Psychotherapist
Bernardo Couto — Psychotherapist in Lisbon
Clinical lead of the psychology team at Clínica Intencionalis.
I am a psychotherapist dedicated to helping my clients overcome emotional and relational challenges.
My approach is relational, which means that individual experiences and intrapsychic structures derive, to a large extent, from relationships with significant people and are transformations of them. This constitutes the relational matrix.
I work in the here and now of the session to understand the dynamics of each person’s relational matrix, the unconscious dimensions of the mind, such as dreams, and to promote growth and change.
During sessions, we will work together to understand the meaning of emotional reactions, thoughts, memories, fantasies, dreams, images and sensations, in an effort to relieve personal suffering and expand the capacity for work, love and creativity.
Sessions provided
Clinical areas / themes
Education
- Degree in Psychology from ULHT
- Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist by Associação Portuguesa de Psicoterapia Psicanalítica
- Specialist in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy by Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses
Professional Experience
- Clinical Psychologist
- Casa de Saúde do Telhal
- Department of Psychiatry, Hospital São Francisco Xavier
- Private Practice
- EspaçoS - Health centre for adolescents and young adults, Câmara Municipal de Cascais
- Supervisor of pedagogical teams, Casa Pia de Lisboa
- Psychotherapy lecturer, Associação Portuguesa de Psicoterapia Psicanalítica
- Project Y, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa and Dalhousie University (Canada)
Certified Training
- Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy by Associação Portuguesa de Psicoterapia Psicanalítica
- European Certificate in Psychology, Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses
- Supervisor Certificate, Ordem dos Psicólogos Portugueses
- Introduction to Psychotherapies Course, Department of Psychiatry, Hospital São Francisco Xavier
- Certification in Thomas Key System - Personal and Function Profile Analysis, Thomas Portugal