Counsellor profile
Camila De Oliveira Mendes Leal, ACA
Australia
ACA counsellor - Stress and Trauma
Continue with CamilaWhere Camila stands
- Credentials
- ACA
- Registration
- ACA, Australia / 86324
- Experience
- 10 years
- Languages
- English, Portuguese
- Location
- Australia
About
- Psychoanalysis ideas
- Breathwork tools
- NLP and hypnotherapy
About Camila
Camila De Oliveira Mendes Leal is an ACA counsellor with ten years of clinical experience in Australia. She trained as a psychologist in Brazil and now works with adults who are dealing with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting pressures, low self-esteem and big life changes. She speaks English and Portuguese and uses practical tools to help people manage strong emotions and daily demands.
Her work draws on psychoanalytic ideas to look at long-standing emotional patterns and what keeps them going. She also uses breathwork based on HeartMath to help reduce anxiety and calm the body during moments of overwhelm. Neuro-linguistic programming and hypnotherapy are used as additional ways to shift unhelpful habits and reframe problematic thoughts.
Sessions tend to mix talking and simple practices. People can expect a focus on noticing automatic reactions, understanding where they come from, and trying small new ways of responding. Camila describes this as a step-by-step process rather than a quick fix, with attention to how the body and mind interact.
She has particular experience supporting people after traumatic events and during the perinatal period for women needing targeted support. She also works with those managing ongoing stress, chronic conditions, caregiver strain and codependency-related patterns that show up as people-pleasing or losing boundaries.
Camila aims to make therapy straightforward and practical. To begin, people choose the online therapy options button, fill a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
How therapeutic methods translate to online sessions
Camila works from psychoanalytic ideas and body-focused practices that translate into talk and simple exercises online. Psychoanalytic-informed work involves noticing repeated relationship and emotional patterns, talking them through and gently testing new ways of responding; this helps with anxiety, attachment-related concerns and longstanding emotional themes.She also uses HeartMath breathwork techniques to support anxiety regulation and somatic calm. These are short exercises you can be guided through in session to reduce immediate stress and teach breathing routines for daily use. Neuro-linguistic programming and hypnotherapy techniques are offered as tools to reframe self-defeating thoughts and access different ways of responding to triggers.
Finding the best fit is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss approaches with each person, match techniques to goals and make adjustments as work progresses. Clients are encouraged to give feedback so methods can be changed if something does not feel helpful.
The original biography does not list specific online formats, so confirm session options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit appointments around work, childcare or medical needs, and some exercises can be practised between meetings to build new habits.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
10+ years
Listed in
Australia
Languages
English, Portuguese
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Which concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, parenting pressures, self-esteem and coping with life changes, plus related areas such as codependency and caregiver stress.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her approach mixes psychoanalytic ideas with practical techniques like breathwork, NLP and hypnotherapy to address both thinking patterns and bodily reactions.
How much experience does she have?
She has ten years of clinical experience, including training as a psychologist in Brazil and work in Australia as an ACA counsellor.
Where is she based and what credential does she hold?
She practises in Australia and is a Level 4 counsellor with the Australian Counselling Association (ACA).
Can I work with her in languages other than English?
Sessions are offered in English and Portuguese.
What session formats are available?
The biography does not list specific session formats; please confirm the current session options before booking.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be cancelled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the counsellor supplied to BetterHelp. A registration can be checked with the body that issued it.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.