Dr. Andreia Santo, HCPC Psychologist #PYL28359

Hi there!

I am a versatile and caring human being, and a chartered and registered Clinical and Counselling Psychologist Practitioner. I qualified as a psychologist in 2008 and did my training in Portugal (‘Licenciatura’) in Psychology of Education and Rehabilitation, which is academically equivalent to the British Clinical Psychology doctorate at the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of Algarve University in Faro, Portugal. I did a full-time year placement in an internationally known Early Intervention Service in the city of Coimbra called Projecto Integrado de Intervenção Precoçe, where I provided psychological assessments and interventions to children and parents/carers, and participated in different projects promoting social inclusion and emotional health awareness.

I have undergone professional placements in two other services, namely in the National Health System where I worked with all age groups for 9 months (Health Centre of Faro), and in a council service (Junta de Freguesia da Se) for 13 months.

In Portugal, I did further post-graduate training in Cognitive and Behavioural Therapy for 1 year which is accredited by the Portuguese Association of Behavioural Therapy and by the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies.

I moved to the UK in 2010. I completed a 2 years part-time post-graduate diploma in Family and Systemic Theory at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust in London. Since 2010, I have been employed by the NHS in different Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). The NHS work ended in June, 2024.

I am now focused on working on her independent research project on the subject of Unconditional Love Science. I work remotely mostly, for Better Help and privately.


I am passionate about life, psychology, science, nature, ancestral history, art, music, travelling and culinary. I honours the principle of unconditional self-love and wishes to help my clients remember that they are innately perfect and meant to feel joyful and free at all times. I am working on my innovative clinical approach on my own currently and I am keen to promote my work in varied settings.


As you know this service is not for emergencies, and as a citizan with my human rights protected, I deserve to also be respected in my uniqueness and also the clinical work structure I adhere to. The structure consists of the execution a comprehensive clinical assessment that can last 1-3 sessions, 1 session for psychological/protocol education , and then the psychotherapy works starts until you need it. Imparticiality and clinical examination will be part of this journey at all times.

As I also need to look after myself, kindly be informed that I won't be able to reply to your messages on my break days normally Sunday and Monday. I will reply to your messages on the platform as soon as I can, unfortunately due to the busy schedule is not always possible straightaway. I can rarely provide a different time than already avaialable on my calendar when you work with me. You can still enquire. Thank you for understanding this. Thank you for your understanding.

Looking forward to meeting you.

Yours sincerely
Andreia