Chantal

Ms Chantal Cidonio

Psychologist

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I am a licensed psychologist registered in Brazil, offering online psychotherapy to adults internationally in Portuguese and English. Grounded in Jungian and Archetypal Psychology, my work supports people seeking a deeper understanding of themselves, their relationships, and the unconscious patterns shaping their lives. Together, we explore dreams, symbolic experience, and recurring emotional themes as pathways toward greater clarity, integration, and meaningful psychological change.

About Me

One of the things I value most in psychotherapy is the possibility of truly understanding another person's inner world. Every person arrives carrying a unique history, emotional language, values, relationships, and way of making sense of life. Before interpretation can be meaningful, I believe it is essential to understand how life is experienced from within that person's own perspective. Only then can genuine psychological work begin. My role is not to tell people who they are or who they should become. Rather, I seek to create a space where they feel deeply heard, understood, and accompanied as they gradually come to understand themselves more deeply. My clinical practice is grounded in Jungian and Archetypal Psychology, where emotional suffering, dreams, recurring patterns, and life transitions are approached as meaningful expressions of the psyche rather than isolated problems to eliminate. Through careful reflection and psychological exploration, hidden connections gradually emerge, making lasting change possible. People often describe our sessions as both grounding and illuminating. Not because difficult questions disappear overnight, but because experiences that once felt confusing begin to reveal their meaning. As understanding deepens, new possibilities emerge for greater freedom, wiser choices, and a more authentic way of living. For me, psychotherapy is ultimately the privilege of accompanying another human being through some of life's most meaningful questions. My task is not to determine the path, but to accompany each person with presence, discernment, and deep respect as they gradually discover their own way forward.

Approach

I understand psychotherapy as a collaborative process of exploration rather than a search for quick solutions or ready-made answers. My work is grounded in Jungian and Archetypal Psychology and enriched by many years of studying mythology, philosophy, literature, dreams, symbolism, and the psychology of the feminine. These traditions have shaped not only the way I think, but above all, the way I listen. Rather than applying a fixed method to every person, I believe each therapeutic process unfolds according to its own rhythm. I approach each person’s experience with attention to their history, values, relationships, emotional language, and unique way of making meaning. In this work, we listen for the patterns, images, conflicts, and questions that gradually reveal what the psyche may be trying to express. Rather than focusing only on symptom relief, therapy becomes a space to understand what suffering may be asking, what needs to be named, and what new relationship to oneself may be emerging. As unconscious patterns become more visible and experience begins to find meaning, this process can support greater clarity, emotional freedom, stronger relationships, and a deeper sense of inner direction.
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Basic Information

Online Only

Services

I offer individual psychotherapy for adults, conducted online in Portuguese and English. This work is supported by postgraduate specialization in Contemporary Psychoanalytic Psychopathology and Psychosomatics, Jungian Psychology, and Archetypal Psychology. My clinical perspective has also been shaped by many years immersed in mythology, philosophy, literature, symbolism, contemplative traditions, and the performing arts. Prior to my full dedication to clinical practice, I spent six years at Antunes Filho’s Center for Theatre Research (CPT), where my work as an actress, artistic collaborator, and later as a theatre and film educator profoundly influenced the way I observe, listen to, and understand human experience. Rather than representing separate interests, these different paths have gradually converged into a clinical practice that combines psychological rigor with symbolic depth. Together, they have cultivated a way of listening that seeks to understand each person’s experience with curiosity, discernment, symbolic understanding, and deep respect for the uniqueness of every human life.

Services Offered:

  • Jungian Analysis

    A depth therapy based on the work of Carl Jung that explores the unconscious through dreams, symbols, and archetypes to foster self-understanding and growth.

  • Individual Psychotherapy

    In-depth one-on-one therapy that explores the deeper roots of a person's difficulties, often drawing on psychodynamic or psychoanalytic models.

  • Dream Analysis

    A technique that explores the themes, symbols, and emotions in dreams to uncover unconscious thoughts and unresolved feelings.

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Works With:

  • Adults
  • Elderly

Area of Expertise

Scope of Practice:

  • Identity & Self-Image

    A person's sense of who they are, including their values, beliefs, roles, and self-perception, and the distress that arises when this sense is unclear, fragmented, or negative.

  • Personal Development

    The ongoing process of self-awareness, self-improvement, and reaching one's potential, pursued not because something is wrong but to live more fully.

  • Relationship Issues

    Difficulties in romantic relationships, including communication problems, trust breakdowns, conflict patterns, or uncertainty about the relationship's future.

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  • Spiritual Exploration

    Questions of meaning, purpose, faith, and spiritual experience as they relate to psychological well-being and personal identity.

  • Women's Issues

    Psychological challenges more commonly experienced by women, including gender-based stress, reproductive health concerns, body image, caregiving burden, and societal expectations.

  • Grief, Loss & Bereavement

    The emotional, physical, and psychological response to the death of a loved one or another significant loss, varying widely in duration and expression.

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  • Anxiety

    Persistent worry, nervousness, or fear that is disproportionate to the situation and interferes with daily functioning.

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  • Life Transitions

    Major life changes, such as relocation, retirement, parenthood, or career shifts, that disrupt routine and require psychological adjustment.

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  • Trauma

    The lasting psychological impact of deeply distressing events, such as violence, abuse, accidents, or disasters, that overwhelm a person's ability to cope.

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  • Depression

    A mood disorder marked by persistent low mood, loss of interest or pleasure, and changes in energy, sleep, or appetite that impair daily functioning.

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Professional Title:

  • Psychologist

    A professional trained to assess and treat mental health conditions using evidence-based psychological methods.

Credentials

Registrations

Conselho Federal de Psicologia (CFP)

Psicólogo (CRP)

Registration: CRP 06/143269

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Qualifications

Formação de Psicólogo (Bacharelado)

Universidade São Camilo

Year: 2017

Postgraduate Specialization in Contemporary Psychoanalytic Psychopathology and Psychosomatics

Universidade São Camilo

Year: 2020

Postgraduate Specialization in Jungian Psychology

Instituto Freedom

Year: 2024

Postgraduate Specialization in Archetypal Psychology

Instituto Mantiqueira de Psicologia Arquetípica (IMPAR)

Year: 2026

Service Areas

Chantal Cidonio — Online Psychotherapy

Online Only

São Paulo

Brazil

Chantal Cidonio — Online Psychotherapy

Online Only

London

United Kingdom

Chantal Cidonio — Online Psychotherapy

Online Only

Dublin

Ireland

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