Regina Martins, HCPC, BACP

Regina Martins trained first in Psychology in Brazil and later completed further psychotherapy training in the UK. She is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Her background includes a year studying Trauma and Psychoanalysis at the Tavistock Clinic. Regina works in English and Portuguese and also has experience using French in clinical work. She has 16 years of experience in educational, community and health settings. Regina has provided both long-term and short-term psychotherapy across diverse London boroughs. Her work has included supporting people living abroad and those from different cultural backgrounds. Regina’s practice draws on psychodynamic ideas and object relations. She pays attention to past and present experiences and how early relationships shape repeated patterns in adult life. Much of her work looks at relational traumas, attachment issues and the ways people cope with strong feelings. In sessions she aims to offer a warm therapeutic space where people can bring what troubles them. Together she helps clients make sense of experiences and notice patterns that no longer serve them. The focus is on understanding and changing repeated behaviours to improve day-to-day wellbeing. Regina commonly supports people facing stress, anxiety, grief and depression. She also works with concerns such as relationship difficulties, self-esteem, addictions, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, parenting strains, career change and coping with life transitions.

How her approaches shape online therapy

Regina uses psychodynamic ideas and attachment-based thinking alongside a client-centred stance. Psychodynamic work looks at how earlier experiences and repeat patterns affect current feelings and choices, which can help with long-standing worries and relationship patterns. Attachment-based work focuses on how people form bonds and respond to loss or separation, and it can be useful for anxieties and intimacy-related issues. Client-centred therapy emphasises a supportive, non-judgemental relationship that helps people feel heard and to explore what matters to them.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. Regina works collaboratively, helping clients decide which way of working fits their needs, goals and preferences. She will adapt the focus over time as new issues arise and as clients notice changes.

The practical benefits of online therapy often include fitting sessions into a busy week and reducing travel time. Online work can allow shorter check-ins when needed, or conversations that do not require being on camera. The original biography did not list specific session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often find that remote sessions help people maintain continuity of care and make therapy easier to include alongside day-to-day commitments.