CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST AND SEX THERAPIST
RESEARCHER IN HUMAN SEXUALITY
UNIVERSITY LECTURER IN CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY AND HUMAN SEXUALITY
I graduated in Psychology from the University of Coimbra with a very clear objective: to develop myself as a Clinical Psychologist scientifically and humanely. I wanted to intervene as effectively as possible in the various psychological difficulties that so often contribute to low levels of health and quality of life.
It was when I started my Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology that I first came into contact with the subject of Human Sexuality, where I began to develop my path as a researcher. In 2008, the first Human Sexuality Research Laboratory (Sexlab) was set up in Portugal, of which I am a member, and which has developed various experimental and clinical studies in the area. Alongside scientific development, I also became a Sex Therapist through the Portuguese Society of Clinical Sexology and completed my PhD in the area of Female Sexual Pain. Around this time, I began my practice and training in Mindfulness and 3rd Generation Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies.
Over the years, my clinical practice and respective research has developed in the different areas of Clinical Psychology and Sexology. By accompanying women, men and couples, it has become clear how much pregnancy, the birth of a baby and parenthood are central and determining episodes in different individual, couple and family biopsychosocial processes, particularly in terms of mental health and sexuality.
At UTERUS, as part of a multidisciplinary team that is passionate about its work, you can find me in Clinical Psychology and Clinical Sexology consultations, whose main objective is to contribute to the healthy adaptation of women and couples to this new phase in their lives.
RELEVANT TRAINING
_ Advanced Training in Mindfulness and Compassion – Breathworks Teacher Training, 2020-2022
_ Specialized course “Acceptance and Commitment Therapy”, Psikontacto, 2020
_ Course “Dialectical Behavior Therapy: Assessing and Intervening”, Psikontacto, 2020
_ “Process-based CBT” workshop with Stefan Hofman and Steve Hayes, 2019
_ Workshop “Empowering people with OCD to choose to change across the lifespan” with Paul Salkovskis, 2018
_ “Sex Made Simple” workshop with Barry McCarthy, 2018
_ Mindfulness Self-Compassion: Self-Compassion and Mindfulness Course, 2017
_ Intensive Course in Mindfulness Based Cogntive Therapy, Bangor University, 2017
_ Workshop “Resolving Therapeutic Impasses” with Jeremy D. Safran, 2016
_ Workshop “New Developments in Neuropsychophysiology of Sexual Response” with Nicole Prauser, 2016