Regina Martins, HCPC, BACP

Regina Martins is a counsellor psychologist with 16 years of clinical experience. She is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Regina speaks English and Portuguese and brings experience from work in education, community and health settings.

She trained originally in psychology in Brazil and completed further psychodynamic counselling training in the UK. Regina also studied Trauma and Psychoanalysis for a year at the Tavistock Clinic. Her background includes long- and short-term psychotherapy with adults and older people across diverse London boroughs.

Regina pays attention to how past and present experiences shape current difficulties. She looks at relational traumas and repeated patterns that often begin in childhood. In sessions she helps people notice those patterns and understand how they influence relationships, mood and behaviour.

Her way of working draws on psychodynamic ideas, attachment-focused thinking and a client-centred stance. She offers a warm, respectful space where people can talk about what troubles them and work towards change. Regina has particular experience supporting people with intimacy-related issues, relationship concerns, stress, anxiety, trauma and grief.

She has also worked with people facing addictions, eating and sleeping problems, chronic illness and body image concerns. Regina expresses interest in supporting those from different cultural backgrounds, including expatriates. For practical details about session format and scheduling, readers should confirm current options before booking.

How her approaches shape online therapy

Regina uses psychodynamic ideas to look at how past relationships shape present life. This approach helps people who want to understand repeating patterns and the way early attachments influence current choices.

She also works from an attachment-based perspective, which focuses on how people connect with others and how relationship patterns affect feelings of safety and closeness. That method can be helpful for intimacy concerns and relationship stress.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Regina will discuss goals and preferences and together form a plan that fits what the person wants to address. That plan can change as the work progresses and new issues come up.

For practicalities, please confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking. Online therapy can help fit counselling into a busy life by reducing travel time, making it easier to keep appointments around work or caregiving, and offering options for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also allow people to meet with a therapist who understands their cultural background or language needs without needing to travel long distances.