Get to Know Dr. Catarina
Hi, I am Catarina. I am a psychologist and advocate.
I see therapy as a co-constructed space in which clients can re-connect with their emotions, curiosity, imagination, and radical self-love. I am my clients’ accomplice in change - together we work to subvert harmful internalized messages, and understand the stories we tell about ourselves. We work towards noticing our emotions without judgement, but with curiosity. We work towards connecting with kindness and compassion for ourselves, and discovering agency. I intend not only to affirm my clients’ experiences, identities, and strengths - but to collaboratively liberate: helping clients become author and actor in the process of dismantling internalized pain and oppressive systems.
I’ve been working as a therapist for over 15 years, and I remain deeply passionate about this work. I value transparency and authenticity, and I strive to cultivate spaces in which my clients’ can trust their judgement rather than relying on mine. Humor and curiosity are central to how I show up in sessions—along with plenty of tea.