About Patricia
Patricia Oliveira is a psychotherapist who offers support in English and Portuguese. She is based in the United Kingdom and brings ten years of practice informed by Jungian and psychodynamic ideas. Patricia works with people facing anxiety, depression and relationship strain.
She also helps those coping with grief, trauma, parenting and the stresses of moving between cultures. Patricia prefers a reflective style of therapy. Sessions are a place to talk openly and slowly unpack patterns that keep causing pain.
Background and approach
She focuses on helping people notice recurring feelings and images, and on how past experiences shape present reactions. This approach aims to make space for insight rather than promising quick fixes. Her work often addresses family and parenting concerns, including blended family dynamics, fatherhood issues and family of origin problems.
She also supports people dealing with abandonment feelings, attachment difficulties, codependency and dependent personality patterns. Other areas she sees include intimacy issues, sexuality, somatic symptoms and the aftermath of domestic violence. Having trained in psychology in Brazil, Patricia draws on that background while practising in the UK.
She combines attention to personal history with attention to current life demands, such as career pressures or immigration stress. Her bilingual offer can help people process cultural and language-related layers of their experience. Sessions are available remotely in a variety of formats.
Patricia aims to work collaboratively, helping each person decide the pace and focus of the work. The emphasis is on steady change through clearer self-understanding.
Jungian-informed therapy online and practical options
Jungian Therapy pays attention to symbols, dreams and recurring inner images. It helps people connect personal difficulties to deeper patterns that show up in relationships and life choices. This can be useful for anxiety, identity questions and repetitive relationship problems.Psychodynamic ideas focus on how past relationships shape present reactions. Work in this style often looks at repeated behaviours and feelings, helping people see why they keep getting stuck. That understanding can reduce self-blame and open new ways of relating to others.
Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will help you decide what fits best by discussing your goals, history and preferences. This is a collaborative process and the plan can change as therapy unfolds.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls enable face-to-face conversation when that matters. Phone sessions can be useful when a lower bandwidth option or anonymity on camera helps. Live chat or text-based messaging suits shorter check-ins, people who find writing easier, or those needing therapy that fits around work and family commitments. Registered or accredited professionals often combine these formats to match each person's needs and schedule.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
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