Rebeca Paiva , BACP

Rebeca Paiva is a UK-licensed therapist accredited by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She brings over eight years of experience supporting adults through anxiety, stress, depression, trauma, relationship difficulties, attachment patterns, low self-esteem, overthinking, burnout, and life transitions.

Her practice also addresses people-pleasing, boundaries, emotional regulation, panic, grief, and the ongoing effects of childhood experiences and past wounds on present wellbeing. Rebeca works with clients managing chronic health conditions to explore the emotional impact of diagnosis, fear, change, and shifts in self-image.

Trained in Humanistic Person-Centred Counselling, she integrates cognitive behavioural techniques, solution-focused methods, interpersonal approaches, transactional analysis, and compassion-focused strategies. This trauma-informed, integrative, strengths-based approach aims to provide both emotional insight and practical coping tools tailored to each person’s needs.

Rebeca holds a Master’s degree in Health Psychology and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, and her work centres on building self-worth, strengthening identity, recognising triggers, challenging the inner critic, and improving communication. She helps clients develop stress management skills, motivation, resilience, and sustainable personal growth so they can feel more grounded and confident in their relationships and daily life.

She speaks English and Portuguese and can offer sessions in either language.

Therapeutic approaches and remote support

Rebeca draws on client-centred principles to create a respectful, non-directive space where each person’s experience is heard and explored. This approach focuses on the client-therapist relationship and helps with self-esteem, identity work, and emotional expression.

Attachment-based work looks at how early relational patterns shape current relationships and emotional responses. It is useful for people who notice repeated difficulties in intimacy, trust, abandonment fears, or long-standing relationship patterns.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and develop psychological flexibility by learning practical skills to live with difficult thoughts and feelings while taking meaningful action. It can support work with anxiety, stress, and life changes.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey, and Rebeca will collaborate with each person to tailor methods to their goals, needs, and preferences. She will review what is helping and adjust the plan together with the client.

Online therapy offers practical flexibility - sessions can be scheduled by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines and locations. For many people, remote options make it easier to access regular support, maintain continuity of care during transitions, and balance therapy with work, family, or travel commitments.