Projecto casa d’árvore
"Do you have the discipline to be a free spirit?"
Gabrielle Roth
The project
Hello,
Welcome home!
Casa d’árvore emerged in 2014, following a professional and personal turnaround. And this house intends to be your home in both dimensions:
physical home – comfortable, pleasant, peaceful, safe;
emotional home – space for restorative, containing, and trusting relationships.
The I, You, and We, the intersubjective space of the therapeutic relationship.
In this house, there are trees. Trees that represent the process of growth and no growth is safe enough if the roots are not at their base.
Who hasn’t dreamed of a tree house? When we see them, our imagination takes us to ideas of play, shelter, confidence, and refuge, of peace. And so is our house!
A casa d’árvore aims to be a space of comfort and intimacy, safe and comfortable. And it is from this base that we set out to discover.
My name is Carla Ricardo and I was born and raised in Setúbal. I’m part of the middle generation: post April 25th, pre-technological! I decided on my profession from an early age, but it was almost by chance that I started with private practice.
I graduated (pre-Bologna) in Clinical Psychology, from ISPA in 2003 and I am an effective member of the Order of Portuguese Psychologists. My basic orientation was psychoanalytical, but my path has been increasingly directed towards corporal and relational psychotherapy. I have taken several other courses such as introduction to cognitive-behavioral therapy, EMDR, Integrative Mindbody Psychotherapy, Bodynamic Psychotherapy (Association of Bodynamic Psychology).
I started my clinical journey in 2005 with children and young people following my internship. In 2007 I started to work with adults as well. In the last 6 years, I started to dedicate my clinical practice to adults only (from 21 years old).
I identify my professional style along an integrative line and approach issues “by the loosest thread”, according to the pace, structure, and goals of the patient, which may imply different approaches for similar cases (process-oriented).
I am constantly updating and training, through participation in specialization courses, professional and personal supervision. The most recent line of research that I have been particularly attentive to is in the area of the potential of entheogenic substances in improving some resistant psychopathologies.
So I’m a member of SPACE and I closely follow MIND and MAPS, organizations at the forefront of these investigations.
I’m married, I have two kids and three cats! I practiced capoeira for 5 years, currently, I do yoga, dance and meditate (whenever I can!). I really like reading, keeping up with the news, traveling, meeting people… I really like people.
I like music, theater and cinema, photography, and nature. I like experiences. I like challenges. I like human beings, understanding them, and seeing them grow and expand their consciousness.
Are you coming to the house?
Services
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is an empirically validated method of treatment, with a specific theoretical model and its own techniques.
Online Psychotherapy
Aimed at Portuguese people living outside the country, consultations are carried out via skype.
Psychotherapy for Expats
If you are living in Setúbal or nearby and you are feeling sad, anxious or having some difficulties in your relationships, therapy might help.
Supervision
If you are an intern in clinical or professional psychology, case supervision is important in your training and development.
Intervention areas
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Trauma
- Interpersonal Relationships
- Personality
- Identity and Sexuality
- Neurodivergence
Partners
Inês Paula
Hello! My name is Inês Paula and I am a psychotherapist.
Art psychotherapy is a form of emotional and psychological support, which in addition to dialogue, also uses creative expression in the therapy process.
As an art psychotherapist, I seek to encourage the expression and relief of emotional suffering, to help you overcome difficult life periods and adapt to challenging changes that interfere with your emotional stability, identity or life path. My goal is to provide you with a private space for reflection and acceptance where you can express yourself freely, develop a better understanding and relationship with yourself, as well as create healthy ways to manage your emotional difficulties and live a more whole life. , happy and meaningful.
Creative expression in psychotherapy is a door to parts of us that need to be expressed and recognized, opening pathways to emotions, thoughts and experiences that are difficult to access or put into words. Creative expression can be achieved through images, collage, modeling, among many other expressive mediators. It is not necessary to have any experience with art to undergo or benefit from art psychotherapy and although this is not mandatory, you may be surprised at how the creative process can help you get to know yourself better. and initiate positive changes in your life.
My work focuses on values of acceptance, inclusion and collaboration. I completed my Masters in Art Psychotherapy in 2013 at the University of Roehampton in the United Kingdom and have 11 years of clinical experience in the context of individual and group therapy.
Contacts
Paulo Pelixo
My name is Paulo Pelixo. I completed a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Évora. Currently, I am also doing a PhD in Psychology at this University. I am an effective member of the Order of Portuguese Psychologists. I completed additional training in Child-Centered Play Therapy, Creative Therapies and Sexology. I completed the first year of Psychotherapy training using the Bodynamic approach. I am a Somatic Experiencing therapist, an innovative and very effective approach that integrates mind and body in intervention in trauma situations.
Throughout my professional career, I had the opportunity to intervene in various contexts and on various issues, namely in the area of violence (sexual abuse and domestic violence) and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. I also dedicated myself to LGBTI issues. I have carried out interventions both at a community and clinical level. Currently, based on my professional experience, I work as a trainer and in a private clinic, where I work with children, young people and adults.
My goal is to help people, who are experiencing difficulties in relationships with other people or with themselves, to find their balance again. My approach combines aspects of verbal therapies with contributions from other areas in order to respond effectively to the person’s needs. Throughout a therapeutic process, the duration of which varies depending on each situation, we work together to build resources and achieve the defined objectives.
Humor is a fundamental tool in my life. I am passionate about Dance and other body practices. I really like listening. I am curious by nature.
Contacts
Intervention areas
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Trauma
- Interpersonal relationships
- Personality
- Identity and Sexuality
- Neurodivergence
Where are we
Projecto casa d’árvore
- Av. de Angola 29, r/c C 2900-054 Setúbal
- +351 966 091 036
- carla.ricardo@projectocasadarvore.pt
