About Florbela
Florbela Santos offers a warm, person-focused way of working. She uses a mix of talk-based and body-aware approaches to help people who are feeling stressed, anxious, low or stuck. Florbela aims to create a calm space where people can talk about what matters to them and start making small, manageable changes.
She draws on Client-Centred Therapy to follow each person at their pace and on Mindfulness Therapy to bring simple grounding practices into everyday life.
How Florbela works
Florbela also uses Psychodynamic ideas to look at patterns that repeat over time, and Somatic Therapy to help people notice how stress shows up in the body. Topics she commonly addresses include relationships, family concerns, trauma and abuse, grief, addictions, and issues with sleep and eating.
She also supports people dealing with parenting strain, anger, low self-esteem, financial worries and work-related compassion fatigue. Additional focus areas include attachment and abandonment, codependency and body image difficulties. Florbela has worked in the field for 13 years and is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
Her experience includes helping people from different backgrounds find clearer ways to cope and feel more in control of daily life. Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and then arrange sessions to suit their schedule.
She works with a range of formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging.
Florbela lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Florbela works with
The areas below are the ones Florbela selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family of origin issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hearing impaired
- Intimacy-related issues
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 13 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Bringing therapeutic approaches to online sessions
Florbela commonly uses Client-Centred Therapy, which focuses on listening carefully and following the person's lead to build understanding and trust. This approach helps people explore their feelings at their own pace and decide what changes feel right for them.She also uses Mindfulness Therapy to teach simple attention and grounding exercises that reduce worry and improve sleep. Mindfulness techniques can be practised between sessions to manage stress and bring clarity to difficult moments.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences and how different methods feel in practice, then adapt the mix of approaches to suit each person's needs. That collaboration helps shape a plan people are comfortable with.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. Video calls let people read facial cues and use real-time conversation. Phone sessions can fit a break in the day and need less bandwidth. Live chat and text messaging are useful for short check-ins, ongoing reflection and when typing feels easier than speaking. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
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