My history

Since I started my academic training, I have tried to expose myself to the most varied psychological topics, covering almost the entire age spectrum, applied to a wide range of situations and settings. Along this path I adopted an integrative view of psychotherapy, as I understood that to do the best job possible, taking into account the variety of needs and configurations that my clients present, I need to have a flexible attitude and equip myself with tools, both theoretical and practical, from different schools and therapeutic models.

I graduated from the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Lisbon as a Clinical Psychologist, specializing in Cognitive-Behavioral and Integrative Psychotherapy. Being a psychologist implies the constant updating of my knowledge and practice, so my training continued and continues. Today, I focus on psychological counseling with adults and young adults, and base my practice on cognitive-behavioral, humanistic, existential and experiential therapies, inspired by Leslie Greenberg, Sandra Paivio, Antonio Pascual-Leone, Leigh McCullough, Marcha Linehan , Lorna Benjamin, Jeffrey Young, Aaron Beck, Jeremy Safran, Carl Rogers, Nancy McWilliams, Paul Wachtel, Richard Schwartz, Ellert Nijenhuis, Prof. Dr. Nuno Conceição, Prof. Dr. António Branco Vasco, among others. My main topics of interest are trauma, personality disorders and experiential work.

My work

Offices:

Positivamente (Algés)

Professional qualification:

Integrated Master in Clinical and Health Psychology with a specialization in Cognitive-Behavioral and Integrative Psychotherapy
Complementary training in various psychology topics (Crisis Intervention, psychiatric pathologies, intellectual disability, sleep disorders, personality disorders, depression, anxiety, among others.)
Complementary training in the EMF approach - Balancing Technique (alternative therapy)

Professional experience in psychotherapy:

Psychological monitoring of adults and young adults in the context of projects aimed at the community - Community Service of the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Lisbon
- In-person and online context (Zoom or Skype)
Individual psychological support and group therapy for adults with psychiatric pathology - Clínica Psiquiátrica de São José, Irmâs Hospitaleiras
Psychological support and Crisis Intervention in a telephone context - Community Support Line of the University of Lisbon
Supervision with integrative and cognitive-behavioral psychologists.

Professional experience in companies:

Provision of psychological services such as psychotherapy, group sessions, psychological assessments, development of team building activities, training, mental health promotion workshops, resilience and leadership skills training, among others.
Development of wellness programs in companies, assessment of psychosocial risks, coordination of these programs and assessment of their effectiveness, creation of reporting methodologies, analysis and data archiving, for subsequent monitoring of the mental health of employees, use for research purposes , and to share relevant information with the Customer

Research:

I am a member of the Laboratory of Paradigmatic Complementarity (LAB), based at the Faculty of Psychology. A team dedicated to psychotherapy research.
I was a member of the Research and Wellness team (RAW), headquartered in the company Teleperformance. A team dedicated to the investigation of well-being in content moderators.
I'm a Wellness Research Lead at Teleperformance, doing research on the impact of moderating content and how to prevent its risks.

Publications:

Neves, S. (2019). Structural dissociation of personality: what therapists experience and learn in the face of the phenomenon. Master's thesis unpublished. Lisbon: FPUL. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/41583

See my Curriculum Vitae