About Psychotherapist, Dr. Ruth Birkebaek
I am a Medical Doctor and Psychotherapist.
In medicine, I worked for many years as a Plastic Surgeon, which gave me
a wide range of experience of working with people’s dissatisfaction, non-acceptance
with themselves and a huge desire to change their body. What these patients
don’t know is that they cannot change the way they feel about themselves
by just changing their appearance. It was the desire to help those people
making a real change in their lives that drove me to the study of Psychotherapy.
I received my medical qualification from “Escola Bahiana
de Medicina e Saúde Pública (Salvador-Brazil) in 1989. I subsequently
received my Psychotherapy Training from different sources globally.
As a Psychotherapist I work with a humanistic approach. I have got training
in Transactional Analysis, Integrative Psychotherapy, Jung Therapy, Psychosomatic
Medicine and I am also a Master in Neuro-Linguistic Programming.
I am a member of BACP (British
Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy),
ITAA (International
Transactional Analysis Association), UNAT-BR (Transactional
Analysis Association of Brazil) and IIP International
Integrative Psychotherapy Association.
In addition to English, I also speak fluent Portuguese.
I hold a core belief in the process of self-healing and the self-regulatory
capacity of each individual.
I have had training and experience to address a wide range of issues,
including:
Depression 
Anxiety Anger
Stress-management
Addiction
Fears
Phobias Shame
Guilt
Obesity
Eating Disorders
Family Issues
Marital/ Relationship
issues
Career
and work issues
Conflict Resolution
Decision Make
Divorce/ Separation
Failure
Grief/ Loss
Loneliness
Self-esteem
Sleep problems
If you have any concern not listed here, I may still be able to help you,
as I could not possibly list all the issues dealt in psychotherapy.
Dr Ruth's main goals in Therapy are:
To provide a safe and
supportive atmosphere in which an ongoing and continuously evolving therapeutic
relationship can unfold.
To help people achieving
spontaneity, intimacy with themselves and others, breaking up old paradigms
and therefore achieving success in life."
