Marta M. Pires

Marta M. Pires is a UK-based Chartered Psychologist who offers non-clinical wellbeing coaching and psychoeducational guidance to adults, young people, and families internationally. Her approach is integrative and trauma-informed, with a special interest in helping clients deepen self-understanding, shift patterns in relationships, and move through emotional blocks that hinder growth.

Marta supports individuals who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected from meaning in life, and who are seeking personal insight and emotional clarity.

Areas of Support (Non-Clinical)

Marta offers coaching and emotional development support for:

• Navigating transitions or a lack of direction in life
• Building healthy boundaries and communication habits
• Exploring patterns in emotional reactivity or relationship difficulties
• Developing emotional regulation skills
• Processing grief, low confidence, or personal setbacks
• Strengthening self-worth, resilience, and life purpose

While she is trained in evidence-based frameworks (such as CBT, DBT, systemic thinking, and EMDR), Marta does not provide psychological treatment or trauma therapy in the UAE. Instead, she adapts these insights into coaching-style, psychoeducational sessions that are safe, empowering, and non-clinical.

Marta’s Coaching Style

Marta creates a warm and reflective space for clients to explore:

• Repeating emotional or relationship patterns
• Internal narratives that affect self-esteem or identity
• The mind–body connection and the impact of past experiences on present choices
• Personal goals, values, and how to live more meaningfully

Her method blends person-centred coaching, mindful inquiry, and goal-oriented exploration. Marta works in English and Portuguese and understands Spanish conversationally.

Background

Marta is a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and has worked in a variety of settings including youth mental health services, family support, and private coaching spaces. She has a special interest in holistic and integrative approaches and has previously incorporated Animal-Assisted Support into her work.

While her past clinical work involved treating complex trauma and PTSD, her UAE-facing services are offered strictly in a coaching and self-development context.

Disclaimer: Marta M. Pires is not licensed by the Dubai Health Authoriy (DHA) and does not offer psychological treatment, diagnosis, or therapy within the UAE. All support services provided to Dubai-based clients are coaching-focused, non-medical, and aimed at personal development, wellbeing, and growth.