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therapeutic approach

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

Brief

designed to last a handful of sessions, often between three and eight.

Brief

designed to last a handful of sessions, often between three and eight.

  • Confidential
  • Accepts insurance
  • Registered psychologists
  • ERS certified

What is it?

Solution-focused brief therapy starts from the idea that the solution is not necessarily the opposite of the problem, and that analysing its origins at length may not help change anything. The work concentrates on what the person wants to be different, on the times when the problem already does not happen, and on what they do differently then without noticing.

Who it is for

Concrete, well-defined goals, decisions to be made, a difficult phase to get through. It suits people with little time or appetite for a long process, and anyone who prefers to talk about what they want to build rather than about what went wrong.

What a session looks like

Questions are the main tool and are deliberately forward-looking. The work proceeds in small, observable steps, and each session starts by asking what went better since the last, because what already works is the raw material. Online therapy in English, by video call, with an English-speaking therapist: for people in Portugal and for expats, wherever you live in Europe.

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Specialist professionals

Gracinda Santos
Gracinda Santos
Psychologist · Licence 22391
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accepted insurers

Médis · Multicare · AdvanceCare · Fidelidade · Ageas · AXA · Allianz · Medicare · and others

The invoice for each consultation can be submitted to your health insurer for reimbursement, according to your plan. What you say in your sessions is confidential and never reaches the insurer.

faq

The problem is heard and taken seriously. What changes is where the time goes: instead of dissecting it, most of the sessions are spent building what you want in its place. For long-standing, deep difficulties this is not the right approach, and we say so.

Few, often between three and eight. The ending is discussed from the start, and each session is treated as though it could be the last, which is part of the method rather than a rush.

It can help, particularly in mild presentations or ones tied to a specific circumstance. For moderate or severe difficulties there are approaches with more evidence, and the fit is assessed in the first consultation rather than assumed.

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.

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