Otavia Pires de Camargo , BACP

Otavia Pires de Camargo brings over a decade of experience to her therapeutic work, combining creative beginnings in Art Therapy with ongoing training in trauma, attachment, and mindfulness-based approaches. She creates a warm, client-centered environment that encourages self-awareness, emotional regulation, and deeper connection to personal values and meaning.

Her practice integrates mindfulness, compassion-focused techniques, and breathwork to support nervous system regulation and to strengthen the mind-body relationship. Grounded in early childhood development and attachment theory, she draws on trauma-informed methods to gently explore material that may be repressed or difficult to voice, helping clients move toward clarity and transformation.

Otavia emphasizes the capacity to respond rather than react, supporting people as they navigate stress, relationship challenges, work pressures, grief, and major life transitions. Her decade-long meditation practice and interest in philosophy and ancient wisdom inform a grounded presence that she brings to each session. She frames therapy as a collaborative journey, accompanying clients as they cultivate resilience, self-compassion, and emotional balance.

Otavia is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), and her work aims to integrate psychology, reflective practice, and the natural world to support authentic and sustained well-being.

Integrating therapeutic approaches for online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify their values and learn practical ways to act in line with what matters to them, even when difficult thoughts or feelings arise. It supports work with stress, anxiety, low motivation, and life transitions by building psychological flexibility.

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on patterns formed in early relationships and how those dynamics show up in current connections. It is useful for addressing relationship difficulties, intimacy-related issues, abandonment concerns, and family dynamics by exploring relational needs and ways to create safer emotional bonds.

Client-Centered Therapy prioritizes the client's perspective, offering a nonjudgmental space where the therapist follows the client's lead to foster insight, self-acceptance, and personal growth. It can be especially helpful for building self-esteem, coping with grief, and strengthening resilience.

Finding the best approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Otavia collaborates with each person to tailor methods to their needs, goals, and preferences. This collaborative stance helps identify which techniques resonate and how to adapt them over time.

Online therapy via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging provides flexibility for scheduling around work, family, or travel and makes it easier for international clients to access care. These options allow ongoing, consistent support in ways that fit a client's daily life while maintaining a strong therapeutic relationship with a licensed professional.