Otavia Pires de Camargo, BACP
10 years in practice
Otavia Pires de Camargo offers a Jungian-informed approach that invites curiosity about inner life and personal meaning.
License and registration
- BACP
- 403871 · expires November 2026
- Years in practice
- 10
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Otavia
Otavia Pires de Camargo offers a Jungian-informed approach that invites curiosity about inner life and personal meaning. She blends reflective work with practical tools to help people manage stress, anxiety and low mood. Otavia creates a calm, collaborative space where clients can name their difficulties and try new ways of responding to them.
She trained in art therapy and has practised for 10 years, bringing creativity into the work when helpful.
Background and approach
Her sessions draw on mindfulness, breathwork and compassion-focused ideas to help regulate the nervous system and steady emotions. That practical emphasis aims to make day-to-day life more manageable. Early childhood development and attachment theory shape how she thinks about relationships and ongoing patterns.
Otavia uses client-centred conversations and cognitive behavioural ideas to help people notice unhelpful thinking and experiment with different behaviours. This lets clients practise concrete changes between sessions. She also supports people dealing with grief, trauma and addiction, along with challenges such as sleep or eating difficulties, career strain and parenting stress.
Additional areas of focus include body image, chronic illness, adoption and attachment concerns. Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese for people in the United Kingdom and beyond. Otavia is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP.
She brings a steady, present style built on a decade of clinical work and a long personal meditation practice. Her aim is to accompany people gently as they rebuild resilience and greater self-compassion.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Otavia lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- ADHD
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Otavia names
- Jungian Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
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Online support
How Jungian ideas and practical therapies work online
Otavia combines Jungian therapy with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in ways that help people find meaning and act on their values. Jungian work looks at personal symbols, dreams and life stories to reveal patterns that shape feelings and choices. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on noticing thoughts and committing to actions that matter, which can help with anxiety, low mood and life transitions.The right approach often emerges through conversation. Otavia treats therapy as a collaboration - she will help clients test what fits their needs and goals. Together they decide whether to emphasise reflective Jungian exploration, ACT exercises, or a blend of both based on what feels most helpful.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video calls support deeper conversational work and visual contact. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier when focus on verbal exchange is enough. Live chat and messaging suit brief check-ins, journalling between sessions or people who prefer written communication. These formats aim to make therapy flexible and easier to fit into daily life.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of problems does this counsellor help with?
Common concerns include stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and addiction. She also supports people with sleep and eating problems, relationship challenges, parenting stress and career difficulties.
How would you describe the therapeutic style?
The style is warm and client-centred, combining Jungian reflection with mindfulness and practical tools. Sessions often balance exploration of inner experience with exercises to try between meetings.
What is Otavia's background and experience?
She trained initially in art therapy and has practised for 10 years, bringing creativity and a decade-long meditation practice into her work. Her approach is informed by early childhood development and attachment theory.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, BACP, and is based in the United Kingdom.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese to accommodate a broader range of clients.
What formats are used for online sessions?
Clients can meet by video call, phone, live chat or text-based messaging depending on preference. These options allow shorter check-ins or longer conversational sessions.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
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