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Ana Valentina Falconi

A Structured Space for Emotional Clarity and Change

I support adults and couples who are navigating anxiety, emotional distress, relationship difficulties, self-esteem challenges, and personal growth. My approach combines Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help you understand your patterns, regulate emotions, and build practical tools for meaningful change.

Specializations: Anxiety, emotional regulation, relationship difficulties, couples support, self-esteem, self-concept, interpersonal challenges, emotional distress, personal growth, life transitions, CBT-informed support, ACT-informed support, psychological flexibility, communication skills.

Location: Porto, Portugal
Languages: English, Spanish

Worldwide Qualification: Emotional Wellbeing & Relationship Support Specialist
Local Qualification (Ecuador): Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Practical Support for Understanding What You Feel

I believe therapy can offer more than a space to talk; it can become a structured process for understanding your emotions, thoughts, and relationship patterns. Through collaborative, evidence-based support, I help clients gain clarity, develop practical coping strategies, and move toward healthier ways of responding to life’s challenges.

 
 

What to Expect When We Work Together

My sessions are structured, collaborative, and focused on helping you understand what is happening, build practical tools, and move toward meaningful emotional and relational change.

Understanding Your Story and Goals: In our first sessions, I take time to understand your concerns, personal history, emotional patterns, and what you hope to change. Together, we define clear and achievable goals, creating a focused direction for our work and helping you feel more grounded from the start.

Building Practical Skills for Daily Life: As we continue, we work with evidence-based strategies from CBT and ACT to help you manage anxiety, regulate emotions, challenge unhelpful thoughts, and respond more effectively to difficult situations. Each session is designed to give you tools you can use beyond therapy.

Creating Lasting Clarity and Flexibility: Our work supports more than short-term relief. Together, we strengthen self-awareness, communication, emotional flexibility, and healthier patterns of behavior, so you can move through relationships, challenges, and personal growth with greater confidence and clarity.

Ready to Take the Next Step Toward Clarity?

Begin with a structured, supportive conversation where your emotions, relationships, and goals can be understood with care, clarity, and practical direction.

Nurture Your Nature

Our sexual instinct is a natural and powerful part of who we are. Helping ourselves means learning to understand, accept, and care for this instinct, empowering us to live more fully and authentically.

Areas of Expertise

I support adults and couples through emotional and relational challenges using structured, evidence-based approaches. My work focuses on helping you understand your patterns, develop practical coping skills, and move toward greater clarity, stability, and psychological flexibility.

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Anxiety

I help clients understand the triggers and thought patterns behind anxiety, reduce avoidance behaviors, and build practical coping strategies using CBT and ACT-based tools.

Emotional Regulation

I support clients in recognizing, tolerating, and managing emotional responses more effectively, creating space for greater calm, stability, and self-understanding.

Relationships & Communication

I work with individuals and couples to improve communication, reduce conflict patterns, understand relationship dynamics, and build healthier emotional connection.

Self-Esteem & Self-Concept

I help clients identify and challenge negative self-beliefs, develop a more balanced view of themselves, and strengthen a flexible, realistic sense of self-worth.

Personal Growth & Life Transitions

Working with you to overcome body image issues, performance anxiety, and internalized doubt to cultivate true confidence and self-acceptance.

Move Forward With Clarity and Confidence

Structured support for emotional wellbeing

Taking the first step toward support can open the door to deeper self-understanding, healthier emotional patterns, and stronger relationships. In a safe, collaborative, and evidence-based space, we can work together to understand what feels difficult, build practical tools, and create meaningful progress toward the clarity and balance you are looking for.

Where Change Begins
Intimacy & Relationships: Initial Intervention (3 Sessions)

Intimacy & Relationships: Initial Intervention (3 Sessions)

Languages English and Spanish Sessions 3 Duration 50

A 3-session assessment and conceptualization package for clients who want to understand the mechanisms behind sexual, emotional, or relational difficulties before beginning change. The process explores history, beliefs, triggers, emotional responses, behavioral patterns, and maintaining cycles to create a structured intervention plan.

