Tiago A. G. Fonseca

As a psychologist, I value active collaboration in psychotherapy, being responsive and attentive to the psychological needs and emotional processes of each person, which are essential to their process of change.

Professional Experience

• Clinical Psychologist (2013 to 2016), focusing on adults, at the Community Service of the Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon.
• Member of the Coordinating Team of the "Aventura na Cidade" Project at ARISCO - IPSS, funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation's Active Citizenship Program, implementing the Personal and Social Skills Promotion Program "Aventura na Cidade" in schools in the municipalities of Odivelas and Loures (September 2014 to May 2016).

Educational Background

• Postgraduate studies in Psychotherapy for adults as part of the Psychotherapy Training of the Portuguese Association for Behavioral, Cognitive, and Integrative Therapies (since 2018).
• Bachelor's and Master's degree in Clinical and Health Psychology - Cognitive-Behavioral and Integrative Psychotherapy, from the Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon (2006 to 2011).
• Workshop "Personality Disorders: Case Conceptualization and Decision-Making for Complex Cases" with Lorna Smith Benjamin, PCM Lab.
• Workshop "Press Start Button - Conceptualization, Assessment, and Intervention in Video Game and Internet Addiction" with João Faria, APTCCI.
• Training in "Psychological Intervention in Disaster and Crisis Situations", OPP.
• Training in "Grief Intervention in Crisis and Emergency Situations and Traumatic Grief", CRIAP.
• Completed course "Pay Attention!! ADHD Through the Lifespan!", Coursera.
• Training in "Personal and Social Skills Training with Children and Adolescents", CRIAP.
• Training in "Intervention in Cases of Abuse and Neglect, Divorce, and Adoption", CRIAP.
• Member of the Assembly of Representatives of the Portuguese Psychologists Association.
• Full Member of the Portuguese Psychologists Association (since 2013) with Professional License No. 15558.
• Certified Trainer by the Institute for Employment and Vocational Training (IEFP).
• Member of the Portuguese Association for Behavioral, Cognitive, and Integrative Therapies (APTCCI).

Research

• Scale for the Regulation of Psychological Needs for Control and Surrender of Control - Scale for the Regulation of Psychological Needs Satisfaction, by Fonseca and Vasco (2011).
• Scale for the Regulation of Psychological Needs Satisfaction, by Vasco and colleagues (2010/2012).
• Philadelphia Mindfulness Scale: Translation and Adaptation for the Portuguese Population, by Fonseca, Galvão, and Sousa (2017/2018).
• Research on the Impact of COVID-19 on the Mental Health of the Portuguese population, by Fonseca, Galvão, Silva, and Rosa (2019/2020).
• Researcher in the "A Par - Aprender em Parceria" project (from 2008 to 2010), with children aged 1 to 4 - Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon, and University of Oxford.