Andreia Jennings, BACP

Andreia Jennings is an existential-integrative psychotherapist who has been practising as a fully accredited clinician since 2010. Her path to therapy began with three years of medical study followed by a degree in philosophy, then moved through teaching in secondary schools and freelance journalism before a change of country sharpened the personal questions that guided her professional focus. This combination of scientific training, philosophical inquiry and lived experience informs a therapeutic stance that treats existential questioning as a central, practical part of emotional wellbeing rather than a purely intellectual exercise.

Andreia works to help people engage more fully with life, reconnect with themselves and others, and repair past ruptures that interrupt emotional energy and relationships. Her integrative method draws on attachment-based ideas, psychoanalytic perspectives for understanding development, narrative approaches to reshape personal stories, and elements of third-wave cognitive-behavioural work. She has also incorporated insights from Dr Dan Siegel into a view of mental distress as disruptions in the flow of experience between the self and the world.

Since 2015 Andreia has developed specialist experience supporting people with eating and food-related difficulties alongside a broad range of concerns including trauma, mood disorders, relationship and intimacy issues, and coping with life changes. She holds BACP accreditation - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, a professional body for counsellors and psychotherapists in the UK - and approaches therapy as an ongoing process of exploration, connection and practical change.

Therapeutic approaches and online support

Andreia offers therapeutic work shaped by several complementary approaches that translate well to remote care. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns of relating - it helps when trust, closeness or repeated relationship ruptures are central concerns. Existential Therapy invites exploration of meaning, choice and personal values, supporting people facing life transitions, questions of purpose or deep feelings of emptiness. Trauma-Focused Therapy concentrates on understanding and integrating distressing memories and responses that follow traumatic experiences, helping to restore a more regulated and coherent sense of self.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Andreia works with each person to identify goals, preferences and practical needs, and adapts techniques from these approaches to fit the individual's situation. Together the client and therapist test what works and adjust the plan as the work unfolds.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage - sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit therapy around work, family and daily life. For many people the remote format increases access to registered professionals and allows continuity of care across locations, while preserving the therapeutic focus on connection, exploration and practical change.