Professional psychological support for your emotional well-being.
- Psychological Assessment
- Psychological Intervention
- Psychotherapy
- Couples/partners therapy
- Family therapy
- Children
- Teenagers
- Adults
- Seniors
- Family and Parents
- In-person consultation with all recommendations DGS assured
- Video call consultation
- Certified by Entidade Reguladora da Saúde (ERS)
PARTNERS
Clinical Psychologist by University of Porto, full member of Order of Psychologists (OPP), with continuous clinical practice since 2009, in various contexts, mainly in private clinics, but also in schools and communities (Mental Health Clinic of Porto, Casa do Alto, Casa do Impacto, Climodus, Gabinete de Psicologia da Boavista, Clínica J. Cordeiro Tavares, Academia Pedagógica, ITAPA, Mentanalysis, Getting It). Experience with diverse populations (children, adolescents, adults, families and parents), with diverse psychological and social problems and specificities.
Member of Portuguese Society of Clinical Psychology (SPPC) since January 2017, where I carry out specialized training in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, as well as Clinical Supervision and Personal Didactic Psychotherapy. I develop scientific activities in the same society.
With a great interest and investment in updating and continuous training, I attended other training courses such as specialization in Music therapy at the Benenzon Institute from 2014 to 2017, including Clinical Supervision in Music Therapy and the Didactic Music Therapy process.
Since March 2020, I have been part of several simultaneous and articulated groups for in-depth study of psychoanalytic/psychodynamic knowledge – I Ferenczi; II Antonino Ferro; III Bion; IV Lacan; V Melanie Klein
Professional internship supervisor for OPP since January 2019.
My professional practice is characterized by a great involvement in both technical-scientific knowledge and relational sensitivity and empathy, in order to provide the most appropriate therapy to each person's needs and characteristics. I believe in personalized therapy based on scientific evidence, relationships and subjective truth.
Private practice in the city of Porto – Campo Alegre/Bom Sucesso
Clinical, health and developmental psychology
Psychological intervention allows us to respond to the problems and issues of mental health, as well as well-being and personal development. The intervention always occurs following a assessment understanding.
Some relevant examples of indications for assessment and intervention:
- Rigid and persistent patterns of functioning, conditions borderline, personality disorders, dependencies (emotional, substance, …),
- Changes psychological and affective, such as depression anxiety, insomnia attacks of panic, eating disorders (e.g. anorexia), trauma, insecurity, thoughts and behaviors obsessive, feelings of empty, etc.
- Maladaptive relational patterns (e.g. isolation, aggression, passivity). Conflicts personal, family and interpersonal.
- Crises and life transitions (adolescence, adulthood, aging, mourning, divorce, professional crises, identity crises, …).
- Developmental disorders – autism, hyperactivity and attention deficit, learning difficulties, behavioral disorders, developmental delay or deficit, elimination disorders (enuresis and encopresis), etc.
Psychotherapy
It's a method specific to treatment which aims at a solid and consistent resolution of issues and problems, starting from an in-depth understanding of the dynamics of personal functioning. This understanding seeks an understanding of the foundations of these same dynamics and of personality, as well as their relationship with the life history in which they were structured.
It is based on the exploration, reflection and interpretation of the internal and interpersonal functioning processes, the affective dynamics and the construction of meanings of the subject. The deepening of the self knowledge provides a greater awareness of oneself, one's patterns and one's emotions. It is from this awareness that each one can build the changes desired in a harmonious and coherent way with oneself, developing greater flexibility and calming adaptability, as well as the ability to make decisions and take responsibility.
Psychotherapy has a variety of applications depending on the needs, singularities and dynamics of each person's functioning. It is carried out according to a consolidated technical-scientific framework, which is why it requires rigorous processes specialization, training and certification, as well as the mastery and constant updating of specific and complex knowledge.
Psychotherapy has a variety of applications depending on the needs, singularities and dynamics of each person's functioning. It is carried out according to a consolidated technical-scientific framework, which is why it requires rigorous processes specialization, training and certification, as well as the mastery and constant updating of specific and complex knowledge.
COUPLES THERAPY
Couples often seek help when they face difficulties, impasses, emotional distance and/or incompatibilities, as well as blocks in intimacy and/or sexuality.
In therapeutic counseling, each partner is heard, and together we explore ways to understand the dynamics underlying the difficulties experienced in the relationship, as well as how to restore dialogue, strengthen trust, and regain balance in the relationship. It is important that both parties are willing to participate in the process and agree to it.
The focus is not on changing each ones personality but rather on resolving conflicts, improving communication, and developing ways to deal with differences and incompatibilities between the two. The focus is also on fostering negotiation skills, aiming to reach compromise solutions.These solutions generally involve mutual concessions that are simultaneously satisfactory to both parties and ensure both feel respected.
Sometimes, these compromise solutions involves regulating one's ability to set limits on others (whether due to difficulties in assertively communicating personal boundaries or due to rigidity and high demands in establishing them). They can also involve developing and deepening mutual (and self) knowledge and the ability to understand the other one, his needs, his history and his vulnerabilities.
At last, the focus is on promoting a satisfactory, healthy, and dynamic relationship that does not crystallize into rigid patterns, being able to overcome impasses constructively and based on mutual respect..
Couples sessions last longer (approximately two hours) than individual sessions, and thus more financially demanding. However, it's a short-term therapy (usually a few sessions), compared to individual psychotherapy, which tends to be longer.
I'm available, don't hesitate to contact me!
Appointments and Information
Price per individual session: 60€ (1 hour)
Price per couple session: 100€ (2 hours)
Hours: Monday to Saturday from 11am to 9pm
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