Specialities — Clinical Psychology | Psychotherapy

Areas of Differentiation:

Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT);
Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders;
Adult Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD).

Languages — Portuguese | English

Academic Training:

Master of Arts, Psychology, Bowie State University, Bowie, MD, USA;
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, University of Maryland, Adelphi, MD, USA;
PhD Program in Cognitive Science, University of Lisbon, Portugal. Currently enrolled;
Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Certificate, Clinical Hypnosis, 2006;
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) & ISCTE-IUL, Lisbon; European Drugs Summer School: “Illicit drugs in Europe: demand, supply, and public policies”, Certificate, 2014.

Professional Activity:

Psychologist, International Medical Clinic of Lisbon CMIL (since 2009);
Adjunct Professor, University of Maryland University College Europe (since 2010);
Psychologist trainee, Portuguese Armed Forces Unit of Drug and Alcohol Addiction Intensive Treatment (UTITA), Lisbon, Portugal (2008);
Psychologist, American Substance Abuse Clinic of Heidelberg, Germany, 2006.

Fellow of:

Portuguese Order of Psychologists (OPP);
American Psychological Association (APA), Washington, DC;
American Counselling Association European Branch (EB-ACA).