The things people usually want to know first

No. You don't need either, and you don't need to have worked out what the problem is. A sense that something needs attention is enough.

Weekday evenings, European time. In the UK that usually falls between 5pm and 9pm, and in Denmark between 6pm and 10pm, shifting by an hour when the clocks change. We'll settle on a time that works when you message.

Fifty minutes over Google Meet. We go through what brought you here, some of your history, and what you'd want to be different. Towards the end we start mapping out what the work might look like.

There's no commitment beyond that session: we decide together whether to continue.

Usually once a week to begin with. The right rhythm depends on what we're working on, and it's something we review as we go.

A stable connection, a device with a camera, and somewhere you can speak without being overheard. That last one matters more than people expect.

Then I'll tell you, and where I can, I'll point you towards someone better suited. That's a normal outcome of a first session, not a failed one.

No. My practice is with adults, one to one.

That's not an obstacle. I don't prescribe, but I understand how psychiatric medication works and what it's doing. Where it would help the work, and with your agreement, I can be in contact with the professional treating you so we can think about the case together.

Yes. The research on this is reassuring, and so is the practice.

The word clinical traces back to a sense of leaning towards someone, bending over their suffering. Therapy asks for the presence of the person in pain and of the person attending to it. That presence is possible over a screen, even with kilometres in between.

Bank transfer to a Wise account, in euros, pounds or kroner. Payment is per session; there are no packages and no minimum commitment.

Yes, on request. Each receipt shows the date, the service, the amount and my professional registration.

It's worth knowing that private health insurers in the UK and reimbursement schemes in Denmark generally require a therapist registered in those countries, so a receipt is unlikely to be reimbursable. It's there if you want a record for your own purposes.

Please give at least 24 hours' notice. Sessions cancelled with less than that are charged in full.

Yes. I'm bound by the professional secrecy required of psychologists registered in Brazil, and I hold to it. What you tell me stays between us.

There is one limit, and it's the same one that applies to therapists everywhere: if there were a serious and immediate risk to your life or to someone else's, I would act to protect it. I would talk to you about that first wherever it's possible.

I keep clinical records, as my professional council requires. They're kept securely and they exist so the work has continuity, not so it can be shared.

This isn't an emergency service, and I can't respond to urgent messages between sessions. If you're in immediate danger, contact your local emergency number, or Samaritans on 116 123 in the UK, or Livslinien on 70 201 201 in Denmark.