Paulo Câmara

About me

I am a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist, an Accredited Member of The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and Accredited Member of United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP)

I offer regular long-term open-ended and time-limited psychotherapy to adults and adolescents facing a wide range of emotional issues. I also offer Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy (DIT).

I am particularly interested in problems related to difficulties in forming and sustaining relationships, depression, anxiety, loss and bereavement, sexuality, sexual identity, low self-esteem, issues regarding ageing and old age and exclusion among others. I am also interested in seeing overseas clients who may be facing issues living abroad and integrating into a new country, and those whose English is not their first language. I also offer psychotherapy in Portuguese.

I have been working in private practice (in Hove and London) and worked for six years at The Rock Clinic in Brighton, where I also assessed new clients. I worked on a voluntary basis for two years at WPF carrying out clients’ assessments. I have also worked as a volunteer for over 3 years at the Maudsley Hospital in London with older patients suffering from dementia.

Before working as a therapist, I worked for over 25 years in the field of transport, mainly with policies, travel behaviour, information systems, sustainable transport and research. I have worked extensively in academia, local government and the private sector in this country and abroad.

Training and qualification

I have qualified as a Psychodynamic Psychotherapist at WPF in London, accredited by Roehampton University and the BACP. I undertook DIT training at WPF, accredited by the Tavistock & Portman and Anna Freud Centre as the Foundation Certificate in Counselling Skills.

I hold a PhD in Transport Planning (UCL), a MSc in Transport Engineering (Federal University Rio de Janeiro) and a first degree in Architecture and Urban Planning.

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