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Arleia Lopes, BACP

Compassionate counsellor for life transitions

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About Arleia

Arleia Lopes is a psychotherapeutic counsellor with four years of experience in independent practice and voluntary roles. She holds BACP accreditation and offers support to adults who are looking to manage stress, mood concerns or life transitions. Her approach aims to make starting therapy straightforward and understandable for worried people.

She uses a warm, interactive style in sessions. Conversations are tailored to each person’s needs and pace. She does not use diagnostic labels to define anyone and focuses on practical steps that fit daily life.

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How Arleia works

Common issues she helps with include anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and relationship or intimacy-related concerns. She also supports people facing challenges such as parenting strain, career changes, ADHD, eating issues and compassion fatigue. Cultural and discrimination-related concerns are included in her scope.

Her clinical approach draws on attachment-based ideas, client-centred listening and cognitive techniques to help shift unhelpful patterns. She may also use psychodynamic and existential thinking when exploring repeating life themes and meaning. Interventions are chosen to suit a person’s goals rather than follow a single method.

Sessions are available in the United Kingdom and are delivered online by video, phone, chat or text messaging. Arleia offers coaching and supervision alongside counselling when those services match a person’s aims. If someone is curious about therapy, she invites them to take a simple first step to explore whether her way of working feels helpful.

Arleia lists 6 ways of working on the entry:

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What Arleia works with

The areas below are the ones Arleia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.

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Training and background

Register BACP
Years in practice 4
Languages English
Session format Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging
Country United Kingdom

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Online support options

Therapeutic approaches for online support

Attachment-based work looks at how early patterns of relating shape current relationships and emotional responses. It can help people understand why they react strongly in close relationships and build steadier ways of connecting. Client-centred therapy focuses on empathetic listening and helping people find their own answers. It is useful for building self-esteem and making decisions without feeling judged. Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBT, targets the link between thoughts, feelings and behaviours and offers practical tools to reduce anxiety and lift mood.

Finding the most helpful approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try methods and adjust the plan if something does not fit. That collaborative process helps match techniques to what the person needs and prefers.

Online sessions use video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is good for a full face-to-face conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, and text or chat can suit brief check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, childcare or travel while keeping continuity of care with registered or accredited professionals.

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Common questions

What concerns does Arleia help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression and coping with life changes. Other areas include trauma, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, ADHD and career concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is warm and interactive with a focus on respectful, person-centred listening. She works collaboratively to set practical goals and adjust the approach as needed.
What is her professional background?
She has four years of experience in independent practice and volunteer roles supporting mental health in community settings and schools. She also offers life coaching and clinical supervision.
Where does she practise and what credential does she hold?
She practises in the United Kingdom and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, listed as BACP.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English only.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can take place by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How are sessions paid for?
Costs vary with location and therapist arrangements. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire. After that you can schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.

A practical next step

Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.

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