Healthier relationships,
better lives.
why
couples
therapy?
Difficulties communicating?
Struggling to adapt to your new life abroad?
Trying to navigate cultural differences within your relationship?
Stuck in the same cycle during your arguments?
Trying to rebuild trust after a betrayal?
Feeling misunderstood, criticised, unheard?
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Providing a safe and non-judgemental space to explore and reconnect with your partner.
Couples therapy is design to facilitate those difficult conversations we may be struggling to have on our own. During our sessions, we will identify and analyze the specific dynamics that are leading you to disconnection.
As your therapist, I will guide the process to help you access the emotions underlying these patterns. By understanding and sharing these unspoken emotional layers with your partner, you will improve communication and discover new ways to reconnect, fostering a resilient and long-lasting bond.
About Paula
Having lived and worked as a licensed psychologist in Shanghai, Sydney, Amsterdam, Madrid and Lisbon, has made well aware of the gifts and the challenges of living abroad, as well as those specific to intercultural relationships.
My career as a psychologist started in 2013, when I finished my Master's in Clinical and Healthcare psychology. Since then, I have been carrying out my two passions; practicing psychology and travelling around the world.
Experience
During my studies and early years of practice with individuals, I used several therapeutic approaches, such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), as well as Eye Movement and Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
Throughout these period, I realized most of the people seeking support would have a common variable driving their complaints of distress regardless of their diagnostic: difficulties in their relationships.
This realization led me to specialize in relationship therapy, focusing on systems rather than individuals, and moving away from models that put emphasize pathology.
Since 2017 I have been working with families and couples, currently practicing what I consider the most powerful, human and evidenced-based approach to relationship distress, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).
Investment
Introductory session (15 min): free of charge
Relationship therapy (60 min):
120€
Approach
The main framework used during our sessions will be Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT):
(https://div12.org/treatment/emotionally-focused-couples-therapy/).
Languages
Our sessions will be conducted in English or Spanish
Book your free introductory session
Online
&
in person
in-office address
R. dos Sapateiros 76, 1100-548 Lisboa, Portugal