I integrate modalities to facilitate a collaborative space to help you get unstuck, break repetitive patterns and overcome your struggles towards a more fulfilling life. I will help you to gain insight, relate past to present while learning skills through practices that have proven to be effective. I have helped clients overcome panic resolve trauma, improve relationships and find meaning after loss. I have more than 30 years of experience in the mental health field with training at the doctoral and master's levels. My purpose is to create a safe and transformative space based on therapy modalities focused on skills learning, insight, and emotional processing. I am trained and worked in Brazil as well as in the US in a variety of mental health programs from schools, correction, hospitals and private practice. I provide therapy in English and Portuguese.
First session is the opportunity to get to know you, your story, where you are coming from and where you want to go or wish to go. I may ask you to complete short assessment tools before or after the session. In the first session I will explain my approach and professional backgrounds.
Knowledge about the neurological basis of behavior and the ability to articulate this competency to inform, support and identify the best approach to assist my patients. My intention is to create a treatment plan that fits your clinical needs.
I have used this method combined with other methods because it offers objective evidence based interventions to build coping skills