Andreia Sousa Fortes, NCPS

Andreia Sousa Fortes is a counsellor credentialed with NCPS in the United Kingdom. She has four years of professional experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief and loss, and depression. She works in English and Portuguese and aims to treat everyone with respect, sensitivity and compassion.

Andreia adapts conversations and plans to each person's situation. She focuses on helping people find practical steps to feel steadier and more able to cope. Sessions typically centre on understanding what matters to the client now and finding small, doable changes that fit daily life.

Her approach draws on methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, attachment-based work, client-centred listening, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. These approaches guide the way she supports emotional regulation, builds coping strategies and looks at patterns that may come from past relationships.

People come to her for a wide range of concerns beyond mood and anxiety. Andreia has experience with addiction, eating and sleeping difficulties, self-esteem, relationship and communication problems, and complex issues like abandonment, codependency and blended family tensions.

She emphasises collaboration and clarity in sessions. The aim is to help each person set practical goals, practise manageable skills and notice gradual change. Andreia offers a calm, straightforward space for people taking the first steps towards feeling better.

Approaches that shape online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts without getting stuck in them and identify what matters to them. It suits issues where avoidance or rumination keeps someone stuck, such as anxiety or low mood.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships affect current patterns and responses. It can help people understand why certain situations trigger strong emotions and how to build different, healthier ways of relating.

Finding the right way of working is part of the process, and the counsellor will collaborate with each person to decide which approaches fit best. Sessions begin by clarifying goals and preferences, then adjust methods as progress and practical needs become clearer.

Confirm the exact session formats before booking, as formats are not listed here. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy week, reduce travel time and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. It also lets people choose calmer times of day for their sessions and can make ongoing skill practice easier between meetings. Registered or accredited professionals tailor online sessions to what the client needs and to what works in day-to-day life.