Counsellor profile
Florbela Santos, BACP
United Kingdom
Counsellor - relationships and codependency
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- Credentials
- BACP
- Registration
- BACP, United Kingdom / 394505
- Experience
- 13 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- United Kingdom
About
- People-pleasing patterns
- Attachment and abandonment
- Mindfulness and somatic work
About Florbela
Florbela Santos is a counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and has 13 years of professional experience. She works with adults on common concerns such as stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, family issues, trauma and abuse, and addictions. Her practice also addresses depression, grief, intimacy concerns and problems with eating and sleeping.
Florbela uses a mix of talking and body-aware approaches. She draws on client-centred work to follow what each person brings, and psychodynamic ideas to look at early relationships that still affect day-to-day life. She also uses mindfulness and somatic methods to help people notice their thoughts and bodily responses when they feel overwhelmed.
In sessions she focuses on clear, practical conversation. People explore patterns such as people-pleasing, trouble saying no, trouble with boundaries, or living with someone else’s drinking or moods. She helps people identify small changes they can practise between sessions and notices how feelings show up in the body.
Florbela has particular experience with attachment and abandonment concerns, codependency patterns, family-of-origin issues, and problems linked to substance use. She also supports people working through fertility difficulties, body image and money-related stress. Language of work is English and she accepts international clients.
Her approach is straightforward and paced to the client’s needs. To start, she asks a few questions to match goals and makes a plan together for the first set of sessions. Sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How sessions work
How her approaches work in online sessions
Client-Centred Therapy focuses on listening closely to what a person brings and reflecting it back. It helps people feel understood and clarifies what they want to change. Psychodynamic Therapy looks at patterns rooted in past relationships and how they still shape feelings and behaviour today; it can be useful for attachment and abandonment concerns. Mindfulness Therapy teaches ways to notice thoughts and bodily signals without getting swept away, which supports anxiety, stress and patterns like people-pleasing.Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about the client’s goals, preferences and how problems show up in daily life, then suggest ways of working. Plans are adjusted as therapy progresses so the method fits what is actually helping.
Session formats are not specified in the biography, so please confirm the current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy around work and family commitments, allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight, and remove the need to travel. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists often use online sessions to keep therapy consistent with day-to-day life while focusing on practical changes and learning new ways to respond to difficult situations.
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Experience
13+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Will she help with people-pleasing and boundaries?
Yes. She works with patterns like people-pleasing and difficulty saying no, and helps people practise clearer boundaries in everyday life.
What style of therapy does she use?
She combines client-centred conversation with psychodynamic reflection and mindfulness and somatic techniques to address both thoughts and bodily reactions.
How much experience does she have?
She has 13 years of professional experience working with stress, relationship issues, trauma, addictions and related concerns.
Is she registered and where does she practise?
She is registered with the BACP and practises in the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Yes. She accepts international clients and offers sessions in English.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm the current session options before booking as the biography does not list specific formats.
How are sessions charged?
Sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time and pricing varies with location.
How do I begin with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.