Leticia Santana Santos

Hello!

Early in my work as a psychologist in Brazil, I learned something that has never left me: alongside suffering, there is always something that insists on living. That discovery continues to guide my practice today.

I now live and work across languages and cultures - an experience that has shaped not only who I am, but how I listen. My first meaningful experience as a psychologist was within Social Assistance services, working with people who had experienced violations of their rights - from domestic violence to neglect, from children to older adults. There, I had the opportunity to listen to many different lives and ways of seeing the world. I built meaningful connections with the people I worked with and learned deeply from them as well. That work outside the traditional clinical setting became part of my practice too, bringing a particular warmth to the way I work.

My clinical experience also includes working with LGBTQIA+ communities, people navigating anxiety and depression, and individuals whose lives are shaped by race, migration and social realities. I have also worked with many immigrants - from Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand and beyond - and I remain involved in community initiatives supporting migrant and LGBTQIA+ populations.

As a counsellor grounded in psychoanalytic thinking, I see therapy as a space to listen to the wounds and the delights of existence. I value giving therapy the space and time it needs.