Arleia Lopes

Arleia Lopes is a BACP-registered psychotherapeutic counsellor who works with adults and young people. She has four years of clinical experience in private practice and through volunteering with mental health organisations and primary schools. Her work covers a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties and trauma. She also offers life coaching and clinical supervision alongside counselling.

Her approach is warm and interactive. Sessions aim to be respectful and non-judgemental, with conversation shaped around each person’s needs. Arleia blends cognitive-behavioural ideas with client-centred and psychodynamic perspectives to build practical steps and deeper understanding. Attachment-focused thinking also informs how she looks at relationship patterns and intimacy concerns.

People often come to her for stress, grief, parenting strain, eating and mood issues, or for help with identity and discrimination-related difficulties. She also supports those dealing with trauma, domestic violence effects, first responder stresses, and compassion fatigue. ADHD, bipolar and career questions are within her remit too.

Arleia tailors plans to the individual, mixing short-term problem solving with longer conversations about life meaning and inner patterns. She welcomes exploring practical coping skills, communication changes, and steps towards personal goals. Sessions aim to balance understanding past experiences with making everyday changes.

She works in the United Kingdom and conducts work in English. If someone is thinking of starting, they can use the site process to match and schedule a session according to available times.

Therapeutic approaches and how they fit online

Attachment-based thinking looks at how early relationship patterns shape feelings and behaviour. It helps when people want to understand recurring problems in relationships, intimacy, or patterns of avoiding connection. Client-centred work focuses on empathic listening and collaboration, giving people space to lead the conversation while the counsellor reflects and supports their choices. Cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings and actions, and uses practical exercises to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful habits.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The counsellor will talk with the client about needs, goals and preferences, then try methods that fit those aims. This is a collaborative path - plans can change as progress and new priorities emerge.

Online therapy can make sessions easier to fit into a busy life by removing travel time and allowing appointments from different everyday locations. It can also make shorter check-ins simpler, or let someone choose a quieter setting without needing to be on camera. Because the exact session formats are not listed here, confirm the current options before booking so you know how sessions will be arranged.