Counsellor profile
Azora Guimarães, NCPS
NCPS counsellor - Relationships and family concerns
Continue with AzoraAbout
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating and body image
- Attachment work
About Azora
Azora Guimarães is an NCPS counsellor based in the United Kingdom with three years' experience. She works with adults dealing with trauma and abuse, grief, eating and body image concerns, ADHD, anxiety and stress, relationship and intimacy issues, and parenting strains. She also lists work around addictions, self-esteem, career questions and coping with life changes.
Azora frames sessions as practical and collaborative. She helps people make sense of difficult experiences and build coping strategies for day-to-day life. Her background includes coaching, personal training and neuro-linguistic programming, which she sometimes draws on for work with eating and body image concerns.
Her practice includes attention to how past attachments shape present relationships. She uses attachment-based and client-centred ideas to explore family of origin issues, abandonment and adoption or foster care questions. She also integrates mindfulness and psychodynamic perspectives to look at recurring patterns and emotional responses.
Azora has experience supporting people affected by sexual assault, domestic abuse, childhood neglect and other traumatic events. She has volunteered with Women’s Aid as a counsellor and phone buddy, working with those recovering from domestic abuse and sexual violence. She has run workshops such as "The Complexity of Skin Colour" and has supported people with workplace racism and identity questions.
She offers a reflective 12-week booklet alongside one-to-one work for people addressing eating and body image. Azora also supports adults navigating relationship decisions, intimacy rebuilding, and the effects of miscarriage or traumatic birth. To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
How her therapeutic approaches work online
Azora blends attachment-based therapy with client-centred work to help people understand how early relationships affect current bonds. Attachment-based therapy looks at patterns formed in childhood and how they show up in adult relationships, which can help when dealing with family of origin issues or parenting stress. Client-centred therapy focuses on what the person brings to each session, giving space to talk and reflect while the counsellor follows the client's lead.She also draws on mindfulness in sessions to develop simple practices for managing anxiety, stress and overwhelming feelings. Mindfulness techniques aim to steady attention and reduce reactivity, which many people find useful alongside other therapeutic work. Choosing the right mix of approaches is part of the process, and Azora works collaboratively to identify what fits your needs, goals and preferences as therapy progresses.
The original profile does not list specific online formats; please confirm which session types are offered before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into everyday life by reducing travel, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, or offering audio-only options if looking away from a screen helps. Registered or accredited professionals often use online work to keep therapy practical and accessible while matching the approach to each person's circumstances.
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Experience
3+ years
Listed in
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with adults on trauma and abuse, grief, eating and body image, ADHD, anxiety, stress, relationship and parenting strains, and related concerns.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is collaborative and practical, using client-centred, attachment-based and psychodynamic ideas alongside mindfulness and solution-focused techniques.
How much experience does she have?
She has three years of professional experience working as a counsellor and mental health practitioner in the UK.
What qualifications and location are listed?
She is listed with the NCPS and practises from the United Kingdom.
Can I work with her if I live outside the UK?
Sessions are offered to international clients in English.
Which session formats does she offer?
The original profile does not specify session formats; please confirm current online session options before booking.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I get started?
Select 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 anyone is in danger, use the crisis numbers.