Luís Gonçalves
Managing Partner and Clinical Director
Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist
Collaborative relationships, ethics, and scientific rigor are essential to me in this passionate field of promoting Mental Health.
Professional Experience
- Psychotherapist for adults and adolescents, clinical and organizational trainer with 20 years of experience
- Areas of expertise: Anxiety and Depressive Disorders; Toxic and Abusive Relationships; Borderline Personality Disorder; Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder; Prevention and Management of Work and Parental Burnout; Psychosocial Risks and Financial Stress
- Executive coach in an organizational context
- Clinical Supervisor and Advisor at Psinove for Academic Internships at the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Lisbon (FPUL), the Institute of Psychological, Social, and Life Sciences (ISPA), and Professional Internships of the Portuguese Order of Psychologists
- Participation in television, radio, print, and online media
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Clinical Psychology from the Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon
- Postgraduate Degree in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the Nova School of Business and Economics (Nova SBE)
- Postgraduate Degree in Psychotherapy and Counseling with adults from the Portuguese Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (APTCC)
- Training in Mentalization with adults: Mentalizing and Mentalization-based Treatment with Adults (MBT) - Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
- Training in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy with adolescents (DBT) by Jill H. Rathus
- In-person Workshop in Mindfulness by Jon Kabat-Zinn - Oxford Mindfulness Centre (OMC)
- Participation in various Workshops and Training related to Psychotherapy (Emotion-Focused Therapy; Deliberate Practice; Psychotherapy Effectiveness; Breaks and Therapeutic Alliance; Self-care for Psychotherapists; Psychopharmacology)
- Certified Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapist by EMDR Europe - Level 2 Training and Advanced Protocols
- Member of the American Psychological Association (APA)
- Member of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI)
- Certified Trainer by the Institute of Employment and Vocational Training (IEFP)
- Full member of the Portuguese Order of Psychologists (OPP) - Professional Registration No. 2385
Research
- Speaker at conferences, seminars, and lectures