Marcos Alves Ribeiro, BACP
Marcos Alves Ribeiro helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties.
About Marcos
Marcos Alves Ribeiro helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression and relationship difficulties. He also supports those dealing with trauma, grief, addiction and problems with self-esteem. Marcos offers counselling in English and Portuguese and brings 23 years of professional experience to his work.
He uses straightforward, conversational sessions where people can talk about what matters to them. He aims to create a calm, non-judgemental space and listens for what each person needs most.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on practical steps as well as understanding how past experiences shape current feelings. Marcos blends several approaches to meet different needs. He draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice painful thoughts and still move toward what matters.
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is used to spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try new responses. Client-Centred methods keep the person’s experience central to the process. Across sessions he uses narrative and existential ideas to help people make sense of life changes, identity, and values.
That can be useful for issues like intimacy, body image, or feeling stuck after loss. He also brings experience working with kink and alternative sexual cultures, adoption and fostering concerns, and caregiver stress. Marcos is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, which is shown as BACP.
He offers online sessions by video, phone, chat or messaging and works with clients in the United Kingdom and internationally.
Details from the counsellor's public professional profile · registration number listed
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| Body | Registration number | Expires |
|---|---|---|
| BACP | 401110 | May 2026 |
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Sessions and payment
Sessions are held online through our partner platform, by video, phone or messaging depending on the counsellor.
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Focus areas and approaches
Everything Marcos lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Ways of working Marcos names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centred Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor lists and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then take steps toward what really matters. It can be useful for anxiety, depression and life changes. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy focuses on spotting unhelpful thought and behaviour patterns and testing alternative responses, which often helps with stress and low mood. Client-Centred Therapy places the person’s own perspective at the heart of the work, offering a non-judgemental space to express and understand feelings.Finding the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will discuss goals, try approaches that fit the person’s needs, and adapt methods as the work progresses. This collaborative way helps people feel more in control of what they want from therapy.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to make counselling more flexible. Video lets people use face-to-face interaction, phone needs less bandwidth and can fit into a short break, chat can be good for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family and travel.
Frequently asked
What concerns does Marcos support?
He works with stress, anxiety, depression and relationship issues plus trauma, grief and addiction. Additional areas include self-esteem, intimacy, eating concerns and caregiver stress.
How would sessions feel and proceed?
Sessions are conversational and practical, with space to talk and try new ways of responding. Marcos aims to balance emotional understanding with small, workable steps.
What experience does the counsellor have?
He has 23 years of professional experience working in counselling, teaching and research settings. That background informs a calm, reflective approach to common life problems.
What credentials and where is he based?
Marcos is listed with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, shown as BACP, and practises from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese for people who prefer either language.
What session formats are offered?
He provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are costs and payments handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
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