Otavia Pires de Camargo, BACP

With ten years of clinical experience, Otavia Pires de Camargo offers a compassionate and integrative approach to therapy that blends practical skills with reflective inquiry. Trained initially in Art Therapy, she has built a practice informed by mindfulness, compassion-focused work, and breathwork to support nervous system regulation and the mind-body connection. Her work is shaped by knowledge of early childhood development, attachment theory, and trauma-informed methods, which inform how she explores patterns that affect relationships, self-worth, and emotional regulation.

Otavia creates a warm, client-centered space where self-awareness and gentle curiosity are central. She emphasizes the capacity to respond rather than react, guiding clients to notice how thoughts, emotions, and bodily sensations interact and to develop more balanced ways of coping with stress and life transitions. Her decade-long meditation practice brings a grounded presence to sessions and complements therapeutic techniques drawn from cognitive and experiential traditions.

She supports people facing a wide range of concerns including anxiety, depression, relationship and family challenges, grief, trauma, addiction, ADHD, and issues around intimacy, parenting, and career change. Otavia also works with complications arising from adoption and foster care, chronic illness, caregiving stress, and body image concerns. She holds the BACP credential, which stands for the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, reflecting her professional commitment and standards. Otavia’s aim is to accompany clients toward greater self-compassion, resilience, and clarity as they navigate life’s demands.