Worldwide Expertise
Emotional Wellbeing & Relationship Support Specialist
Local Expertise
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
€126 For 3 sessions
Intimacy & Relationships: Initial Intervention (5 Sessions)

Intimacy & Relationships: Initial Intervention (5 Sessions)

Languages English and Spanish Sessions 5 Duration 50

A 5 session program for clients who want to understand and begin transforming their relationship with sexuality and intimacy. The process explores sexual beliefs, emotional responses, behavioral patterns, anxiety, shame, avoidance, body awareness, cognitive restructuring, and gradual exposure to intimacy.

Worldwide Expertise
Emotional Wellbeing & Relationship Support Specialist
Local Expertise
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
€210 For 5 sessions
Psychoeducation in Sexuality (3 Sessions)

Psychoeducation in Sexuality (3 Sessions)

Languages English and Spanish Sessions 3 Duration 50

A 3 session psychoeducation package designed to help clients understand sexuality with clarity and without myths. The process covers sexual response and desire, beliefs and myths, emotional factors, and integration, supporting reduced confusion, increased knowledge, and better communication.

Worldwide Expertise
Emotional Wellbeing & Relationship Support Specialist
Local Expertise
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
€126 For 3 sessions
Psychoeducation in Sexuality (4 Sessions)

Psychoeducation in Sexuality (4 Sessions)

Languages English and Spanish Sessions 4 Duration 50

A 4 session psychoeducation package designed to help clients understand sexuality with clarity and without myths. The process covers sexual response and desire, beliefs and myths, emotional factors, and integration, supporting reduced confusion, increased knowledge, and better communication.

Worldwide Expertise
Emotional Wellbeing & Relationship Support Specialist
Local Expertise
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
€168 For 4 sessions
Psychological Assessment in Sexuality & Relationships (3 Sessions)

Psychological Assessment in Sexuality & Relationships (3 Sessions)

Languages English and Spanish Sessions 3 Duration 50

A 3-session assessment and conceptualization package for clients who want to understand the mechanisms behind sexual, emotional, or relational difficulties before beginning change. The process explores history, beliefs, triggers, emotional responses, behavioral patterns, and maintaining cycles to create a structured intervention plan.

Worldwide Expertise
Emotional Wellbeing & Relationship Support Specialist
Local Expertise
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
€126 For 3 sessions
Sexuality & Intimacy: Initial Intervention (3 Sessions)

Sexuality & Intimacy: Initial Intervention (3 Sessions)

Languages English and Spanish Sessions 3 Duration 50

A 3 session program for clients who want to understand and begin transforming their relationship with sexuality and intimacy. The process explores sexual beliefs, emotional responses, behavioral patterns, anxiety, shame, avoidance, body awareness, cognitive restructuring, and gradual exposure to intimacy.

Worldwide Expertise
Emotional Wellbeing & Relationship Support Specialist
Local Expertise
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
€126 For 3 sessions
Sexuality & Intimacy: Initial Intervention (5 Sessions)

Sexuality & Intimacy: Initial Intervention (5 Sessions)

Languages English and Spanish Sessions 5 Duration 50

A 5 session program for clients who want to understand and begin transforming their relationship with sexuality and intimacy. The process explores sexual beliefs, emotional responses, behavioral patterns, anxiety, shame, avoidance, body awareness, cognitive restructuring, and gradual exposure to intimacy.

Worldwide Expertise
Emotional Wellbeing & Relationship Support Specialist
Local Expertise
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
€210 For 5 sessions
Single Session: Clarity in Sexuality, Intimacy & Emotions

Single Session: Clarity in Sexuality, Intimacy & Emotions

Languages English and Spanish Sessions 1 Duration 50

A 50-minute individual online session designed to help clients organize, understand, and gain direction around sexuality, intimacy, emotions, anxiety, avoidance, or boundaries. Through clinical assessment and functional analysis, the session identifies key thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and patterns, offering clear guidance and next steps.

Worldwide Expertise
Emotional Wellbeing & Relationship Support Specialist
Local Expertise
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
€45 For 1 session
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