Communication Styles & Emotional Needs
Understanding emotional needs and communication
A practical and psychologically grounded session that helps teams understand the emotional needs that sit underneath everyday behaviours, communication patterns and interpersonal tensions. Using simplified frameworks inspired by recognised authors in personality and human behaviour, participants explore the…
Communication Skills Practice
Empathy Exercises
Feedback / Difficult Conversations
Group Activity
Journalling & Reflection
Roleplay / Simulation
Workshop
Description
A practical and psychologically grounded session that helps teams understand the emotional needs that sit underneath everyday behaviours, communication patterns and interpersonal tensions.
Using simplified frameworks inspired by recognised authors in personality and human behaviour, participants explore the core emotional needs that shape how people think, react, decide, and interact at work. These needs influence motivation, conflict style, pace, decision-making, stress responses, and collaboration — and when understood, they transform the way teams communicate and work together.
This session includes practical exercises to help participants identify their own dominant patterns, understand the emotional needs driving their behaviour, and recognise the needs of others. Through guided examples and structured interactions, attendees learn how to adapt their communication style, respond more effectively to different personalities, and reduce friction in teamwork.
The session is dynamic, interactive and highly applicable, giving teams a concrete and empathic way of understanding each other without judgment.
Benefits
• Understanding of the emotional needs that shape behaviour and communication
• Insight into one’s own stress patterns and relational tendencies
• Improved communication through awareness of different personality-driven needs
• More effective collaboration and fewer misunderstandings in team environments
• Develop emotional intelligence and empathy in leadership roles
• Practical tools to respond, rather than react, in challenging interactions
• Stronger team cohesion and smoother working dynamics
Hosted by Ana Baptista
About the Host
I’m a medical doctor and board-certified hematologist with more than 18 years of experience across clinical practice, medical leadership and integrative mind–body facilitation. My career has included leading clinical teams, supporting high-stakes decision-making and working closely with multidisciplinary professionals in fast-paced medical environments — experiences that shaped my understanding of how stress, communication patterns and internal alignment influence both wellbeing and performance.
Alongside my medical work, I’ve trained extensively in mind-centered coaching, somatic and breathwork modalities, developing an approach that bridges scientific insight with practical embodied tools. My work focuses on helping individuals and teams cultivate emotional clarity, grounded presence and calm leadership, especially in environments where pressure, constant decision-making and interpersonal dynamics can create internal friction.
I facilitate workshops and immersive sessions designed to support nervous system regulation, improve communication, reduce accumulated tension and strengthen the internal coherence needed for resilience and effective collaboration. The core of my approach is alignment — helping people and teams reconnect with what they value, what they aim to achieve and how they show up in action, so they can operate with more clarity, ease and intention.
Based in Portugal, I work primarily in the Algarve, Lisbon and Porto, and facilitate internationally. I offer sessions in English, Portuguese and Spanish, and can support communication with French-speaking teams at a basic to intermediate level.
Travel Locations
Portugal – Algarve (no fee), Other cities (+€300)
Spain – Seville (+€300), Madrid (+€400), Barcelona (+€400)
United Kingdom – London (+€500)
Western Europe – France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany (+€600)
Other safe international destinations (+€700+)
Accommodation: arranged by the client or covered through an additional fee
Certifications & Credentials
Functional Medicine Training – 7 Stages of Healing (Nov 2025); Spinal Energetics Level 2 (May 2025); Breathwork Facilitator (Aug 2024); Spinal Energetics Level 1 (Apr 2024); B-School – Marie Forleo (Apr 2023); Clinical Hypnosis (Mar 2023); Breathwork Coach (Oct 2022); Master in Neuro-Strategy (Jun 2021); Advanced Coaching Training (Jan 2021); NLP Practitioner (Nov 2018); Coaching Training (Mar 2018); Medical Doctor (May 2007), Board-Certified Hematologist (Oct 2016). Insurance: Comprehensive international professional liability insurance covering somatic facilitation, Spinal Energetics, Breathwork, coaching and mind–body practices.
Client Requirements
Microphone, sound system, yoga mats in case of longer workshops or somatic experiences such as breathwork journeys or group spinal enrgetics, pillows and blankets for comfort
Focus Areas
Well-being/HealthDevelopment/Coaching
Location
Vilamoura, Quarteira, Portugal
Languages
English, Spanish, Portuguese
Corporate Experience
Moderate
Session Types Offered
Interactive (eg. improv, group-art, yoga etc.)
Past Experience Doing Sessions
Yes - Interactive
Past Clients
AIM Cancer Center (Portugal), Oriente Primary Care Health Unit (Lisbon, Portugal), BOOM festival (Portugal)
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