English-speaking therapists in Barcelona specialized in Treatments of Self-esteem, Relationships and Eating Disorders

We are a team of international and English-speaking therapists, nutritionists and doctors, we work in Barcelona and online.

What makes us different?

• We are passionate about what we do

• Thanks to our teamwork philosophy, our patients are cared for by our entire multidisciplinary team, helping us maintain a broader perspective.

• We constantly monitor and evaluate our work

• We never stop learning and expanding our training

• We are a team of certified, international, English-speaking therapists, nutritionists, and medical doctors working in Barcelona and online.

• We specialize in key areas of mental and physical health with special focus on treatments for Eating Disorders, Personality Disorders, Self-Esteem, and Couples Counseling.

• We offer specialized support for diverse relationships (LGBTQ+ couples, open relationships) and sexual health

• By treating a focused range of conditions, we are able to be true experts in what we do.

• We offer complete, multidisciplinary, and custom-designed treatments for people struggling with Eating Disorders, obesity, or a complicated relationship with food.

• Our treatments are grounded in scientific evidence.

Self-esteem is an essential part of mental health. It influences how we see ourselves, how we treat ourselves, how we relate to others, and how we face life’s challenges. When someone struggles with low self-esteem, they may experience insecurity, guilt, self-criticism, fear of rejection, or a persistent feeling of not being good enough.

Low self-esteem can be linked to different psychological difficulties, such as anxiety, depression, eating disorders — including anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating disorder — relationship problems, or some personality disorders. In many cases, it acts as a silent foundation that keeps emotional distress, self-doubt, and unhealthy patterns in place.

Self-esteem begins to develop in childhood, through the way we learned to feel valued, cared for, and taken into account by the important people around us. But self-esteem is not fixed: it can be worked on and strengthened. Through psychotherapy, it is possible to understand the roots of low self-esteem, change patterns of self-criticism, learn to set boundaries, and build a safer, kinder relationship with yourself.

At Clínica ART, we offer psychological treatment for low self-esteem in Barcelona and online, helping you recover confidence, emotional security, and well-being.

Personal relationships play a fundamental role in our mental health. Through the bonds we build from childhood, we learn to trust, set boundaries, express what we feel, ask for help, and relate to ourselves and to others. The way we connect with people influences our personality, self-esteem, emotional security, and the way we experience love, friendship, family, and romantic relationships.

However, building healthy relationships is not always easy. Sometimes we repeat patterns that cause us pain, choose bonds that do not care for us, or find it difficult to leave dynamics of dependency, conflict, fear of abandonment, jealousy, insecurity, or poor communication. In many cases, these difficulties are connected to childhood trauma, early attachment experiences, emotional wounds, or learned relationship patterns that we continue to repeat in adulthood. These patterns can lead us to create or maintain toxic relationships.

Psychotherapy can help you understand how your emotional bonds were formed, which patterns repeat in your relationships, and what needs to change in order to build safer, more conscious, and healthier relationships. Working on relationships in therapy can help improve communication, set boundaries, strengthen self-esteem, regulate emotions, and learn new ways of connecting without losing yourself.

At Clínica ART, we offer individual psychotherapy to work on relationships, couples therapy, and family therapy in Barcelona and online. We support you in understanding your relational history, healing emotional wounds, and building healthier, more stable relationships that feel more aligned with who you are.

A difficult relationship with food and the body can take many forms. For some people, it appears as a diagnosed eating disorder, such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or binge eating disorder. For others, it may involve emotional eating, restrictive eating, constant dieting, guilt after eating, fear of weight gain, body dissatisfaction, obesity or being overweight.

Although obesity and overweight are not eating disorders in themselves, they can be connected to emotional distress, medical concerns, social difficulties, stigma, and a painful relationship with food and the body. At Clínica ART, we understand that eating problems are never just about food or weight — they are also connected to emotions, self-esteem, identity, relationships, habits, mental health, and the way a person experiences their own body.

We also specialize in eating disorders in men, an area that is still under-recognized and under-studied. Many men struggle in silence with body dissatisfaction, restrictive eating, compulsive exercise, fear of gaining fat, pressure to be muscular, muscle dysmorphia, body dysmorphic disorder, or vigorexia. These difficulties are often linked to ideas about masculinity, performance, control, self-worth, and social expectations around the male body.

