Clinical Psychologist

Raquel is a Clinical Psychologist at Sysi, registered with Portugal’s OPP and EuroPsy. She has extensive experience providing mental health care across diverse settings, including private clinics and global employee well-being organisations.

Raquel adopts an empathetic, authentic, and integrative approach to care, tailoring tools and techniques from various therapeutic modalities to meet her clients’ unique needs. These modalities include Humanistic Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Mindfulness. She is deeply passionate about understanding human development from a neurological perspective, integrating a holistic approach to her work that addresses both body and mind for optimal well-being.

Beginning her career in developmental psychology and preventive care, Raquel worked extensively with children and adolescents before transitioning to adult therapy. Her specialties include trauma, anxiety, stress, perinatal mental health, depression, loneliness, attachment issues, and relationship problems.

Raquel holds an MS in Clinical and Health Psychology from the University of Coimbra in Portugal.

Languages spoken: English and Portuguese.