I am Oriana Sousa, Clinical Psychologist (OPP member nº 23744), with a solid clinical background and extensive experience in psychotherapeutic support. I believe that, before being a professional, I am a person with characteristics and challenges like anyone else. I bring with me my own experiences and imperfections, and I think of myself as a professional from this whole: my history, my training and my constant pursuit of learning and improving.

Life has unfolded organically, not always as I had planned — especially in the face of adversities that required me to reorganise my priorities — but allowing me to find a balance between the moment I am in and who I am within it.

Over time, both through collaboration on different international projects and in my daily practice of online therapy, I have had the privilege of crossing paths with people from many corners of the world. I believe that all these interactions with different countries, realities and cultures — even those that happen outside the therapeutic setting — add up and profoundly enrich my practice. I therefore regard the sum of these personal and professional experiences as an enormous asset in my work.

Today, I gather small "pieces" from all these contexts to build a broader understanding of human diversity and deliver an increasingly comprehensive clinical response, continually moulding and adapting myself.

In the session space, I enjoy working in a deeply collaborative way. My professional identity has been shaped around that of an assimilative integrative psychologist: I use Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) as my main framework, whilst being guided by a humanist and holistic vision. In this way, I always personalise my intervention according to your goals and needs, flexibly integrating contributions from various psychological schools to design a process tailored to you.