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“Not everything that is faced can be changed,

but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”

James Baldwin

Gonçalo Ivo

AT SOME POINT

EVERYONE NEEDS HELP

We live in extremely turbulent times. We have never been so connected and yet we feel more isolated than ever. The current health, environmental, and humanitarian worldwide crisis has been making all of us start to question the way we live and relate to each other.

The result of so much uncertainty and instability is that more and more people are feeling anxious, discouraged, stressed, helpless and afraid.

Pain and suffering are a normal part of the human experience, but when they become too much, the support of a trained professional might be necessary. At some point everyone needs help.

 

Therapy can be seen as an exploratory journey into oneself, where patients have a chance to talk, listen, and, through a collaborative process, build meaning to their pain and their symptoms, possibly  opening new routes to navigate life, despite the turbulences, with more enthusiasm and pleasure.

Illustration by Fernando Cobelo

SERVICES OFFERED

in Portuguese, English and Spanish

PSYCHOANALYSIS BASED PSYCHOTHERAPY

for adults over 16

Psychotherapy is a collaborative process in which you can gradually learn more about yourself and develop tools to better cope with life's uncertainties, frustrations, losses, conflicts, as well as to pursue your desires, explore possibilities, seek satisfaction, and experience more pleasure and joy in your very own and unique way.

Remote or face-to-face sessions in Rio de Janeiro 

MARIA TEREZA VARGAS

LICENSED CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGYST AND PSYCHOTHERAPIST  

CRP /RJ 05-19919 | +55 21 97570-9905

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