Psychology is a medical specialty dedicated to individual support, monitoring or optimization of mental and behavioral competencies.
Lusíadas Saúde practices a Psychology which is humanized, personal, and dedicated to providing the best care for the unique needs of each patient.
Interventions performed by Lusíadas Saúde Psychology Unit professionals are conducted in different contexts at the units in which they work. Their final goal is the promotion of mental health, helping those who seek services to find personal, professional, and emotional balance.
Clinical staff
Psychologist Ana Margarida Vieira
Units
Areas of Interest
Cognitive Behavioral Psychology Consultation (CBT, Young's Schema Therapy); Psychotherapy Consultation for Adults and Young Adults (Anxiety, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Chronic Pain, Depression, Trauma-related Disorders and Stress Factors, Divorce, Burnout, Addictions, Psychotic Disorders, and Serious Mental Illness); Child Psychological Assessment (Assessment of cognitive functioning and learning difficulties); Child and Adult Neuropsychological Assessment
Psychologist Rita Monteiro
Units
Areas of Interest
Children, adolescents and adults (difficulties with behavioral regulation and emotional management, e.g. hyperactivity and attention deficit, anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, bereavement, learning difficulties and aggressive behavior)
Psychologist Sílvia Carvalho
Units
Areas of Interest
Psychological assessment and intervention with adults and young people in anxiety disorders, panic attacks, phobias, depression, traumatic experiences, bereavement and psychosomatic pathology through cognitive-behavioral therapy and clinical hypnosis; Psychology for Infertility; Perinatal Psychology (conception, gestational loss and neonatal death, pregnancy, postpartum and transition to parenthood)