Hello. Welcome.

Therapy with me offers you a space to be curious about how you experience and relate to yourself and the world.

It's an opportunity to take stock and review what has shaped you, and to creatively experiment with new ways of being in your life, where you can feel more present, fulfilled and resilient.

Have a look below at how I work and about me. Get in touch. I look forward to meeting you.

HOW I WORK

I work online. I offer a warm, calm and confidential space where we explore what you bring to the sessions in a creative and non-judgemental way. Together we can tune into what's going on for you in your body and mind, and learn about your thoughts, feelings and behaviours. In therapy, patterns of behaviour often emerge, getting to know them gives you opportunities for experimenting with feeling/thinking/doing things differently in your life. This is challenging! It requires you to be outside of what is familiar, but if you allow and encourage yourself to try can be truly liberating.

As an integrative psychotherapist, l use different approaches, predominantly psychodynamic, body based and person-centered. This means that you are the source of knowledge for what we are exploring. Our work is informed by your early life experiences and relationships, the meaning you made of them, and your embodied experience right here right now. I am a relational therapist, so I also bring in my experience of what it's like to relate to you when appropriate (and hopefully useful!).

I tend to work with people with varied, often mixed, cultures and backgrounds. We can explore a range of issues, such as: stress, anxiety and overwhelm; lack of meaning and purpose; difficulties with sex, intimacy and relationships; family conflict; shame; and questions to do with identity, sexuality and behaviour, among others.

I am currently offering open ended work, depending on your goals and needs. We start with an initial consultation to help us figure out if we are a good fit for each other. If we decide to go ahead, we will see each other weekly for a 50 minute online session at an agreed day and time until an appropriate end - discussed and agreed between us.

I am bilingual and can offer sessions in English and Portuguese. I am also fluent in French, and competent in Spanish, and able to work with people wanting to use a mix of languages in the sessions.

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ABOUT ME

I have over 15 years of experience in working with people from different backgrounds, cultures and nationalities. I have experience living in areas affected by conflict and being an immigrant. This international perspective has fuelled my interest in the diversity of human experience, what shapes our sense of identity and belonging.

I have been working as a therapist for almost a decade; I am interested in how emotions are felt and carried in the body and the lenses through which we interpret and give them meaning.

I believe that psychotherapy can facilitate a shift in the way we perceive our inner experiences in the context of our social and political structures, giving us a better understanding of who we are - and with that comes the possibility of more choice and impact, allowing for a more meaningful and fulfilling life.

Qualifications:

- Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy (Minster Centre)

- Post Graduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy (Minster Centre)

- MA in Integrative Counselling & Psychotherapy (Middlesex University)

- Certificate in Psychosexual Therapy (The Grove)

Memberships:
- Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP)

- Member of The Relational School

- Friend Member of the Black, African & Asian Therapy Network (BAATN)

- Member of Psychotherapists & Counsellors for Social Responsibility