About Patricia
Patricia Oliveira helps people facing relationship strain, parenting pressures, anxiety, depression and the fallout from trauma. She also supports those dealing with grief, identity and intimacy-related concerns, work stress and the ripple effects of immigration and multicultural change. Patricia works in English and Portuguese and is based in the United Kingdom.
Patricia trained in psychology in Brazil and holds a Master’s degree in the subject. She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
How Patricia works
Her practice draws on Jungian ideas and psychodynamic thinking to look beneath surface behaviours and recurring patterns. Sessions are conversational and reflective. Patricia encourages people to tell their story, notice repeating themes and make new sense of difficult experiences.
She avoids quick fixes and instead supports gradual insight and steady change over time. People often bring relationship problems, family tensions, parenting questions, immigration-related stress and long-standing trauma to her work. She has spent ten years working with these concerns and with issues such as abandonment, attachment wounds, codependency and blended family problems.
Patricia offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat and text-based messaging. International clients can be seen and sessions are arranged through a subscription system that can be cancelled at any time.
Patricia lists one way of working on the entry:
What Patricia works with
The areas below are the ones Patricia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Multicultural concerns
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Somatization
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | BACP |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English, Portuguese |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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Online support options
How Jungian ideas translate to online therapy
Jungian therapy looks at symbols, dreams and repeating life patterns to help people make sense of emotional pain and identity questions. In practice this means talking about memories, images and recurring themes to discover inner meaning and pathways for change. This approach can be useful for long-standing issues such as grief, attachment wounds, emptiness and cultural transition.Psychodynamic thinking complements Jungian work by focusing on how past relationships shape present behaviour. Sessions often examine family of origin problems, codependency and patterns that repeat in adult life. Together these approaches aim to deepen self-understanding rather than deliver quick solutions.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey. Patricia will work collaboratively to choose methods that fit a person’s goals and preferences, adapting the pace and focus as the work unfolds. The plan is discussed and reviewed so the process feels guided and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls are suited to deeper conversational work, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can suit shorter check-ins or people who prefer typed communication. These options help people fit therapy around work, family life and different time zones.
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