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Hello,

a bit about me:

MY RESUME
MY SKILLS

As a child, I was fascinated by human behaviour. My mother used to describe me as an observer and an intuitive child who seems to captivate people's difficulties and emotional tensions. My passion for psychology began long ago, at a time when the human behaviour was beyond my understanding, but within my ambition. Pursuing a career as a Clinical Psychologist became a life’s motivation. Today, after more than six academic years and nine years of professional experience, my passion is deeper and constitutes one of the best things in my life. The base of all my interventions is that each individual is unique, therapy is tailored to meet your particular needs using a warm, friendly, collaborative and person-centred approach. 

 

Main Skills:

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  • empathy and a person-centered approach to clients

  • the ability to recognize your own limitations and respond to difficult situations

  • the ability to apply your knowledge of academic psychology and research to clinical problems

  • the capacity to be critical and analytical and to work in a self-motivated, independent way

  • excellent communication and interpersonal skills in order to deal with people in distress

  • the ability to collaborate with colleagues from other disciplines

  • the determination to succeed

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Clinical experience working with the following:

  • Depression

  • Bipolar Disorder

  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) 

  • Anxiety Disorders

  • Panic Disorders

  • Eating Disorders - Anorexia, Bulimia and EDNOS

  • Anger issues

  • Personality Disorders

  • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

  • Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)

  • Low self confidence, feelings of failure and not being good enough

  • High levels of self-criticism and shame

  • Work related problems

  • Stress

  • Chronic Pain

  • Sleep Disorders

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Qualifications and Professional Memberships:

  • Bachelor of  Science (BSc) in Psychology

  • Master of Science (MSc) in Clinical Psychology

  • Specialization in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies (CBT) 

  • Registered Practitioner Psychologist HCPC (Health & Care Professions Council)

  • Chartered Membership (CPsychol) of BPS (The British Psychology Society)

 

Specialist Training:

  • Advanced Complex Trauma Skills in Schema Therapy: Working with Shame, Guilt and Dissociative States (September, 2022)

  • MANTRA Training (June, 2022)

  • Schema Focused Therapy for Eating Disorders - Schema Therapy Training Australia (July 2021)

  • Compassion Focus Therapy - Advanced Clinical Skills Workshop with Prof Paul Gilbert & Dr Andrew Rayner (The Compassionate Mind Foundation) (February, 2021)

  • Schema Therapy Associates (International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST) approved programmes) - Schema Therapy for Borderline Presentations & Schema Therapy with Anxious, Avoidant, Dependent and OCPD presentations & Schema Therapy: working with Narcissism (June, 2020) 

  • University College London, Division of Medicine - Treatment of Eating Disorders: Training for Mental Health Professionals part of the MSc in Eating Disorders and Clinical Nutrition (January/February 2020).

  • University of Oxford - Centre for Research on Eating Disorders at Oxford (CREDO) - Advanced CBT-E Clinical Workshop (November 2019)

  • Schema Therapy Training UK (International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST) approved programmes) - Schema Therapy – The Model, Methods & Techniques & Working with Complex Presentations (September 2019)

  • Centre for Research on Eating Disorders Oxford (CREDO) - Web-Centred Training in Enhanced CBT (CBT-E) for Eating Disorders (August 2019)

  • Treating PTSD with CBT Workshop - BABCP IOM Branch (May 2019)

  • The DICES Risk Assessment and Management System (November 2018)

  • Schema Focused Therapy for Eating Disorders - 2 Day Interactive Workshop with Dr Helen Startup PhD DClinPsy and Dr Anna Lavender DClinPsy  (November 2018)

  • DBT Foundational Training Course from British Isles DBT Training (May 2018)

  • DBT Introduction (May 2018)

  • Clinical Supervision Training (April 2018)

  • Complex Trauma, Dissociation & Flashbacks: Clinical Skills Workshop - PTSD Trauma Workshops with Dr Heather A Sequeira, Consultant Psychologist (April 2018)

  • Eating Disorders Training (1 Day) with Dr Matthew Cahill, CWP Consultant Psychiatrist and Eating Disorder Psychiatrist  (December 2017)

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Workshops and Conferences

 

Delivered:

  • DBT Skills Training - "Building a Life Worth Living" (October/November 2020 & January 2021)

  • Masterclass “Eating Disorders: All or Nothing about Food” (January 2019 & January 2020)

  • Masterclass “Personality Disorders: Heaven or Hell” (February 2019)

  • Masterclass: Sleep Disorders - "The Art of Good Sleep"

  • Learning disabilities Summer Camps course.

  • Speaker at the "9th National Health Psychology Congress - Health Promotion and Chronic Disease: Health promotion to the challenges," communication of the article "Translation Interview A-LIFE and Preliminary Study of Psychosocial Functioning in Portuguese Adolescent Sample"​

 

Attendance and Participation:

  • Conference Implementing the NICE Guidelines for Eating Disorders (December 2018)

  • Autism Awareness (April 2018)

  • International Research Conference “All in the Mind” – Global Perspectives on Understanding, Researching & Treating Mental Health (February 2018)

  • Reiki Workshop (Meditation)

  • Seminar "Development Psychophysics: the Comparative & Methodological Perspectives"

  •  Multidisciplinary  Psychology Conference and Educational Sciences "Beyond what you see"

  • Workshop "Managing anxiety"

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