Therapy Tides

Choosing to engage in a relationship could feel like a jump in unknown waters. The intention and expectation is to feel safe, secure, and unconditionally loved. But more often than not, little is known about love and intimacy by both partners. Hence, when the partner gets distracted, preoccupied, disconnected, and unavailable, disappointment and resentment can arise, agitating the calm waters of one own feeling of safety.

Moreover, there is the evidence in the clinical research, that people who experienced trauma are more likely to have partners with their own trauma history. In those cases, trauma can be re-enacted in the relationship and both partners could find themselves engulfed by unconscious defense mechanisms, that could escalate the tension and foster misunderstanding.

At Therapy Tides, we use different modalities, such as systemic therapy, the IFS model, EFT, and the attachment theory framework to navigate the journey of understanding and shaping new ways of communicating within the couple. This allows both partners to hold hands, while diving in their own personal inner family system, defense mechanisms, and attachment styles. Partners also witness their beloved one doing the same, which brings empathy, compassion and tolerance for the challenges of the other. There is an increase in awareness of how their early experiences in childhood affect their role in current intimate relationships and a growing sense of agency and autonomy in their ability to choose differently now, as they are both growing into emotional adulthood.

We provide a safe and highly specialised environment where to navigate the tides of your personal therapeutic evolution. In therapy, change comes in waves and when working with us, clients report experiencing a soothing and safe way to cruise those important changes in their life.

We provide therapy for anxiety, depression, grief, ADHD and other Neurodiversities, and a vast array of mental health conditions. We also specialise in Trauma Therapy.
The benefits of working with us could include:

psychological safety and stability;

enhanced self-esteem and trust;

reduced severity of PTSD symptoms;

reestablishment of normal stress response;

deconditioning of anxiety/fear;

processing of emotions and traumatic memories;

recovery from comorbid problems;

maintained or improved adaptive functioning and social relationships;

reengagement in life;

enhanced social support;

development of a relapse prevention plan;

overcoming developmental deficits;

acquiring skills for emotion experiencing, expression, and self-regulation;

restoring or developing a capacity for secure, organized relational attachments;

enhancing personality integration and recovery of dissociated emotion and knowledge;

restoring or acquiring personal authority over the remembering process;

enhancing physical health.

If any of the above speaks to your heart,

we are looking forward to hearing from you!

For all the students and professionals working in mental health and in therapeutic contexts, counting with a solid supervision is essential. Supervision guarantees that a professional feels understood, resilient and safe.

I offer supervision that is engaging, centered on the supervisee’s needs, and focused to enhance self-reflection, self-awareness and the development of skills and knowledge. I incorporate my experience in trauma therapy, and several psychological methodologies, including Existential Client-Centered Therapy, and Systemic Therapy among others.