If you are in immediate danger or thinking about harming yourself, get help now. Visit a nearby emergency service, hospital, or mental health clinic. If you are in crisis, these helplines answer now:
Crisis numbers in Brazil
- CVV – Centro de Valorização da Vida, 188, day and night: Tel: 188, answered 24 hours a day, at no call cost.
- Ligue 180, for women facing violence: Tel: 180 | WhatsApp: (61) 9610-0180
- Pode Falar, for ages 13 to 24: WhatsApp: +55 61 9660-8843
- Narcóticos Anônimos Brasil, Linha de Ajuda 132: Tel: 132
- All crisis lines in Brazil
This page lists Anxiety Psychotherapists in Sao Paulo. 2 in all.
How anxiety is treated
Anxiety treatment is for fear and worry that persist and get in the way. It is not for ordinary nerves.
The treatments with the most evidence are based on cognitive behavioural principles 1. That includes exposure therapy, where you face what you have been avoiding, a step at a time.
A prescriber may also consider medicine, depending on age and severity 2. Ask a practitioner how they work with anxiety.
What psychotherapy works on, and how long it usually runs
Everyone on this page describes their work as psychotherapy. A psychotherapist works through talking with you about your thoughts, feelings and behaviours 3.
Psychotherapy usually runs longer than counselling and aims for clinical change. It works on patterns that repeat rather than on one current problem.
A psychotherapist trains in psychological treatment rather than in medicine. What that training covers, and which approach a practitioner uses, differ between practitioners. Ask which approach a psychotherapist trained in, and how long they usually work.
What this page filters on
These are the only filters: the specialism recorded as Anxiety and the professional title psychotherapist.
Fees, insurance and lower-cost options
Do affordable options exist in Sao Paulo?
UBS Vila Olímpia - Max Perlman. Phone +55 11 5237-9605. Care at this UBS is free for the population through SUS. This is municipal primary care, open to all. You can walk in, or be referred within the clinic's area.
The Sao Paulo page answers more questions about therapy there.
Who registers therapists in Brazil?
Our records name no register for the title psychotherapist in Brazil. See the Brazil page for the professions that do carry a register there.
Nearby places and related listings
- Anxiety Psychologists in Sao Paulo
- Depression Psychotherapists in Sao Paulo
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References
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Vincenzo (Enzo) Sinisi, Clinical Psychologist (HPCSA), Psychoanalyst (IPA/SAPA), Group Analyst (IGA)