- Years in practice
- 10
- Registration
- BACP
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Patricia
Patricia Oliveira is a psychotherapist who supports people facing relationship strains, family tensions and parenting challenges. She also helps with stress, anxiety, depression and grief. Patricia offers sessions in English and Portuguese and works with clients across the United Kingdom and internationally.
Patricia trained in psychology in Brazil and holds a BACP accreditation with ten years of clinical experience. She practises from a Jungian and psychodynamic viewpoint, favouring exploration and reflection over quick fixes.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on making space to think and feel differently about difficult patterns. In practice she helps people dealing with trauma, abuse and intimacy-related issues. She also supports those managing migration and multicultural stresses, fatherhood matters, blended family concerns and family of origin problems.
Other areas she addresses include codependency, attachment-related difficulties and somatic expressions of distress. Patricia aims for a calm, thoughtful style in sessions. Conversations are paced to suit the person and to allow insight to develop.
She encourages clients to notice recurring themes and to connect present problems to personal history and cultural context. Practical work may include reflecting on relationships, exploring unconscious patterns and linking current symptoms to life events. Over time the goal is clearer self-understanding and more choice in how to respond.
This approach suits people who prefer depth and longer-term exploration.
What Patricia works with
Everything Patricia lists, in their own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Patricia helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Immigration issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Sexuality
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Patricia lists
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each counsellor names and does not check training records.
Jungian-informed therapy and online access
Jungian Therapy invites exploration of personal symbols, dreams and life stories to reveal hidden patterns that influence behaviour. It can help when people feel stuck, empty or repeatedly drawn to the same relationship difficulties. Psychodynamic work looks at how past relationships shape current reactions and supports understanding of long-standing emotional habits.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Patricia will discuss options with each person and decide together which direction feels most useful. That collaborative conversation takes account of the client’s goals, cultural background and how deep they want the work to be.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people read facial cues and body language, while phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging suit quick check-ins, brief reflections or when someone prefers writing their thoughts. These formats make it easier to arrange therapy around work, childcare or international time zones while keeping continuity of care with a registered professional.
Questions people ask about Patricia
What kinds of problems does Patricia help with?
She works with relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, stress, anxiety and depression. Other areas include grief, trauma and issues linked to migration and multicultural adjustment.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is reflective and calm, with emphasis on exploring patterns rather than quick fixes. Sessions aim to create space for insight and gradual inner change.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of clinical experience, working with a range of emotional and relational difficulties across different cultural contexts.
What credentials and location are on record?
Patricia holds BACP accreditation and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How are sessions billed and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, then schedule according to the therapist's availability.
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