Andreia Jennings, BACP

Andreia Jennings is an existential-integrative psychotherapist who has been practising as a fully accredited psychotherapist since 2010. Her professional path began with three years of medical study before she changed direction to study philosophy, then moved into teaching in secondary schools and freelance journalism. A later move to another country intensified her own engagement with life questions and prompted her decision to train in psychotherapy.

Her work treats existential inquiry as a practical, ongoing engagement rather than abstract theorizing. She helps people face life questions by encouraging deeper self-understanding and by repairing past ruptures so clients can reconnect with themselves, others and their surroundings. Over time her therapeutic style has broadened, drawing on psychoanalytic ideas for developmental perspective, narrative approaches for reauthoring experience, and third-wave cognitive behavioral techniques to address a range of psychological difficulties. She has been particularly involved in supporting people with eating disorders since 2015 and has been influenced by the work of Dr Dan Siegel in understanding mental distress as disruptions in the flow of energy within and between people.

Andreia describes psychotherapy as a continuous process of exploration, flexibility and attentive connection - a practice that requires both therapist and client to remain open, curious and responsive. She holds the credential BACP, which denotes membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.