Education & Approach

After completing a five-year training at the University of Coimbra (Clinical Psychology branch, couple and family therapy model), I moved to London to undertake a master’s in child development (MSc) and a doctorate in the area of cultural diversity, both at Brunel University(London). My doctorate was followed by further clinical training at the renowned Tavistock Institute, where I worked in psychotherapy for children and adolescents with learning disabilities, migrant families with children and individual therapy for adolescents and adults, followed by further training at WLMHT .  Here, I worked in psychotherapy for elderly groups and young adults. In parallel, I held an position at the Centre for Cross Cultural Studies of the Institute of Family Therapy, working on issues of psychotherapy and diversity. 

In terms of my approach, I practise psychotherapy from an integrative perspective. This means that I combine different models and approaches with one particular client in mind. My intervention is very much based on what you want to get out of the process. 

Initial sessions are generally devoted to really pinning down what you feel is not right in your life at the moment and how certain patterns of feeling, thinking and acting may have been repeating themselves along your history. From there, we move on to finding out what you want to change and how to get there. My combined experience as a psychotherapist and a researcher extends over nearly two decades.