Regina Martins , HCPC, BACP

Regina Martins is a UK-based counsellor psychologist and psychodynamic counsellor 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), which indicate her professional registration and membership. Her training began with a degree in Psychology in Brazil, followed by psychodynamic counselling training in the United Kingdom and a year of study in Trauma and Psychoanalysis at the Tavistock Clinic.

Regina has worked across educational, community, and health settings and has provided both long-term and short-term psychotherapy in diverse London boroughs, supporting adults and older people from a wide range of backgrounds. She has a particular interest in working with expatriates and people navigating different cultural contexts. Regina offers therapy in English and Portuguese.

Her clinical work is informed by psychoanalytic ideas and object relations theory, with attention to how past and present experiences shape relational patterns, repetitive behaviours, and emotional difficulties that often have roots in childhood and family relationships. She creates a warm, supportive therapeutic space and works collaboratively to help people make sense of their experiences, shift unhelpful patterns, and move toward a more fulfilling life. Regina invites clients to begin this process together.

Therapeutic Approaches and Accessible Online Care

Regina draws on psychodynamic therapy to explore how past relationships and early experiences shape present feelings and patterns, helping clients understand recurring difficulties and inner conflicts. Attachment-based therapy is used to look at how connection and early bonds influence current relationships and emotional responses, particularly useful for attachment concerns, relationship issues, and patterns rooted in caregiving histories. Client-centered therapy offers a warm, nonjudgmental stance that prioritizes the client's perspective and supports personal growth through empathetic listening and collaboration.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Regina works collaboratively with each person to identify methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the focus as therapy progresses to find the best way forward together.

Online therapy options - including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and to access support from different locations within the United Kingdom. These flexible formats allow clients to connect in ways that suit their schedules and comfort levels while receiving guidance from licensed professionals and therapists.