FAMILYPSYCH
The Team.
Researchers.
Ana Martínez Pampliega
Dr Ana Martínez-Pampliega is Professor of Social and Developmental Psychology at the University of Deusto (UD). She holds a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology and a Postgraduate Diploma in Psychoanalysis from Pareja y Familia (Vidal y Barraquer Foundation, Ramon Llull University), and is a psychotherapist. She is currently Director of the Master's Degree in Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy and teaches at the University of Deusto. In terms of research, she is Principal Investigator of the Deusto FamilyPsych group, Family Assessment and Intervention, and a member of the Board of Directors of the European Network of Family Institutes.
Susana Cormenzana
María Rodriguez García
UD Contributors.
Txemi Santamaría
Iñigo Aguinaga
Dr Iñigo Aguinaga is a Sports Psychologist at Athletic Club de Bilbao. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology, a Master's degree in Sports Psychology and a Master's degree in Psychology Research (UNED). His research interests include the emotional competencies of young athletes, coaches and families, as well as the study of protective factors for the psychological well-being of athletes and coaches. He is the author of the book What They Never Told Me About Football.
Leire Alcañiz
PhD in Advanced Management from the University of Deusto. Master's degree in Advanced Management and Master's degree in Executive Development (University of Deusto). She currently works as a lecturer in Financial Accounting at undergraduate and postgraduate level at Deusto Business School. Within the field of finance and accounting, she has undertaken various research placements at universities across the European Union and has been a visiting lecturer at Heriot-Watt University (United Kingdom). Her research focuses on the study of companies' intellectual capital and its accounting treatment, the cost-benefit analysis of projects, and the promotion of a humanistic approach to business.
External contributors
Carles Pérez Testor
Doctor of Medicine and Specialist in Psychiatry. Director of the Vidal i Barraquer University Institute of Mental Health (IUSM). Senior Lecturer in the Department of Personality, Assessment and Treatment at the Faculty of Psychology, Education and Sport Sciences, Blanquerna. Principal Investigator of the Couple and Family Research Group (GRPF) at Ramon Llull University, recognised as a consolidated research group. Coordinator and Psychotherapist at the Couple and Family Unit of the Vidal i Barraquer Foundation (FVB). Teaching Supervisor for the Catalan Society of Family Therapy. Director of the Master's Degree in Clinical Psychopathology and the Postgraduate Programme in Couples and Families at the IUSM of Ramon Llull University. Member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Society of Psychiatry and the Spanish Association for Research and Development in Family Therapy (AEI+DTF). Member of the Spanish Federation of Family Therapy Associations.
Valentin Escudero
PhD in Psychology. Accredited as a Psychotherapist and Family Therapist by FEAP. Accredited as a Teaching Supervisor by FEATF. Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of A Coruña. Adjunct Clinical Professor (honorary position) at the State University of New York. Director of the postgraduate programme Expert in Family Intervention. Director of the Research Unit in Family Intervention and Care at the University of A Coruña, located at the Naval Hospital, which delivers Family Therapy programmes and is accredited as a Family Therapy School by FEATF.
Carlos Pitillas
Carlos Pitillas holds a PhD in Psychology. He works at the University Institute of the Family at Comillas Pontifical University, where he coordinates the Primera Alianza project, which aims to strengthen bonds within vulnerable families and in schools, and to provide specialised training for professionals in family and child intervention. He is co-author of the book Primera Alianza: Strengthening and Repairing Early Bonds, and of a series of publications on attachment-focused therapeutic interventions. He teaches psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic child and adolescent psychotherapy at Comillas Pontifical University.
Iñigo Ochoa de Alda
PhD in Psychology and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Psychology, University of the Basque Country (Department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment). Family Psychotherapist and President of the Spanish Federation of Psychotherapy Associations. He is also President of the Basque Association of Dynamic and Systemic Psychotherapy and has served as Vice-President of the Spanish Association for Research and Development in Family Therapy. Director of the AVAPSI (FEAP) Training Programme in Family and Couples Therapy. Member of the Deusto FamilyPsych research team and lecturer on the Master's in Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy at the University of Deusto.
Nerea Martín
Sagrario Martín
Adriana Wagner
Antonio Oliver
Alazne Ustaran
Graphic and web designer. A psychologist by training (University of Deusto), she is passionate about art, cinema, typography and creativity. Her professional background enables her to approach design from an enriching and multidisciplinary perspective. She is currently a founding partner and Art Director at Avocado, a design studio specialising in brand creation.
