Curriculum

ACADEMIC TRAINING

  • Degree in Psychology from the University of Barcelona
  • Degree in Sociology from the Autonomous University of Barcelona
  • Master's Degree in General Health Psychology from the University of Barcelona
  • Master's Degree in Research in Sociology and Demography from Pompeu Fabra University
  • PhD in Clinical Psychology (Translational Medicine and Research Programme) from the University of Barcelona. Research carried out in the Psychiatry Service of the Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge.
  • Course in Abnormal Psychology (University of Sussex, United Kingdom)

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

  • Trained in different institutions of the public mental health network of Catalonia (Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Hospital Universitari Mútua de Terrassa, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu).
  • Specialisation in behavioural addictions (gambling, video games, sex, pornography, shopping, screens...).
  • Psychologist and researcher in the units of behavioural addictions and eating disorders at the Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge
  • Currently a psychologist in the unit specialising in Behavioural Addictions-Care and Research on Socio-addictions (AIS) – a provider centre for the public network of Mental Health and Addictions of the Generalitat of Catalonia-SISCAT
  • Psychologist at the Psychological Clinic of the University of Barcelona
  • Psychologist in own private practice in Barcelona

TEACHING AND RESEARCH

  • Associate Professor of Psychology at Tecnocampus-UPF and at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
  • Lecturer in university courses and masters
  • Accredited as a Lecturer by the Agència per a la Qualitat del Sistema Universitari de Catalunya (AQU)
  • Co-author of more than thirty scientific publications in high-impact journals in the field of clinical psychology and psychiatry
  • International stays at Trinity College Dublin (Ireland) and at the Institut
  • Fédératif des Addictions Comportementales of the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes (France)
  • Speaker at national and international conferences and congresses
  • Participation as a researcher in international projects in collaboration with Yale University and McGill University. I am currently collaborating with Imperial College London on research to validate a scale for measuring the capacity for mental imagery in patients with self-harming behaviours.
  • Researcher in the Behavioural Addictions Group (UNIR) and in the Psychoneurobiology of Eating Disorders and Addictive Behaviours Group (IDIBELL).

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Registered psychologist nº27101 (Col·legi de Psicologia de Catalunya).
  • Member of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Addictions
  • Member of the International Society for the Study of Self-Injury
  • Member of the Digital Society and Mental Health Observatory of the Catalan Mental Health Congress Foundation (FCCSM)

Contacte

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