Arleia Lopes, BACP

Arleia Lopes is an integrative psychotherapeutic counsellor who works with both adults and young people. She combines a warm, interactive style with practical tools to support clients facing a wide range of concerns, including depression, anxiety, loss, suicidal thoughts, relationship and parenting difficulties, career challenges, trauma and emotional abuse, and issues related to eating, intimacy, and grief.

As a clinical supervisor and life coach, Arleia brings over 4 years of experience in private practice alongside volunteer work with mental health organisations and primary schools. She holds BACP credentials - the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - which indicate professional recognition within the UK counselling community.

Her approach is respectful, sensitive, and nonjudgmental, avoiding stigmatizing labels and tailoring dialogue and treatment plans to each person’s unique needs. She integrates cognitive-behavioural, person-centred, psychodynamic, and realistic behavioural techniques to address issues such as stress, self-esteem, trauma, relationship and family concerns, ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, and adjustment to life changes.

Arleia aims to empower clients to move toward a more fulfilling and balanced life. She works collaboratively to set goals and adapt interventions to what works best for each client. She currently has availability for therapy sessions on Thursdays and Fridays and offers appointments by multiple remote formats.

Therapeutic approaches and online practice

Client-centred therapy focuses on creating an accepting, empathetic environment in which the client’s own insights and resources are central. This approach helps people struggling with self-esteem, life transitions, relationship concerns, and feelings of isolation by prioritising the client’s perspective and pace.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) offers practical strategies to identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviours. It is often used for anxiety, depression, phobias, stress, and mood regulation, and provides tools clients can apply between sessions to manage symptoms and build coping skills.

Psychodynamic therapy explores how past experiences and unconscious patterns influence current feelings and relationships. It can be useful for addressing attachment issues, recurring relationship difficulties, trauma responses, and longstanding emotional patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the collaborative process. A registered professional will work with each client to clarify goals, try interventions, and adjust the plan so the methods align with the client’s needs, preferences, and life circumstances.

Online therapy with Arleia can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options offer greater flexibility for scheduling, allow access from different locations within the therapist’s service area, and make it easier to maintain continuity of care during life changes or busy periods.