Hello, and Welcome

My name is Anna da Costa.

I am a UKCP registered psychotherapist, with an MA in Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapeutic Practice from the Karuna Institute, UK (in association with Middlesex University).

While I grew up in the UK, I have spent close to two decades living in India. For many years, I worked on ecological and social issues at a macro-level as an ecologist, sustainability practitioner and writer. The more deeply I engaged with these issues, the more drawn I became to exploring healing processes and practices at the individual level. Training as a psychotherapist was a natural evolution and expansion of this journey, which is of course always continuing.

My own cultural origins are mixed, having an English mother and a Goan father. The experiences of both diversity and “in between-ness” that are associated with this inform my practice in many ways.

I am deeply committed to my work as a psychotherapist, and find the process profoundly moving, humbling and inspiring. It is an honour to work with each of my clients, and to accompany them on their journeys of healing and becoming.   

I work with clients from many parts of the world, and live in Goa, India, with my husband and daughter.

My Qualifications

Much of what I bring to my work as a psychotherapist falls outside the bounds of formal education. Indeed I have spent many periods of my life “leaving behind” well-trodden paths, in search of something deeper and more meaningful.

I have a long-standing mindfulness practice, which offers a vital ground for my work with clients. I also have a deep interest in mythology, cosmology, shadow work, dreams, and the ways in which these terrains can support healing processes. I study these

My formal educational qualifications are listed below:

  • MA Mindfulness-Based Psychotherapeutic Practice, Karuna Institute, UK (in association with Middlesex University) (2021).

  • MSc Environmental Technology, Imperial College London (2013)

  • BA Hons (Cantab.) Natural Science (Biological), Cambridge University, UK (2006)

I am committed to the ongoing deepening of my understanding and practice of psychotherapy, in its broadest sense, and to this end engage with a wide variety of continuing development opportunities, both formal and otherwise.