Tia Boulton

Tia is deeply passionate about delivering highly personalized, one-to-one care that perfectly complements our exclusive, single-client focus. Drawing on her specialized background as an Executive Sober Living Companion, she understands the unique demands and pressures faced by CEOs and high-performing professionals, providing them with compassionate, person-centred support to promote stability and independent living. She is dedicated to building meaningful client rapport and empowering individuals to reach their goals and sustain lasting wellbeing. Driven by a human-led, compassion-first ethos, Tia excels at meeting each person exactly where they are, offering the dedicated focus, authenticity, and patience required to help clients achieve profound personal growth. 

Tia is a dedicated peer recovery coach, life coach, and BACP counsellor with over 15 years of experience empowering individuals to achieve and sustain wellness. Known for her authenticity and patience, she brings a genuinely human-led, compassion-first approach to meeting each person exactly where they are.

Tia provides comprehensive support for individuals facing substance misuse, anxiety, depression, and complex needs. Her background includes specialized experience as an Executive Sober Living Companion, providing one-to-one, person-centred care to promote stability and independent living. As an Independent Recovery Coach and Counsellor with Algarve Wellness, she delivers live-in recovery coaching and one-to-one counselling across both residential and community settings. Her holistic practice is further supported by her skills as a Reiki practitioner and reflexologist.

Core Specialties:

  • Addiction Recovery & Substance Misuse: Comprehensive peer recovery coaching, relapse prevention, and harm reduction.
  • Mental Health & Wellness: Targeted support for anxiety, depression, and complex needs utilizing trauma-informed care and motivational interviewing.
  • Residential & Companion Support: Executive sober-companion coaching and immersive live-in recovery care.
  • Holistic Therapies: Integrated physical and energetic support including Reiki and reflexology.
  • Family & Crisis Intervention: Systemic family support and dedicated crisis intervention strategies.

Accreditations:

  • BACP-accredited counselling qualification
  • International Peer Recovery Coaching Certification (U-ACT)
  • Coaching Supervision & Facilitator Certification (U-ACT)
  • TQUK Levels 1-3 – Mental Health Awareness
  • CPCAB Levels 2, 3 & 4 – Counselling

Professional Affiliations:

  • Registered Member, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
  • Member, International Coaching Register (ICR)
  • Student Member, National Society of Counselling Practitioners (NSCP)

Coaching Ethos:

“I am because we are.”

Independent Recovery Coach & Counsellor (2024–Present): Provides live-in recovery coaching and one-to-one counselling across residential and community settings.

Remote Continuity of Care: Delivers dedicated telephone one-to-one client support, ensuring clients maintain continuity of care even at a distance.

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Melissa Coetzee

CEO and Co-Founder

Dr. Miguel Goncalves

Clinical Director

Dr. Bruno Franco

Clinical Psychologist

Dr. Simone Costa

EMDR Psychotherapist

Dr. Miriam Nicole Rodrigues

Clinical Psychologist

Lourenço Ribeiro

Longevity & Integrative Wellness Specialist