Psychotherapy for international Lisbon
Lisbon has become one of Europe’s great expatriate cities: entrepreneurs, remote executives, retired professionals and families drawn by the light and the life. What the move brochures never mention is what the move does to people: the loneliness that arrives once the novelty fades, the marriage that travelled badly, the drinking that grew in the long evenings, the sense of being nobody in a place where no one knows what you built. Dr Philippe Jacquet works with exactly this, online by secure video from his Harley Street practice in London, in English and French, on Lisbon time.
What the practice offers
A Jungian analyst with twenty-five years of clinical experience, a doctorate in male eating disorders, Hazelden addiction training and an ESSEC executive coaching formation, Dr Jacquet works across the full adult range: anxiety, depression and life transitions; couples therapy in English and the patterns that follow us abroad; addiction counselling, which flourishes quietly in expat life; eating disorders; trauma and EMDR; and executive coaching for leaders running businesses remotely from Portugal.
Discretion in a village
International Lisbon is a village: everyone knows everyone, and the therapist at the local clinic may know your neighbour. Working with an independent London practitioner keeps your inner life entirely separate from your social world. Nothing is disclosed to anyone without your explicit consent.
Beginning
A first conversation is confidential and without commitment, by secure video on Lisbon time. Book here. Version française : psychothérapeute français à Lisbonne.
International health insurance, or private
Many internationally mobile clients are covered by global private health plans, designed for exactly this kind of specialist care (see how to use your insurance for psychotherapy). Dr Jacquet works with major insurers including Bupa, Cigna, AXA and Aviva, and his training is international: the Hazelden Foundation in the United States, a Master's and Doctorate in the United Kingdom, and executive coaching at ESSEC in Paris. If you prefer to pay privately, without insurance, that is equally welcome; the work is exactly the same.
Common questions
Is there an English-speaking therapist available in Lisbon?
Yes: Dr Philippe Jacquet works with the international community in Lisbon and across Portugal online by secure video, in English and French, from his London Harley Street practice, with scheduling on Lisbon time.
Who is this practice for?
Expats, international professionals, entrepreneurs and families who have moved to Lisbon, Cascais, the Algarve or elsewhere in Portugal and want serious psychological help in their own language: relocation strain, relationships, anxiety and depression, addiction, eating disorders, and executive pressure.
Why work with a London-based therapist from Lisbon?
Depth of specialism and independence: a Jungian analyst with twenty-five years of experience, a doctorate in male eating disorders and Hazelden addiction training, entirely separate from your local circle, which in a small expat community is itself a form of discretion.
How do sessions work?
By secure video, on Lisbon time, in English or French. Frequency follows the work. In-person sessions are available at Harley Street when you are in London.