Jose Veiga

Jose Veiga is a counsellor practising in the United Kingdom with eight years of professional experience. He is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and works with people facing stress, anxiety, grief, depression and issues related to gender and sexual identity. He aims to make the first step into therapy easier and less confusing for people who are unsure where to begin.

He uses an integrative style and adapts sessions to each person's needs. That means he draws on different ways of working, such as attachment-based ideas and emotionally-focused approaches, to match what feels most useful. Sessions move at a pace set by the client and focus on what matters in day-to-day life.

In practical terms he helps people talk through relationship concerns, intimacy-related difficulties, addiction and eating issues, and struggles with self-esteem. He also supports people working through trauma, loss, anger, chronic illness and life transitions. The work can include noticing patterns from the past and learning new, small ways to cope in the present.

He offers therapy in English and Portuguese and is open to people living outside the UK. When people start, he asks about what they want to change and what feels important to them. From there he and the client agree on priorities and how to work toward them.

Jose describes his role as a supportive companion during change. He focuses on listening carefully, reflecting what he hears, and helping people try out different ways of responding to difficult feelings and situations.

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people notice the ways they seek comfort, avoid closeness or react under stress, and supports new, safer ways of relating. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) looks at how emotions drive interaction and aims to help people identify feelings and change unhelpful cycles in relationships and self-relating. Client-Centred Therapy places the person at the centre of sessions; the counsellor listens deeply, reflects back what is heard and helps clients find their own solutions.

Finding the best way of working is part of the process. Jose will discuss approaches with each person and choose strategies together based on goals and preferences. That collaborative planning means the work can shift if something is not helping or if priorities change over time.

Please confirm the session formats available before booking, as the original biography does not list specific formats. Online therapy can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by removing travel time, allowing shorter check-ins during a break, or offering audio-only options when bandwidth is limited. It can also help people access a counsellor who speaks their language or lives in a different region. Registered or accredited professionals and therapists can adjust session length and frequency to match everyday schedules and needs.