José Pedro Espada

Director of the research center

Professor of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment. His research interests have focused on the treatment of emotional problems in children and risk behaviour in adolescents. He was the founder and director in its first stage of the Journal of Clinical Psychology with Children and Adolescents. He is the author of more than 200 scientific publications and fourteen books, among them: “Conductas adictivas en adolescentes” (Síntesis), “Terapia psicológica con niños y adolescentes” (Pirámide) or “Tratamiento paso a paso de los problemas psicológicos en la infancia y adolescencia” (Pirámide).

Mireia Orgilés

Professor of Psychological Treatment. Her research focuses on emotional problems in childhood and is the director of the University Master’s Degree in Psychological Therapy with Children and Adolescents. She is manager of the Psychology area of the Division of Coordination, Evaluation and Scientific and Technical Monitoring of the State Research Agency. She has published more than 200 scientific papers and has twice received the Young Researcher Award granted by the Social Council of the UMH. She is co-founder of a spin off based in the science park, dedicated to the transfer to society of psychological interventions with scientific evidence.

Iván Fernández

Degree and PhD in Psychology with extraordinary award. Assistant Professor Doctor in the area of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatment. He was a pre-doctoral contract researcher of the University Teacher Training Programme (FPU) of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport. During this period, he carried out several research stays at the University of Roehampton in London (UK). His research focuses on the assessment and treatment of emotional problems in children and young people, especially anxiety disorders.

María T. Gonzálvez

PhD in psychology, graduate with extraordinary award. Her research focuses on the assessment and treatment of risk behaviours in adolescents. Since 2016 she is an associate professor in the area of Psychological Assessment and Treatment at the Miguel Hernández University. She is also a lecturer at the Valencian International University. She combines her teaching work with her clinical activity in the spin off PSICOLÓGICA of the UMH. Her clinical activity focuses on child behavioural therapy, covering the assessment and treatment of emotional, behavioural and learning problems.

Teresa Galán-Luque  

Graduate in Psychology from the University of Seville. She did her curricular internship in a center specialised in the treatment of eating disorders in Manchester (United Kingdom). In 2020 she studied the double Master in General Health Psychology and Neuropsychology at Loyola University, receiving an Academic Excellence Scholarship for two consecutive years. Since 2021 she is a researcher of the University Teacher Training Programme (FPU) of the Ministry of Universities. Her research focuses on the study of the efficacy of transdiagnostic treatments for child and adolescent emotional problems.

Damián Hervás

Graduated in Psychology at the University of Seville in 2018, Master in General Health Psychology at the same university and Master’s in Psychological Therapy with Children and Adolescents at the University Miguel Hernández. During his academic training, he has combined research with professional clinical activity in child and adolescent clinical practice in public institutions and private centers for more than two years. He has worked as a research technician in projects on access to reading in people with autism and deafness in the Department of Developmental Psychology and Education. He is currently developing his research on the effectiveness of the transdiagnostic treatment Super Skills for Life as a universal prevention strategy.

Àngela Belzunegui-Pastor

Graduate in Psychology from Miguel Hernández University. She works as a research technician for the EMO-CHILD project, focused on the evaluation and monitoring of child and adolescent psychological problems. She collaborates as a psychologist in curricular practices, conducting psychological assessment and intervention tasks with children and families in PSICOLÓGICA, an assistance center in the scientific park of the Miguel Hernández University. Her research focuses on emotional problems in childhood, a subject on which she has published several articles in scientific journals.

Víctor Amorós-Reche

Graduated in Psychology from Miguel Hernández University. He completed part of his studies at the Università degli Studi di Firenze (Italy). Since 2020, he has collaborated as a trainee researcher in the AITANA Research Group. His research focuses on the assessment and treatment of emotional problems in the child and adolescent population. He has published several studies on child psychological assessment tests and the repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic on child and adolescent mental health.