Filipa Maltez

The first step is a collaborative understanding of the difficulties that brought you to therapy, their probable origins and what is perpetuating them now. This evaluation (not only at the start) allows us to choose and adapt therapeutic models and interventions to your needs and goals (with evidence-based tools). Then, within a safe and warm relationship, step by step, we will try to:

• Mindfully get in touch with your body sensations;
• Explore the emotional experiences that inform you what is withdrawing you from your needs, values and best possible life;
• Understand how the content of the present and past relationships (even our own) can influence you (and also help you);
• Discover and transform your most important triggers, sensitive and dissociate memories, feelings (ex. sadness, shame or fear), behaviors (ex. numbing, avoidance, addiction, conflict) and rigid and inadequate beliefs and patterns of thinking.

In Lisbon recently I worked in Multinational Corporate & Mental Health leading coaching sessions and psychoeducational groups, focusing on resilience, stress management and workplace well-being. In parallel I worked with elderly in home Care and home assistance, leading psychological assessments and therapeutic interventions focusing on rehabilitation, family support, and training caregivers. Before, I provided psychosocial support to refugees and asylum seekers, as well as to disadvantaged families and victims of violence. Earlier, in Lisbon and Azores, in parallel I did private practice, and I had extensive experience in Childhood & Youth Protection in residential care settings, where I managed individual intervention plans for at-risk youth, group skills promotion, conducted family mediation, and authored technical reports for judicial entities. Previously, in Lisbon and Alentejo as a certified trainer, I developed programs in behavioral skills, parental competencies, and emotional intelligence.

Master's degree in psychology with Dynamical Clinical specialization (Lisbon’s Uni.), Portuguese Association of Psychologists nº 2581, Erasmus experience in France. Expected completion of an Advanced (Adv) Spec.in Integrative Psychotherapy (ISPA – 3 yr) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy Course (Psikontacto). And concluded: Emotion Focused Therapy (Trp) (level 1), Adv. Spec. in 3rd Wave Trp. (Acceptance and Commitment Trp.; Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Trp.; Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction; Compassion-Focused Trp.; Emotional Schema Trp.- 1 yr); Adv. Spec. in Neuropsychological Assessment and Rehabilitation -child to adult (1 yr 1/2); Spec. in Family Mediation (1yr ½); Victim Support Technician Certification (Cert.)(1 Yr); Professional Trainer Cert.. I’ve also concluded Adv. Courses in: Schema-Focused Therapy, Snoezelen Intervention; Motivational Interview, Therapeutic Life Story Work, Systemic Coaching, Addictive Behaviours Intervention; Sociodrama; Psychodrama; Evaluation in Talent Acquisition and SCID-IV -I.