Regina Martins

• Stress and anxiety
• Attachment issues
• Relationship patterns

About Regina

Regina Martins helps people with stress, anxiety, relationships, trauma and a wide range of life challenges using psychodynamic and attachment-informed work. She is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). She has 16 years of experience in psychological and counselling settings.

Regina trained first in psychology in Brazil and later completed psychodynamic counselling training in the UK. She also spent a year studying trauma and psychoanalysis at the Tavistock Clinic. Her background includes work across education, community and health services in diverse London boroughs.

She sees adults and older adults and has experience in both long-term and short-term psychotherapy. She has a particular interest in people living abroad and those from different cultural backgrounds. Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese.

In sessions she pays attention to how past and present experiences connect. She looks at relational patterns, family influences and repetitive behaviours that affect day-to-day life. The focus is on understanding how earlier relationships shape current responses and difficulties.

Her work draws on psychodynamic ideas, attachment-based thinking and client-centred principles. Conversations aim to make sense of painful experience, reduce unhelpful patterns and support clearer choices. Practical pacing and careful listening structure the work over time.

Regina is registered with HCPC and accredited by BACP. She practised across health and community settings and brings sixteen years of experience to her counselling practice.

How her therapeutic approaches work for online sessions

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on relationships and how early bonds influence current interactions; it can help with intimacy issues, attachment difficulties and relationship patterns by exploring relational expectations and responses.

Psychodynamic Therapy looks at how past experiences, especially family relationships, shape present behaviour and repeating patterns; it is useful for trauma, long-standing mood issues and recurring interpersonal problems.

Client-Centred Therapy prioritises the person’s perspective and experience, offering accepting listening and support to clarify thoughts and feelings and to make choices about next steps.

Finding the right way of working is part of the process. The counsellor will discuss your needs, goals and preferences and together decide which approaches to use and how to pace the work. This is a collaborative conversation rather than a fixed prescription.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so please confirm the exact options before booking. Online counselling can make it easier to fit sessions around work, caring duties and travel, and it can reduce the time spent on commuting. Some formats use less bandwidth or allow audio-only conversations, which can suit shorter check-ins or days when being on camera is difficult. Registered or accredited professionals can offer these practical arrangements to help sessions fit into everyday life.

Topics Regina lists

• Stress and anxiety
• Relationship issues
• Family conflicts
• Trauma and abuse
• Self-esteem
• Addictions
• LGBT
• Grief
• Intimacy-related issues
• Eating disorders
• Sleeping disorders
• Parenting issues
• Anger management
• Career difficulties
• Bipolar disorder
• Depression
• Coping with life changes
• Abandonment
• Adoption and foster care
• Aging and geriatric issues
• Antisocial personality
• Attachment issues
• Avoidant personality
• BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
• Blended family issues
• Body image
• Cancer
• Caregiver issues and stress
• Chronic pain, illness, and disability
• Co-morbidity
• Codependency
• Commitment issues
• Communication problems
• Control issues
• Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
• Dependent personality
• Divorce and separation
• Domestic violence
• Drug and alcohol addiction
• Eating and food-related issues
• Emptiness
• Family of origin issues
• Family problems
• Fatherhood issues
• Fertility issues
• Forgiveness
• Gender dysphoria
• Guilt and shame
• HIV and AIDS
• Hoarding
• Immigration issues
• Impulsivity
• Infidelity
• Isolation and loneliness
• Jealousy
• Life purpose
• Men's issues
• Midlife crisis
• Veteran and armed forces issues
• Money and financial issues
• Multicultural concerns
• Narcissism
• Panic disorder and panic attacks
• Phobias
• Polyamory and non-monogamous relationships
• Post-traumatic stress
• Pregnancy and childbirth
• Prejudice and discrimination
• Process addictions
• Self-harm
• Self-love
• Sex addiction
• Sexual assault and abuse
• Sexual dysfunction
• Sexuality
• Quitting smoking or vaping
• Social anxiety and phobia
• Somatization
• Visually impaired
• Women's issues
• Workplace issues
• Young adult issues

Ways of working

• Attachment-Based Therapy
• Client-Centred Therapy
• Psychodynamic Therapy

Questions about Regina

Does she work with anxiety?

Yes. Anxiety and stress are listed as main areas she addresses in her practice.

What kind of counselling does she offer?

She uses psychodynamic therapy, attachment-based ideas and client-centred approaches to look at past and present relational patterns.

How much experience does she have?

She has 16 years of experience working in educational, community and health settings.

Where is she based and registered?

She practises in the United Kingdom and is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council and the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Does she offer sessions in other languages?

Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese.

What session formats are available?

The original biography does not specify session formats; please confirm current session options before booking.

How much do sessions cost?

Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.

How do I get started?

Select the Talk to a counsellor online button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.