About Thaís
Thaís Iglesias helps people facing trauma and abuse, grief, eating difficulties, low self-esteem and depression. She writes simply and listens carefully so people can find words for painful experiences. She works in English and Portuguese and brings ten years of clinical experience to her work.
Thaís trained in psychology and completed a Master’s degree in Art Therapy in the United Kingdom. She has worked in independent practice and in public institutions, seeing many different presentations over the years.
How Thaís works
That range informs a flexible approach to care. She noticed early in her practice that words alone sometimes don’t hold a person’s pain. That observation led her to learn ways of supporting expression beyond talk.
Art-based methods are used alongside conversational work to help people access feelings and memories that may be hard to name. Sessions aim to create a calm, respectful space where the person sets the pace. Thaís helps people unpack difficult feelings, explore body image and eating concerns, and face grief and loss.
She also supports people dealing with chronic pain, health-related challenges, shame, and questions about life purpose. Therapy can combine discussion and creative tasks to build understanding and practical steps forward. Thaís describes the work as collaborative: she listens, offers ideas, and helps people try different ways of coping and making meaning.
What Thaís works with
The areas below are the ones Thaís selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Eating disorders
Also listed
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English, Portuguese |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
Evidence-informed approaches for online care
Thaís blends conversational work with art-based therapy to reach emotions that are hard to say out loud. Art-based therapy uses drawing, collage or simple creative tasks to help surface feelings, memories and bodily sensations. This can be helpful for trauma, grief and eating concerns when words feel limited.She also relies on trauma-informed conversational techniques that focus on safety, pacing and building trust. These techniques help people process painful memories, reduce panic symptoms and address shame or guilt in a step-by-step way.
Finding the right approach is a joint process. Thaís will work with each person to identify goals and preferences and then try methods that fit their needs. She adapts the mix of art-based work and talk-based sessions as the therapy progresses so people can test what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different situations. Video calls let people use visual cues and creative tasks, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for short check-ins, and messaging suits ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.
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