Caroline Alves

About me

MY CLINICAL PRACTICE

My work is based on Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) — an approach that views emotions as central to the formation of identity, relationships, and human experience.

In the therapeutic process, the focus is not only on talking about feelings, but on experiencing and processing them. The body plays an essential role as a pathway to emotional experience. Emotions manifest through the body — in breathing, in muscular tension, in tears, and in subtle movements.

By recognizing and welcoming these bodily signals, space opens for difficult emotions to take form and find expression, allowing a more integrated and authentic relationship with oneself and with others.

THERAPEUTIC FOCUS AREAS

I support adults facing anxiety, depression, trauma-related distress, grief, and the unique emotional challenges of immigration, cultural adjustment, and life transitions.

MY JOURNEY

My connection with psychology began in 2007, while I was working as a professional dancer with the Palácio das Artes Dance Company, the state company of Minas Gerais, Brazil. During the creation of a performance, a lecture by a psychologist sparked my interest in the field and inspired me to pursue a degree in Psychology. I graduated with a clinical emphasis from PUC-Minas in 2012 and shortly after moved to Berlin, Germany, where I have lived ever since.

The experience of immigration brought challenges and transformations, broadening my perspective on identity, adaptation, and belonging. In Berlin, I worked as a dancer and choreographer, immersed in a multicultural artistic scene that connected me with different ways of life, values, and emotional expression. My work with body-based arts led me to explore experiential psychotherapeutic processes, which eventually brought me to Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT).

SESSION FORMATS

Online or in-person in Kreuzberg, Berlin · Available in English and Portuguese

SESSION FEE

€80 per 50/60 minute session