Dr. Andreia Santo, HCPC
16 years in practice
Dr Andreia Santo welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or worn out.
License and registration
- HCPC
- PYL28359 · expires May 2027
- Years in practice
- 16
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Andreia
Dr Andreia Santo welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or worn out. She offers calm, direct support for stress, anxiety, depression, addiction concerns and relationship worries. She speaks English and Portuguese and practises mainly online for people in the United Kingdom and beyond.
Andreia trained in Portugal and has worked in a range of public services since qualifying in 2008. She is registered with the HCPC and has 16 years of clinical experience across child and adolescent mental health services and community placements.
Background and approach
She also completed post-graduate study in family and systemic theory in London. Her sessions are practical and conversational. She uses a mix of approaches to suit each person’s needs, including hypnotherapy, cognitive behavioural techniques and acceptance and commitment therapy.
Sessions focus on small, manageable steps and skills you can use between meetings. Andreia has experience addressing complex concerns such as trauma and abuse, grief, eating and sleeping difficulties, ADHD and mood instability. She also supports people coping with chronic pain, addiction and communication problems.
She listens for how past relationships and attachment patterns shape present struggles. She usually works remotely by video, phone, chat or messaging and asks people to book through the Start Therapy process. She has a research interest in what she describes as unconditional love science and is developing her clinical ideas alongside practice.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Andreia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Andreia names
- Hypnotherapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Systemic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How Andreia blends approaches for online therapy
Hypnotherapy here means using guided relaxation and focused attention to help people shift unhelpful habits or strong reactions; it can be useful for anxiety, insomnia, and certain addictive patterns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings while choosing actions that match their values; it is often used for stress, low mood and life transitions.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Andreia will discuss your situation and goals and suggest methods that fit how you prefer to work. She treats this as a collaboration and adjusts techniques as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat or text messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone calls can be a shorter way to check in when video isn’t needed, and text or chat can suit brief updates or people who prefer writing. These options help fit therapy around work, family life or travel, and make regular contact easier to maintain.
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Questions people ask
What concerns can I bring to therapy?
She works with a wide range of issues including stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma and relationship or intimacy-related worries.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Sessions are conversational and task-focused, blending techniques such as cognitive behavioural strategies, acceptance and commitment ideas and client-centred listening.
How long has she practised clinically?
She has 16 years of professional experience, with a background in community and child and adolescent mental health services.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She is based in the United Kingdom and is registered with the HCPC as supplied in her profile.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese.
Can people outside the UK work with her?
She accepts international clients and runs sessions remotely for people in other countries.
What formats are used for online therapy?
Sessions can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging according to client preference.
How are fees and the first steps arranged?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions use a cancellable subscription model; to start, select Start Therapy, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule a session.
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