Larissa Dias

Hi, I'm Larissa. I've spent over a decade working in mental health, and in that time I've shown up in some of the most challenging spaces this field has to offer.

Instead of treating just symptoms, I prefer to understand the full picture of what people carry, but stories, survival strategies, and the very human ways we cope when life gets hard. But more than any credential or clinical setting, what I most want you to know is this: I genuinely care. Not in a scripted, checkbox kind of way. But in the way where I can sit across from someone in their hardest moment and already see who they're capable of becoming. One of the most difficult parts of this work is watching someone give up on themselves. My goal is simple: I want you to leave our work together feeling lighter, more confident, and closer to the version of yourself that's been there all along, waiting for a little space to breathe.

The most evidence-based intervention in the room is the relationship itself. Techniques matter, but they only work when there's a foundation of genuine trust — when you actually feel safe enough to be honest, to sit with discomfort, and to take the kind of risks that real growth requires. So before anything else, my focus is on building that with you.

When it comes to clinical tools, I draw from a wide range of approaches — including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), narrative therapy, solution-focused therapy, motivational interviewing, mindfulness, attachment theory, and foundational EMDR training. But I don't lead with a rigid framework. I lead with curiosity about you, and let the approach follow from there.

What I hope you walk away with after that very first session, more than anything else, is hope.

The quiet but real sense that things don't have to stay the way they are. That you are not too far gone, not too complicated, not too anything. That there is a path forward, and you don't have to find it alone.