Regina Martins, HCPC, BACP

Regina Martins is a Counsellor Psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and a psychodynamic counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). The HCPC is the UK regulator for health and care professionals and the BACP is the professional association for counsellors and psychotherapists. She trained in Psychology in Brazil, completed psychodynamic counselling training in the United Kingdom, and spent a year studying Trauma and Psychoanalysis at the Tavistock Clinic.

With 16 years of clinical experience, Regina has worked with adults and older people across educational, community, and health settings in diverse London boroughs, offering both long-term and short-term psychotherapy. She has a particular interest in supporting expats and people from different cultural backgrounds and provides therapy in English and Portuguese. Her practice addresses a wide range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship and intimacy issues, trauma and abuse, grief, mood difficulties, addictions, and life transitions.

Regina’s approach is rooted in psychodynamic ideas and object relations theory, attending to how past and present experiences - particularly relational traumas and family patterns - shape repeated behaviours and ways of relating. In sessions she explores how early experiences influence current difficulties and works collaboratively with clients to understand those patterns, shift unhelpful dynamics, and develop more fulfilling ways of living. She aims to offer a warm therapeutic space where people can bring what troubles them and begin to make meaningful changes.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Support

Regina works from psychodynamic, attachment-based, and client-centered perspectives to tailor therapy to each person’s needs. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current bonds and patterns - it can be helpful for relationship difficulties, attachment concerns, and relational trauma. Psychodynamic Therapy explores unconscious patterns and the influence of past experiences on present behaviour - this approach often supports people dealing with repeated relational patterns, grief, or long-standing emotional difficulties. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathic listening and collaboration, creating space for clients to lead the pace of change and to build self-understanding and self-esteem.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic work. Regina collaborates with clients to identify which methods fit their goals, preferences, and life circumstances, and adjusts the approach as therapy progresses to ensure the best possible match.

Online sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging offer practical flexibility and make it easier for people to access therapy around work, family, and other commitments. Registered professionals and therapists can use these formats to maintain continuity of care, offer timely support, and adapt the pace and style of sessions to suit each client’s needs.