Claudiana Arteiro

Meet Claudiana Arteiro

Claudiana believes in setting meaningful goals and developing a personalised, client-centred approach. Her strength is in engagement, as she is a warm yet effective therapist, who sees taking the first step toward therapy as a courageous and empowering choice. Claudiana’s therapeutic approach includes a focus on unconscious thoughts and feelings that can impact mood, behaviour and relationships. Psychodynamic psychotherapy includes looking at underlying causes to better support each person’s growth, healing and overall well-being, and is often considered an important approach when there are long-standing mental health difficulties, repetitive problems in relationships or when someone wants to understand themselves better.

Originally from Brazil, Claudiana offers sessions in both Portuguese and English. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, travelling, and striving to live her life in alignment with her values.

Qualifications:

• Accredited Mental Health Social Worker (AMHSW)
• Bachelor Social Worker (BSW)
• Perinatal Mental Health (COPE)
• Circle of Security for Professionals (COS)
• Diploma in Community Welfare Worker (Specialising in Counselling)
• Member of the International Experiential Dynamic Therapy Association (IEDTA)
• Member of the Australian Association of Social Workers

Areas of interest

• Anxiety and Depression
• Issues in relationships, including patterns of unhealthy relationships and problems with self-identity and wellbeing
• Confidence and self-esteem issues
• Parenting challenges (including peri-natal and post-natal)
• Grief and loss
• Migratory grief and life transitions

Therapeutic approaches

• Psychodynamic psychotherapy
• Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP)
• Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)
• Focus on Psychological Strategies (FPS)
• Circle of Security (COS)
• Attachment Theory
• Culturally Sensitive

Claudiana is grounded in Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP), which helps uncover and process deep emotions to bring lasting change. She also integrates Attachment Theory, Circle of Security, and Psychodynamic Therapy to explore relationship patterns and emotional dynamics. In our first session, Claudiana will work collaboratively with you to identify your needs and create a tailored treatment plan to help you break free from unhelpful patterns and foster emotional well-being.

Availability

Thursday and Friday – in-person and via Telehealth

Contact

Email: claudiana@woodwalk.com.au

Phone: 0400 778 228