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Integrative Psychotherapeutic Counselling for the Whole Self.
Where the body remembers, the psyche speaks, the mind embodies — & the self integrates.
An Integrative Psychoterapeutic practice honoring the complexity of your experience, inherited culture, conditioning, inner conflicts, neurodivergence and all the emotional range - including sadness, shame, anger and grief.
By weaving talking therapy with somatic intelligence and unconscious exploration, we unveil your story at the intersection of body, mind and Self - exploring your relationship both with people and with yourself.
I provide a compassionate space, that is not overpromising, yet robust enough to hold a multitude of states of being, the vastness of a void, or conflicting opposites. Here nothing is too much or too little, it simply is. Our work together involves holding what is and when the time feels right breaking through the weight of "stuck" patterns—whether inherited or conditioned—that holds you back so that you can be author of your story (rather than a bystander), hold up boundaries and express yourself authentically .
We may navigate from the present moment to the past and back, through layers of trauma and stuck patterns at a pace set by you at any given moment - as you are the captain of your own ship - even if it may not seem like that today. Beyond acceptance, we aim to create conditions to cultivate a state of grounded resilience, authenticity and true psychological freedom.
What is the right therapeutic modality for me?
We make space to express the wholeness of your being, what is alive within you, not always through talking — we may use writing, metaphor, image making, sand tray, constelations, somatics, as vital tools to bypass the rational mind — when it feels right. By bringing awareness and integrating fragment parts of Self, once suppressed or disallowed (growing up), we expand the capacity for present and vivacity of experience in the here and now.
Integrative Counselling & Psychoterapy
Life’s challenges often take us to places that feel chaotic, stuck or confusing, loosing hope. This space is here to hold it all. Together we’ll gently explore the parts of you that long to be seen and heard. Somatic creative methods (images, word, visualizations embodiment) are also available wheb words feel too small. We’ll notice what’s inside and what’s around you. You are welcome here, just as you are.
If you feel:
Dysregulated & Overwhelmed / Loss of pleasure & meaning / Depressed & anxious / Inflexibility of thoughts / Struggling with life changes / Impossible choices / Victim of Abuse or Bullying or recovering / Finding my true voice / Finding my place in the world
Creative Groupwork
Starting: 24th September
A 3 month group journey to discover your depths and establish a self therapeutic practice, starting in live workshops, which then integrate into solo practices. Participants explore a sequence of creative experiments expressing their feelings non-verbally from the felt-body experience, leading into the inner realms. A sacred space emerges through collective, side-by-side inner experiencing, where each person becomes safer to freely express themselves.
If you need:
Connection, a daily practice, deepening self-knowledge & awareness, higher clarity, finding your place in the world.
1h weekly / 2h bi-weekly Limited to 8 participants
Therapeutic Coaching
Combines therapy and coaching approaches to help expand self-awareness, expression, inner resourcing and freedom of choice — transcending outdated or externally given self-constructs and limiting beliefs. May drive enhanced communication, emotional intelligence, self-acceptance, greater clarity, renewed meanings and sense of purpose.
If you are looking:
Deepen relationships / Make hard choices / Higher meaning / Individuation / Feel balanced but need a renewed sense of purpose and structure / More confidence and freedom.
Our values
Whether we are working through trauma, anxiety, depression, or a sense of disconnection, my goal is to facilitate a return to your True Self, honoring the multitudes within your being. In this intersectional and neurodiverse space, we work at your own pace to root your life in sovereignty, centered presence, and authentic expression.
Sovereign Freedom
The Deep Self
A BACP-accredited practice of clinical integrity, providing the secure, nurturing container necessary for deep transformation within a relationship of clear, mutual boundaries.
Respecting an intersectional mosaic of diverse multicultural lived experiences, where every history is seen within its context and intergenerational patterns.
Intertwining talking therapy with somatic processes and psyche exploration as a bridge to the true self; moving from a survival state toward conscious, grounded freedom of choice and resilience.
Navigating trauma and psychological challenges through an intertwining of somatic wisdom, unconscious exploration, and relational depth.
Trust
Belonging
Your Integrative Psychoterapeutic Counsellor, using the arts
Hi, I’m Rita Cotrim
Therapy doesn’t just help:
❋ Anxiety / Panic Attacks
❋ Depression
❋ Healing Shame
❋ Grief
❋ Confidence, self-esteem
❋ Healing Bullying & Abuse
❋ Coping with Life Changes
❋ Neurodivergence
❋ Journey of individuation
❋ Acceptance and integration of all of your parts
❋ The Shadow Self & Boundaries
❋ Embracing the full spectrum of emotions: from rage to fear.
❋ Inner Child Work
❋ Mindful Practices for centering and reducing anxiety
❋ Wounds of Belonging / Outsider
But it also explores
What clients are saying
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"I felt finally in touch with my shame and I couldn't go back anymore..."
Combines traditional talk therapy with mind-body-feeling expression through art-making. Gentle, projective, creative techniques, starting from an image, music, gesture, clay, writing, puppetry, movement or other creative activities to explore your internal world and parts dialogue with the support of the therapist empathic listening and witnessing.
Please email to join the waiting list.
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"This is the first relationship ending that doesn't hurt."
Combines therapy and coaching approaches to help you expand self-awareness, inner resourcing and freedom of choice — transcending outdated or externally given self-constructs and limiting beliefs. Outcomes include enhanced emotional communication, self-acceptance and resilience which leads to greater clarity, renewed meanings and purpose in life.
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"How art-therapy has helped me"
Helps uncover and process hidden emotions using creativity as a vehicle and safe container. Words, play, sand, drama, sound, or allow feelings to be expressed and access what words cannot, providing relief. Sessions may include both talking and creative activities, with the choice to engage in creative tools always left to the individual. No artistic skill is needed to benefit from this.
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“It’s strange to say but I’m happy. It felt like I found a missing piece of the puzzle. And I finally felt I feel into place.“
In the Creative Connection process participants explore a sequence of art experiences expressing their feelings non-verbally from the felt-body experience, that leads them into their inner realms.
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I change.”
CARL ROGERS