Zaida Fontes, NCPS
9 years in practice
Zaida Fontes is a counsellor who focuses on helping people facing addiction, trauma, low self-esteem and depression.
License and registration
- NCPS
- NCS20-00874 · expires May 2026
- Years in practice
- 9
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Zaida
Zaida Fontes is a counsellor who focuses on helping people facing addiction, trauma, low self-esteem and depression. She speaks English and Portuguese and works from the United Kingdom. Zaida aims to make the first step feel manageable and supportive for anyone unsure how to begin.
She believes each person knows their own story and brings strengths to difficult situations. Sessions centre on listening, practical conversation and finding small steps forward.
Background and approach
Zaida encourages clients to notice what matters to them and to test new ways of coping between meetings. Her background includes nine years of work in mental health and a current NCPS credential. That experience informs calm, straightforward work rather than technical jargon.
Zaida draws on familiar approaches to help people understand patterns that keep them stuck and try alternatives that could feel more helpful. In practice she blends existential ideas with attachment-based and client-centred ways of working. This means attention to life meaning, relationship patterns and the person’s immediate experience in the room.
Techniques from Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Emotionally-Focused Therapy are used when they fit the issue and the client’s goals. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Zaida supports people through grief, family strain, parenting stress and major life changes.
She also helps with anger, codependency, and coping after separation or bereavement.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Zaida lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Zaida names
- Existential Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How these approaches translate to online sessions
Existential Therapy looks at big questions about meaning, choice and values. In online work this may mean talking about what matters most to you and how to live in line with those values despite life’s limits. Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns in close relationships and how early bonds affect current reactions; sessions can help you notice those patterns and try new ways of relating.Client-Centred Therapy offers a warm, non-directive space where the therapist follows your pace and reflections. Online this tends to be a steady, listening-focused approach that supports people who need time to process thoughts and feelings aloud. Zaida aims to be collaborative: she will talk through different ways of working and agree together what fits your goals and preferences rather than deciding alone which method to use.
Online sessions give practical flexibility. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions work well when video would use too much bandwidth or when a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging suit shorter updates, emotional regulation exercises, or when you prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving and travel while keeping the focus on steady progress.
We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. It does not change what you pay or the order of the listings.
Questions people ask
What concerns does Zaida commonly help with?
She works with people facing addictions, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, grief and coping with life changes. Other areas include parenting strain, family problems, anger and issues around attachment and abandonment.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is conversational and person-centred, focusing on hearing your story and finding practical next steps. She often uses existential questions about meaning alongside attention to relationship patterns.
How much experience does she have?
She has nine years of experience working in mental health and counselling settings. That background shapes straightforward, practice-based support rather than technical language.
What credentials and location are listed?
Her listed credential is NCPS and she operates from the United Kingdom.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese.
Can international clients work with her and how are sessions run?
She accepts international clients and offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging as session formats.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and sessions are provided via a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
What is the first step to begin therapy?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
Is this your profile?
Ask us to correct details or take the page down.
Contact us