Jack came to LisboaCounselling with no big expectations. His relationship with his grown-up children was very difficult.  
And this was just one more thing to try. But in a few months of working together, his family relationships totally changed.  

Listen to his testimony.

It's the little things that make the difference. Small actions, more positive communication, can greatly change a relationship. They can help turn a tense and stressful relationship into a light-hearted and pleasant one.

Self-esteem and self-compassion are concepts that are constantly talked about and encouraged. 
But for me, it makes more sense to think about self-kindness.

A basic difference between counselling and psychotherapy is this idea of not influencing the patient. But what is really different between us is the meaning of this word.  

Listen to this episode to understand the position of each approach.


Mena Santos Galvão
Tm. 914 971 340
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Website: https://lisboacounselling.com/?lang=en
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Today, I'm bringing you a very useful counselling tool — the sandwich.
Listen to this episode, to find out how it can help you to get less ‘overwhelmed’ by difficult or stressful situations.

Mena Santos Galvão
Tm. 914 971 340
[email protected]
Website: https://lisboacounselling.com/?lang=en
IG: @lisboa.counselling.en
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/menasantos/

Well-being doesn't happen by itself. It needs to be cultivated. And regularly.

This habit, this discipline of promoting your well-being, will not only help you to function better in everything you do, but it will also prevent the accumulation of exhaustion which, if you don't take care of it, could lead to some kind of breakdown.

Mena Santos Galvão
Tm. 914 971 340
[email protected]
Website: https://lisboacounselling.com/?lang=en
IG: @lisboa.counselling.en
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/menasantos/

Feelings of guilt are something that trouble many people. It can destroy your well-being and your life. But this guilt isn't always true.

Today I'm going to talk to you about those feelings of guilt that they put on you... and that you can learn to no longer accept.

Have you ever spent your day rushing around, doing lots of things, and at the end of the day you look back and feel like you've produced so little? One of the effects of anxiety is that it makes you waste your time.  

In this episode, I'm going to talk to you about how this happens and how you can change it.

Being very active seems like a sign of being well. But the opposite may be true. Increased activity can be a symptom of burnout at a very advanced stage.