Overview

Our Adult Mental Health services provide comprehensive support for a wide range of psychological, emotional, and behavioural challenges. We understand that mental health can be influenced by biological, psychological, and social factors, which is why we take an integrative, biopsychosocial approach to care.

Our team works collaboratively to provide accurate assessments, effective treatment, and ongoing support tailored to each individual’s needs and life circumstances.

What to Expect

Your care journey starts with an in-depth assessment to understand your concerns and establish treatment goals. As treatment progresses, we provide regular reviews and adapt care plans as needed, ensuring that support remains responsive and effective.

Depending on the client’s needs, a session may include:

• Talking about current life stressors, personal history, or emotional struggles

• Identifying patterns in thoughts and behaviours

• Learning tools to manage anxiety, depression, or stress

• Developing coping strategies for personal or interpersonal challenges

• Setting therapeutic goals and tracking progress over time

Areas of focus

• Female Mental Health 

In our clinical experience, women are exposed to unique challenges during the different stages of life, being influenced by hormonal changes, biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors.  We believe that understanding these evolving issues is both critical and crucial for the accuracy of the diagnostic process and to provide effective physical and mental health support to women of all ages.

Mental health in childhood and adolescence is particularly delicate as many of the factors such as body image concerns, social and academic pressure, peer relationships, and family dynamics combine with the hormonal modifications of puberty increasing vulnerability to mental health issues. 

In early adulthood, women typically face the challenges of higher education, growing careers, marriage and motherhood, typically displaying higher risk for Anxiety and Depression (also Post partum), but also for Eating Disorders. 

Middle age can bring more social and professional stability, but women also tend to juggle different roles and responsibilities, catering for older parents and still supporting their children; all of which whilst juggling the menopause transition (insert link). Older age, as observed clinically, can be an age of wisdom and peace, but is often associated with reduced cognition and physical decline.

We cater to all stages of female mental and cognitive health, promoting a gender- sensitive approach which prioritizes specific assessments, early intervention and destigmatization of mental health through every stage of women’s life.

• Menopause Cognitive Health

It is now absolutely evident that during the years characterized by the Menopausal Transition, and the associated decrease in estrogen levels, we can observe slow but continuous changes in the brains of women at risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease and other neurocognitive conditions. The menopausal transition per se is associated with neurological symptoms such as disturbances of estrogen-regulated thermoregulation, sleep, onset of depression and a variety of cognitive changes in the way a woman thinks, learns and remembers. 

Our main interest is providing women with dedicated care and believe that the menopausal changes must be addressed correctly, framed within the context of genetic risk factors, racial and socioeconomical status, hormonal and medical risk factors and differentiated from other conditions, either neurological or psychiatric/psychological. It is critical in our vision, to integrate the biomedical perspective into the diagnosis of mental health conditions taking into consideration the neurobiology of aging as a critical contributing factor.

For this very reason, we have combined different specialties into the diagnostic process in order to accompany each woman in the individual process of adaptation to their metabolic, immunological and psychological changes. 

• Neurodiversity

In the original definition, attributed to the Australian sociologist Judy Singer (late 1990s), “Neurodiversity refers to the virtually infinite neuro-cognitive variability within Earth’s human population. It points to the fact that every human has a unique nervous system with a unique combination of abilities and needs”. 

(Neurotypical, to the contrary, refers to individuals whose neurological development and functioning are consistent with what society tends to consider the norm.)

To understand better this concept, we might relate it to the broader concept of Biodiversity, a term usually associated with advocating for the conservation of species. At its core, neurodiversity acknowledges that every brain is different and that there is no single “normal” way to think, learn or feel.
In fact, the Spectrum of Neurodiversity includes very different conceptual variations: amongst those, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia, ADHD, Dyslexia, Autistic Spectrum, Tourette Syndrome and combinations of those.  Some of the researchers focusing on neurodivergence include OCD, Alexithymia and Bipolar Disorder amongst the conditions falling in the umbrella. 

Despite those definitions clearly point in the direction of “missing functionalities”, neurodiversity entails both challenges and strengths. Understanding the individual and subjective strengths of each patient alongside the daily challenges they are facing is key to an approach that wants to be comprehensive and integrative: that’s what we aim for. 

With growing evidence of increasing diagnosed prevalence of neurodivergent traits in the general population, we are observing a cultural shift from the typical Medical Model of neurodivergence as a “disease to treat” to a Social Model, which advocates for neurodivergent people’s rights and empowerment, promoting inclusion and acceptance of non-conforming traits, encouraging accommodations and flexibility in schools, university and work environments with the ultimate goal of shifting focus from “fixing” people to valuing diversity. 

Under this banner, we strive to see beyond the diagnosis and recognise the whole person. We believe in promoting inclusion, self-understanding, and support tailored specifically to the individual needs.

• Sleep Disorders

Physiological sleep is a natural, recurring state essential for the restoration of physical health, brain and cognitive function, and emotional wellbeing. 

In children

In adults it involves  structured cycles of sleep stages, including non-REM (NREM) sleep stages 1-3—which promote tissue growth and repair, immune function, and energy conservation—and REM (rapid eye movement) sleep, which  typically starts 90 minutes after falling asleep and supports memory consolidation, learning, and emotional regulation. On average, healthy adults require 7–9 hours of quality sleep per night to maintain optimal well-being but there are individual differences due to age, concomitant medical conditions and general psychological wellbeing.

During the later stages of life

We observe clinically how disruptions to this process, i.e. due to travel through different time zones or conditions of extreme stress, can result in a wide range of sleep disorders, which negatively impact sleep quality, daytime alertness, and overall health.

 Common sleep disorders include:

• Insomnia – Difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking up too early

• Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) – Interrupted breathing during sleep due to airway obstruction

• Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) – An uncontrollable urge to move the legs, especially at night

• Narcolepsy – A chronic neurological disorder that affects the brain’s ability to regulate sleep-wake cycles

• Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders – Misalignment of the internal body clock with the external environment

These conditions can lead to chronic fatigue, mood disturbances, reduced productivity, and increased risk of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and mental health issues. Early recognition and treatment are crucial for preventing long-term health complications.

At BPS, we provide expert resources and up-to-date information on healthy sleep habits, symptoms of sleep disorders, and evidence-based treatment options, including behavioral therapy, lifestyle changes, and medical interventions.