Meet our psychologist
About Raissa
Raissa is a warm, caring and compassionate psychologist, with experience in helping people with a diverse range of mental health concerns and life challenges, such as depression, insomnia, anxiety, panic and grief, among others.
Raissa focuses on building a strong, supportive relationship with her clients to help them explore their feelings and experiences in a safe and contained space. She feels deeply honoured for the privilege to hear the life stories that her clients confide in her and to witness their process of self-discovery and personal growth.
Raissa uses her clinical experience, skills and training in clinical psychology to support people in their therapy goals, which may be to treat mental health issues, to make lasting positive changes in their lives, to better understand who they are, or all of these.
Raissa uses an intersectionality framework in her approach, which means that she considers how all the different parts of your identity (for example, your gender, disability or cultural background) influence who you are, how you feel and how you live your life.
Raissa's Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) - graduated with Distinction (Deakin University)
- Bachelor of Arts (Psychology) (Honours) - graduated with First Class Honours (Deakin University)
- Master of Clinical Psychology (La Trobe University)
Raissa's Mental Health Training and Experience
Raissa moved from Brazil to Australia over 10 years ago to complete her studies and training in clinical psychology. She offers sessions in Portuguese and English.
Raissa has completed extensive training in psychology. She completed all her training in Melbourne and holds a Master of Clinical Psychology degree. Prior to that, she successfully completed her B.A. Psychology degree with First Class Honours.
Raissa has been providing mental health services since 2017, initially as a mental health practitioner and counsellor, and later as a psychologist. She has training and experience using evidence-based therapies, including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and motivational interviewing. She also uses aspects of dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT) skills in her practice.