Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

It depends on what brings you, but CBT is designed to end. For well-defined difficulties, such as a phobia or panic attacks, the work is often counted in months rather than years. A plan with goals is agreed in the first consultation and reviewed as you go.

They are not homework in the school sense, and nobody marks them. They are experiments agreed with you and fitted to what your week allows. That said, it is honest to say that CBT works better for people who try things outside the session: one hour a week is not enough to change a pattern of years.

No, but it gives it a different role. The past explains how a pattern formed; CBT concentrates on what keeps it going today, because that is where change is possible. When the history is central to the problem it is worked on, and sometimes another approach is the right one.

No. You can book directly on our website or with Sofia, our virtual assistant, without any referral from your GP.

Online only for now, while our clinic in Cascais is being refurbished. We reopen in November, and in-person sessions return with it.

MB Way, Multibanco, debit or credit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Revolut Pay. You can also pay at the clinic itself, in cash or by card, leaving a card on file as a guarantee for the booking. Any credit on your account is applied automatically to your next session.

We have no direct billing agreement with insurers, but we work on a reimbursement basis with the main Portuguese insurers and with ADSE. The invoice for each consultation can be submitted for reimbursement, according to your plan.

Yes. The discount applies automatically, with no sign-ups and no cards: from 5 sessions on you always have a discount, up to 20%.

Yes. Up to 24 hours before the session you can cancel and choose between a full refund to your original payment method or keeping the amount as credit. With less than 24 hours notice there is no refund, but the amount stays as credit valid for 90 days. Rescheduling is possible up to 24 hours before, at no cost.

Yes. All data is processed in accordance with GDPR and the professional confidentiality psychologists are bound by. Our data protection policy explains what we collect, what it is for and how you can exercise your rights.