I'm a Counsellor and Psychotherapist holding an MSc in Counselling and several qualifications in Addiction Counselling. I have been working in the field of addiction and associated disorders since 2003 gaining extensive experience working with compulsive behaviours, mental health and substance addictions. Over the years, I worked primarily in leading residential treatment facilities as Counsellor, Senior Counsellor, Head Therapist and Clinical Manager overseeing teams of multidisciplinary clinicians. I worked individually with clients over extended periods of time affording the opportunity for long term and sustainable recovery and change. As an integrative therapist with long experience working in the addiction and compulsive behaviours’ field, I can provide a range of different models and concepts of therapy, such as CBT, CAT, MI, Relapse Prevention, Psychodynamic, Systemic and Gestalt. I also facilitate psycho educational workshops and interpersonal psychotherapy groups as well as individual therapy. I'm fluent in English, Portuguese, French and Spanish.
Additional areas of focus: Abandonment, Antisocial Personality, Attachment issues, Avoidant Personality, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Communication problems, Control issues, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Emptiness, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Hoarding, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Mood disorders , Obsessions, Compulsions, and OCD, Personality Disorders, Prejudice and Discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Self-love, Sex Addiction, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy
BACP Therapist - Registered Member MBACP #75002