs. Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time and costs vary with location and therapist arrangements.

Regina aims to make the work straightforward and humane. She helps people untangle difficult feelings, address intimacy and self-esteem issues, and cope with major life changes. To begin, a simple online matching questionnaire is completed and a session is scheduled according to availability.

Her background includes study of trauma and psychoanalysis and many years working in diverse urban boroughs. This experience informs a reflective, relational style that pays attention to culture, identity and how personal history affects current challenges.

How her approaches translate to online therapy

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early bonds shape current relationships. It looks at patterns of closeness and distance and helps people understand how those patterns affect their feelings and behaviour now. This can be useful for intimacy issues, attachment worries and repeated relationship problems.

Client-Centred Therapy centres on listening and the client’s own experience. The therapist offers acceptance, empathy and support while helping the person reflect on their choices and values. This approach suits people wanting a collaborative, non-directive space to make sense of life changes or emotional pain.

Psychodynamic Therapy pays attention to past experiences and recurring patterns. In online sessions this often means talking through memories, dreams or repeated reactions to see how they connect to present difficulties like anxiety, low mood or trauma-related distress.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about their goals, preferences and how they respond to different ways of working, then agree a plan together. This collaborative process helps tailor therapy to what feels most helpful.

Online formats - video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video is close to in-person contact, phone can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat allows shorter check-ins and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options offer flexibility and accessibility for people with different schedules and needs.