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 (addiction to 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 his 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)