Rita Marta

Special fields: Psychoanalysis, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Psychological Assessment

Age groups: Adults, children, adolescents

Consultations in Portuguese, French, English, Spanish

Rita is interested in human relationships and at the complexity of the human mind. As a Psychologist and Psychotherapist for over 20 years, she is motivated by her clinical work with adults, children, and adolescents, as well as research, training, supervision, and writing scientific papers and essays.

In recent years, she has been reflecting and publishing on how, beyond the personal history of each person, social and cultural dynamics impact behavior and personality, especially among younger people.

Main areas of Interest: Trauma, Gender Issues, Adolescence issues, Depression, Personality Disorders, Psychosomatic Disorders.

Academic Training and Professional Experience

Rita is a Psychoanalyst, full member at the Portuguese Psychoanalytic Society and at the International Psychoanalytical Society;

She is a full member of the Order of Portuguese Psychologists, a specialist in Clinical and Health Psychology, with advanced specialties in Psychotherapy and Community Intervention;

She began her career with clinical work and research into adolescent problems (Eating Disorders, suicide attempts, etc.), in Paris and Lisbon and continued her clinical activity with adults (depressions, anxiety problems, personality disturbances, psychosomatic illnesses) as a Clinical Psychologist in a Psychiatry Service, in multidisciplinary teams, for 20 years, specializing in psychological assessment and individual and group psychotherapy.

Complementary to her clinical work, she was an university assistant, teaching and coordinating research in Eating Disorders and Psychodynamic Psychological assessment

Having embarked on psychoanalytic training since 2002, she carries out Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis with children, adults, and adolescents.

In 2008 she co-founded Clinica Rorschach - Avaliação, Intervenção e Formação em Psicologia Clínica Psicanalítica, specialized at the practice and training in Projective Psychological Assessent.

She has an active participation in working groups, conferences, and written papers, at Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicanálise and International Psychoanalytical Association.

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Degree in Clinical Psychology (1996)

Master’s degree in clinical psychology and psychopathology (2001)

Full member at Sociedade Portuguesa de Psicanálise and at International Psychoanalytic Association (2009)

Clinical Psychologist at the Psychiatry Yard of Hospital Amadora-Sintra (1997-2021)

University teacher at Universidade Lusófona (1998-99) and at Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada (2002-2007)

Co-founder of Clínica Rorschach – Assessment, Training, and Intervention in Psychoanalytic Clinical Psychology (2008-2024)

Blog Coordinator of the Portuguese Society of Psychoanalysis (2020-2024)

Private clinical practice since 1996.