Raíssa Val Gonçalves

As a practitioner one of my main priorities is to stay updated and study the most effective evidence-based practices, I am also dedicated to being a safe and inclusive space for minorities and I am always open to learn about your lived experience and discover what thriving is, or could be, from your perspective. I profoundly believe therapy needs to be accessible as a tool to liberate and emancipate the oppressed rather than pathologize, medicalize or tame them. Therapy goals can look like: - developing heightened self-awareness; - emotional regulation; - knowing and understanding yourself with curiosity rather than self-judgement; - Identifying and working with repetitive unhealthy patterns or cycles; - feeling confident and ready when faced with challenging situations. As a result of my extensive education in some of the top institutions in Brazil I am also heavily influenced by social psychology and the strong body of research in Latin America that adapts and expands the original, USA-centric practices of CBT to better suit other cultures and ethnicities.

2018 - 2019 : Clinical Psychology at university's Teaching Hospital & Public Clinic 2020 - today : Online Clinical Psychologist

2015 - 2019 - Bachelor's Degree in Clinical Psychology with a focus on Behavioural Psychology 2022 - 2024 - Postgraduate Course in Contextual Cognitive Behavioural Therapies applied to Individuals and Relationships