Couples Therapy
Couples therapy views the relationship itself as something that requires care. Conducted in Portuguese, it provides a clinical space to rebuild dialogue, align values, and renew shared life together.
This care makes sense when
Recurring Conflicts
Arguments repeat without clarity or resolution, ending in exhausting fights and unspoken resentment.
Emotional Distance
Ongoing emotional withdrawal, loss of intimacy, and the feeling of living merely as "roommates."
Broken Trust
An essential need to repair mutual trust and revisit the shared commitment required to sustain the relationship.
Logotherapy and
Mature Love
Our sessions do not focus solely on settling surface-level arguments, but on understanding the patterns and unrealistic expectations eroding the bond.
Grounded in Logotherapy, couples work revisits mutual commitment and helps both partners assume their share of responsibility. Beyond idealized romanticism, love is approached as a mature decision to grow alongside one another.
The goal is to foster an environment where difficult conversations can occur with respect, where forgiveness can be worked through honestly, and where the partnership is strengthened for shared responsibilities such as raising children or relocating abroad.
"Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality."
Common Questions
For couples, the first session is generally held together to align expectations and method. All sessions are conducted in Portuguese. If helpful, schedule a brief initial conversation first.
Gibran Magno
CRP 01/13.117
Would you like to talk about what you are going through?
In a brief initial conversation (conducted in Portuguese), we can understand your current moment, answer questions, and evaluate whether psychotherapy makes sense for you right now.