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Jezebel Machado

Jezebel Machado

Clinical Psychologist · Adults, Adolescents & Families

Psychodynamic and relational therapy focused on relationships and attachment, trauma, and anxiety and depression. A safe, reflective space to understand yourself and the patterns that shape your emotional life.

About Jezebel

Therapy provides a safe, reflective space to understand yourself and the patterns that shape your emotional life and relationships. Jezebel aims to build a therapeutic relationship that is supportive, open, and collaborative, helping clients make sense of past experiences, develop self-understanding, and create meaningful, lasting change.

Jezebel’s practice is grounded in psychodynamic and relational therapy, with a focus on exploring the underlying patterns that shape how people think, feel, and connect with others. Colleagues and clients describe her as thoughtful, attuned, and compassionate, bringing a balance of insight and warmth to her work.

Jezebel offers an empathic, non-judgmental and confidential space. She helps clients explore uncertain or unknown feelings and thoughts, and the impact they have on emotional well-being and relationships, supporting them not just to address difficulties but also to recognise their strengths and develop healthier ways of relating to themselves and others.

Therapeutic approach

Jezebel works from an attachment-based, trauma-informed framework that integrates relational psychodynamic therapy and parts-based approaches. Her work is grounded in exploring how early experiences and unconscious processes influence current emotions, behaviour, and relationships.

She provides a calm, attuned, and thoughtful space where clients can work through difficulties with curiosity and compassion. For adolescents and older children, therapy focuses on emotional understanding, self-expression, and strengthening relationships within the family context.

Parent and family work

Jezebel has a special interest in the parent-child relationship and the dynamics that shape emotional and behavioural patterns within families. This work supports parents to better understand their child or adolescent’s inner world, strengthen connection, and navigate challenges such as emotional intensity, sibling conflict, and life transitions.

Areas of interest

  • Relationships and attachment
  • Complex and developmental trauma
  • Anxiety, depression, and mood-related difficulties
  • Emotional dysregulation and self-criticism
  • Adjustment to life transitions, loss, and grief
  • ADHD and autism (emotional and relational impacts)
  • Parent-child relationships and family dynamics
  • Self-esteem and personal growth

Therapies offered

  • Psychodynamic therapy
  • Relational therapy
  • Attachment-based therapy
  • Trauma-informed practice
  • Parts-based approaches
  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (informed)