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Systemic Therapy

Between people

the work is on the pattern that repeats, not on a person inside it.

Between people

the work is on the pattern that repeats, not on a person inside it.

  • Confidential
  • Accepts insurance
  • Registered psychologists
  • ERS certified

What is it?

Systemic therapy, often called family therapy, starts from the idea that each person belongs to systems, the family, the couple, work, and that behaviour only makes sense inside those relationships. Rather than looking for the cause in one person, it looks for the pattern keeping the difficulty alive, including the attempted solutions that have themselves become part of the problem.

Who it is for

Family conflict, difficulties with children and adolescents, couple relationships, and changes that shake a family, such as a separation, an illness or a loss. Also when one person wants to understand their part in a system they feel stuck in.

What a session looks like

It may involve several people in one session, or just one who brings the system with them. The work is on what happens between people, what each expects of the other and what has already been tried. Questions are often circular, asked of one person about the relationship of others, because that is where the pattern becomes visible. 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

Sofia Rebelo
Sofia Rebelo
Psychologist · Licence 23449
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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

No. We work with whoever is available, and systemic therapy can be done with one person. Changing how one member takes part in the pattern changes the pattern, even without the others in the room.

No. The central idea of this approach is precisely that looking for someone to blame neither explains nor resolves. What is sought is how the pattern holds today and what each person can do differently.

It does, and sometimes it is the only way to gather a family living in different places. Each person can join from wherever they are. All we ask is privacy and a clear picture, because much of what matters here is not said in words.

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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