Giovanna Belli
Psychologist & Neuropsychologist
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About me
I work with adults who feel anxious, overwhelmed, or stuck in patterns that keep repeating — and with people who struggle with focus, organisation, and follow-through, including adults living with ADHD or adjusting after a recent diagnosis.
My clinical work is grounded in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and it's shaped by my training in neuropsychology. That background means I pay close attention to how attention, memory, and self-regulation actually work — so instead of only talking about motivation and willpower, we build strategies that fit how your mind operates. (I don't provide formal neuropsychological assessment through this platform; my work here is psychotherapy.)
Many of my clients come with anxiety, panic, burnout, harsh self-criticism, or the lasting effects of stressful experiences. Together we look at the patterns underneath, strengthen emotional regulation, and develop practical tools you can use outside the session.
I'm Brazilian and work in both English and Portuguese. If you're living abroad, far from your language and your usual support network, that context is welcome in the room — it often is the work.
Not sure if we're a fit? Book a free 15-minute intro call. No pressure, just a conversation.
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In our work together, we focus on:
- Understanding the patterns behind anxiety, avoidance, and self-criticism
- Building emotional regulation and self-awareness
- Practical strategies for focus, organisation, and follow-through
- Working through stressful and overwhelming experiences at your pace
- Developing self-compassion and more sustainable ways of coping
Sessions have structure: we work with concrete CBT tools — tracking thoughts, testing assumptions, building routines and skills you can actually use between sessions. But structure isn't the whole of it. I want the room to be a place where you don't have to explain yourself twice, or translate what you mean before you say it.
If you're doing therapy in a language that isn't your first, or explaining a life your therapist has no context for, you already know how much that costs. Here you can switch between English and Portuguese, and skip the translation.
