About Dr. Luana Bessa
I am a relational process expert and a seasoned Psychologist with over a decade of clinical experience.
I provide clinical care to adult individuals, relationship partners, and family members in English and Portuguese.
I enjoy working with folks who have felt “stuck” in previous therapies, who have worked to have all the insight but somehow still are not experiencing progress.
I welcome all parts of your identity, even those that may have felt excluded in other spaces or therapy offices.
I provide expert consulting services and training offerings for clinicians, business leaders, and organizations to support deepened engagement, transformative leadership, rupture repair, and vibrant culture building.
PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES
Psychotherapy services are available in English and Portuguese for individuals, families, relationship partners, and small groups.
I specialize in working with complex trauma and relationship concerns from a framework that is psychoanalytic, embodied, and deeply relational. I work from an anti-oppressive stance that is feminist, anti-racist, and LGBTQIA+ affirming.
I strive to meet you where you are, and to build a collaborative relationship together. We then work to better understand you, your life experiences, and your patterns, in the context of the therapeutic relationship container. We work to transmute suffering, so that you can engage more intentionally with life on your terms.
I empower clients to access new ways of being and relating, build self-compassion and insight, practice embodiment, and work toward meaningful growth and change toward a more vibrant and connected life.
I approach psychotherapy as a healing and liberatory practice. I employ a whole-person approach and see my clients and their concerns in the context of their lived experiences, as well as the cultures and societal systems around them.
Our areas of specialty include, but are not limited to:
Anxiety & Stress
Trauma recovery
Couples Therapy
Relationship Concerns
Major Life Transitions
Identity Negotiation
BUSINESS AND ORGANIZATIONAL CONSULTING SERVICES
Leadership and business coaching | Training and Workshops
Consulting services are available in English and Portuguese for clinicians, business owners, and organizations.
We introduce transformative leadership models and radical process awareness to support confident, adaptive leaders and engaged, sustainable teams.
Are you ready in your business to progress beyond "checking the box," and truly excel in developing leadership skills, nurturing team cohesion, building inclusivity and belonging, creating effective shifts in organizational culture, and improving company policies? Are you frustrated with team ruptures impacting organizational morale or effectiveness? Are you at a loss about how to actionably move toward your organization’s stated goals due to bottlenecks in decision-making, breakdowns in team cohesion, or leadership failures?
At Bela Luz Health, we use our expertise in individual and group processes, background in Psychology and Program Development, and organizational leadership experience, to support leaders, teams, and organizations in creating meaningful and necessary change. We believe that culture starts at the top, but that an organization is only as strong as its least satisfied or recognized team member. We will work with you at any and all levels of your organization, with a tailored approach to building confident, effective leadership as well as an aligned, empowered, and cohesive team.
Our extensive skill set is specifically designed to equip emerging and established leaders with transformative leadership tools and business coaching/development, to support businesses with training and workshops that are values- and mission-aligned and promote actionable change, and to empower organizations committed to fostering a more inclusive and intentional culture.
Areas of specialty include but are not limited to:
Business Consultation and Leadership Development
Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives
Group Process Consulting
Organizational Needs Assessment and Implementation
Team Trainings and Group Workshops
Communication & Relationship Building
Workplace Wellness Initiatives
CLINICAL CONSULTATION & SUPERVISION SERVICES
Clinical Consultation & Supervision services are available to emerging mental health professionals and experienced clinicians alike.
I offer specialized clinical consultation for mental health professionals at all stages of their careers looking to deepen their clinical work and case conceptualizations, break through “stuck” points with clients, explore the interpersonal field with clients more deeply, and more effectively support clients with complex trauma.
I consult with clinicians looking to more effectively engage with issues of identity and positionality within the therapy space, including exploring the role of race and other identities in the therapeutic container, and engaging clients in conversations regarding the role of systemic factors in exploring their presenting concerns.
I utilize a relational interpersonal approach that is analytically grounded as well as somatically informed. I specialize in working with complex cases and have a commitment to professional growth and anti-oppressive practice,
Please reach out if you would like to consult with me.
Types of clinical consultation:
Relational and process oriented consultation
Managing transference and countertransference
Cultural competence as a core clinical competence
Mindfulness-informed psychotherapy
Trauma-informed care
Management of treatment for complex cases
