Juana is a psychotherapist working towards UKCP registration as a Lacanian psychoanalyst. She has experience supporting mothers-to-be and women who may be suffering with postpartum depression and psychosis.
I can help with...
- Addictions – alcohol, drugs, etc
- Antisocial personality disorder
- Anxiety
- Avoidant personality disorder
- Borderline personality disorder
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Gender issues
- Narcissistic personality disorder
- Obsessive–compulsive tendencies
- Phobias
- Postnatal depression
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Pregnancy, birth and loss
- Schizoid personality disorder
- Schizotypal personality disorder
- Trauma
Types of client I see
- Individuals
- Couples
- Families
- Young people
Languages I speak
- English
- Italian
- Portuguese
Location(s)
- Room 27 at 175–7 Borough High Street, SE1 1HR
- Online
Types of therapy I offer
- Psychoanalysis
My approach
You may have asked yourself:
- What is it that I really want?
- Why do I keep repeating unhealthy behaviours?
- Why do I make unwise life choices?
Psychoanalysis is a form of talking cure invented by Sigmund Freud.
Jacques Lacan, a French psychoanalyst developed the psychoanalytic theory further, incorporating elements from other fields of knowledge, such as linguistics and topology. I offer psychoanalysis in a Lacanian orientation.
Psychoanalysis is not a quick fix. It takes time and commitment to explore one’s suffering. I will ask you about your life, your childhood memories and your dreams. I will listen. Sessions are of variable length.
“The unconscious is structured like a language.”
Jacques Lacan
Training, qualifications and experience
I completed a degree in Clinical Psychology in Brazil before moving to the UK in 2006.
I have over a decade of experience in mental health, including helping people with substance misuse.
I have also worked with children and adolescents, some within the autism spectrum.
Other training and experience includes:
- training with the Centre of Freudian Analysis and Research (CFAR)
- project manager of a therapeutic community in London
- working as a doula with expectant couples pre and post-birth.
Professional affiliations
I am currently working towards accreditation with the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).
Code of ethics
I follow the:
Fees and availability
- £60 per session (I often see patients twice weekly)
- I have some reserved spaces for those on low income
- I’m currently working remotely and in-person
