Joana Pancada

I hold a Master of Psychotherapy Research, specialising in Experiential Focusing, from the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England. This degree is recognised by the British Association of Counselors and Psychotherapists (BACP). I also hold a BA in person-centred counselling from the University of Brighton, England.

I have worked as a psychotherapist and led therapy groups in Brighton, London, Barcelona and Lisbon. I  have designed and offered numerous personal development workshops, including “The Use of Self”, “Focusing, Here and Now,” “Nature as therapy,” “Focusing Your Body’s Knowledge”, "'Mindfulness", "How emotions work", "How to cope with shame and guilt", and "How do we create meaning."

I wrote a full therapeutic program for a private clinic and a DBT skills course that I still use in my practice.

My approach is practical and humanistic.

It can be really unsettling to deal with negative emotions by ourselves and to not know what we can do to help ourselves to feel better. I have been guiding clients for 16 years to achieve a resilient emotional stability and a more balanced sense of self-worth.

We can reach a point where negative thoughts become unbearable. Our emotions overwhelm us and become uncontrollable and we do not have the capacity to cope. Get in touch and we can make things better...