Ana Cristina Atanes

I am out office between end of July and mid august for two weeks, as well as 2 weeks between Christmas and New Years

I qualified as an integral therapeutic counsellor, based on the work of Ken Wilber, an American theorist and writer on transpersonal psychology. In my master’s and PhD however, I specifically looked at the impact of stress, burnout and compassion fatigue, and how practices such as mindfulness and self-compassion may encourage wellbeing. I am experienced in working with psychodynamics, person centred, cognitive behavioural; as well as mindfulness-based and compassion approaches for behavioural patterns reactivity and emotional management. My practice is trauma-informed, involving a genuine and casual communication that is open and sensitive to client’s needs. I can work with a range of problems such as: stress and burnout, anxiety, trauma related disorders, depression, addictions and reactivity-based compulsions, low self-esteem, chronic pain, chronic fatigue, ADHD, fear and panic disorders. I am committed to supporting people from different areas and cultural backgrounds, drawing from working and engaging with a broad range of ethnicities, sexual/gender orientation and ages (18+), as well as personal experience – born in Brazil and living for over 30 years in the United Kingdom (UK).

I also offer Walk and Talk Therapy as a complementary part of the online services I offer (please ask more about this service if you are interested). Walk and Talk therapy can be benefitting from non-directive eye contact and focus on nature nourishment. I draw from my experience in different protocols: Mindfulness-Based Reactivity Prevention (promoting emotion regulation), Mindfulness for Health (relieving pain, reducing stress and restoring to wellbeing) and Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living (navigating through adaptive behavioural patterns through compassion) to support client's working on their direct experience through the contact of nature. 

The first session is an opportunity for us to meet each other and see if we can work together. I don not charge a different price for the first session or alter the duration of the session.