At Clínica ART, we offer specialized treatment for eating disorders, obesity, body image difficulties, and complex relationships with food in Barcelona and online. Our English-speaking therapists and multidisciplinary team provide compassionate, evidence-based psychological and nutritional support to help you understand your eating patterns, reduce suffering, improve your relationship with food and your body, and recover a healthier, more balanced life.

Anxiety and depression are among the most common reasons people seek psychotherapy. They may appear as the main concern — for example, panic attacks, constant worry, persistent sadness, lack of motivation, emotional exhaustion, difficulty concentrating, or a feeling of being stuck — or they may be connected to other mental health difficulties, such as eating disorders, personality disorders, low self-esteem, or relationship problems.

At Clínica ART, we offer specialized psychological treatment for anxiety and depression in Barcelona and online, using an integrative, compassionate, and evidence-based approach. Our goal is to help you understand what is happening, reduce emotional distress, develop healthier coping strategies, and gradually recover your sense of balance, energy, confidence, and well-being.

We offer psychotherapy and sexual therapy for people and partners navigating diverse ways of relating, loving, and experiencing intimacy. This includes support for open relationships, consensual non-monogamy, polyamory, LGBTQIA+ relationships, intercultural couples, and other relationship structures that may not fit traditional models. Our approach is non-judgmental, inclusive, and evidence-based, helping you explore communication, boundaries, jealousy, desire, sexual difficulties, intimacy, trust, and emotional security.

Whether you are redefining your relationship, opening it up, facing conflict, or wanting to build a more conscious and satisfying sexual and emotional life, we provide a safe space to understand your needs and create healthier, more authentic connections.

Psychology Center in Barcelona

We know that seeking help can bring up doubts, fear, or uncertainty. That is why, at Clínica ART, we have created a clear, supportive, and personalized process to help you find the psychological, nutritional, or medical treatment that best fits your needs.

1. We listen to your situation

During an initial assessment, we take the time to understand what you are going through, what you need, and which type of support may be most appropriate for you. We can help if you are looking for individual psychotherapy, couples therapy, group psychotherapy, treatment for eating disorders, nutritional support, medical care, or online therapy.

2. We design a personalized treatment plan

Depending on your situation, we propose an approach tailored to your needs. Our multidisciplinary team can combine psychological treatment, specialized nutrition, individual psychotherapy, couples therapy, group psychotherapy, and medical follow-up. If you are struggling with an eating disorder and need more intensive support, we also offer an Intensive Program / Day Center for Eating Disorders.

3. We support you throughout the process

We work with you to reduce distress, recover emotional stability, and build a healthier relationship with yourself, your body, food, and the important people in your life. Our goal is to help you move forward with an integrated, evidence-based treatment plan coordinated by professionals specialized in mental health, psychotherapy, nutrition, and eating disorders.

4. We help you recover a life with more calm, confidence, and freedom

The goal of treatment is not only to reduce symptoms, but to help you build a fuller and more stable life. We want you to be able to enjoy healthier relationships, make peace with food, improve the relationship with your body, recover confidence in yourself, and live with more calm in your everyday life.

You don’t have to keep facing anxiety, eating disorders, low self-esteem, or emotional distress on your own. The sooner you ask for help, the sooner you can begin to change the way you relate to yourself, your body, food, and the people around you.

In addition to in-person care at our psychology center in Barcelona, we also offer online therapy, courses and workshops, free resources, a newsletter, articles on our Blog, and specialized training for patients, families, and professionals.

The first step is simple: tell us what you need, and we will help you find the most appropriate treatment for you.

At Clínica ART, we have a strong commitment to science and to the quality of our treatments. That is why we work from an evidence-based psychology approach, ensuring that our interventions are aligned with current scientific knowledge and with advances in psychology, neuropsychology, and behavioral sciences.

Our goal is to make science useful, understandable, and applicable to real life. On the one hand, we develop high-quality psychological treatments that are rigorous and adapted to each person. On the other, we aim to bring scientific knowledge closer to patients, families, and professionals through clear tools, practical resources, training, talks, and outreach.

• Simplify and share scientific knowledge about mental health, eating, self-esteem, and relationships.
• Develop high-quality treatments that are evidence-based and adapted to each person’s needs.
• Conduct research in the areas of eating disorders, body image, self-esteem, and relationships.

To ensure that our work is aligned with the current state of scientific knowledge, we collaborate with universities and academic institutions such as UB, UIC, UNIR, and UAB, participating in research projects on eating disorders and mental health.