Miguel Richart
Professor of Psychology at the University of Alicante. His current research focuses primarily on the field of positive parenting, particularly the transition to parenthood during the first thousand days from conception.
Rafael Jodar
Doctor of Psychology. Lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Comillas Pontifical University. Specialist in Emotion-Focused Therapy, working with adults and delivering training courses for psychotherapists at the University. His main areas of psychological practice are depression and anxiety. He has contributed to research on mindfulness, the quality of life of people with schizophrenia and their families, and the processes and beliefs surrounding forgiveness. He is a member of ASEPCO (Spanish Association of Cognitive Therapy) and AME (Motivation and Emotion Association), and is a co-founding member of the Iberian Association of Emotion-Focused Therapy, whose main objectives are the study of this type of therapy and the coordination of training at an international level. Trained at York University in Canada by Leslie Greenberg.
Ana Berástegui
Silvia Peñas
Marta Herrero
She holds a PhD in Psychology from the Autonomous University of Madrid, where she also completed a Master's degree in Health Psychology. A specialist in the field of personality and health, her main research interest lies in self-regulation processes in family and work settings. She currently works as a researcher in the Deusto FamilyPsych research group at the University of Deusto.
Lucía Rabadán
Inés Pellón
PhD in Psychology. Master's degree in General Health Psychology. Master's degree in Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy. Pre-doctoral Research Fellow in the Psychology Programme at the University of Deusto (2020).
Edurne Urrutia
PhD in Psychology. She graduated in Psychology (2011) and completed a Master's degree in Mental Health and Psychological Therapies (2011–2013) at the University of Deusto. She undertook the course Psychopathology and Psychotherapy for Children and Adolescents at ALTXA (2013–2016). At the same time, she taught the Projective Techniques module within the DeustoPsych Practicum for undergraduate Psychology students (2014–2015) and collaborated through research grants on several projects focusing on adoption involving adolescents and adoptive families at Aristos Campus Mundus (2013–2016). She is currently completing her doctoral thesis, which focuses on sibling relationships and parent-child attachment through projective techniques, and works as a child and adolescent psychologist in private practice.
Laura Barrio
PhD in Psychology. Master's degree in General Health Psychology from the University of Deusto. Master's degree in Family and Couples Therapy (Stirpe, Madrid).
Specialist in grief and mindfulness. She works as a Psychotherapist at the Lagungo Family Counselling Centre and as a Clinical Psychologist in educational settings. She is currently undertaking doctoral research on the application of mindfulness in families.
Nuria Vázquez
Bachelor's degree in Psychology (URV) and Criminology (UB). PhD in Psychology (URV). Expert in Mediation (URJC) and Parenting Coordination (UDIMA). Accredited Expert in Forensic Psychology (COP). Recognised as a General Health Psychologist, with postgraduate training in Systemic Family Therapy (CTFRS) and Family Violence (UdG). Associate Professor at Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) and Adjunct Professor at Valencia International University (VIU).
Pre-doctoral students
Asier Molleda 2024–present
Pre-doctoral researcher with a Basque Government grant 2024
Vicenta Alonso 2025–present
Predoctoral Researcher
Student Research Assistants.
Andrea Turmequé 2025 -2026
Master’s in Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy
Felipe Gaviría 2025-2026
Master’s in Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy
Virginia Cenarruzabeitia 2024 - 2026
Master’s in General Health Psychology + Master’s in Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy
Andrea Muñoz 2024-2025
Master’s in General Health Psychology + Master’s in Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy
Peio Santamaría 2024-2025
4º Grado Psicología
Leire Alday 2024 -2025
4º Grado en Psicología
June Pérez 2024-2025
Master’s in General Health Psychology + Master’s in Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy
Haizea Oraá 2023 - 2025
Master’s in General Health Psychology + Master’s in Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy
María Crespo 2023 -2025
Master’s in General Health Psychology + Master’s in Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy
Asier Molleda 2021 - 2023
Master’s in General Health Psychology + Master’s in Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy
Aitana Mato: 2022-2023
Master’s in General Health Psychology
Nora Eguía 2023-2024
Master’s in General Health Psychology
Naia Molinos 2023-2024
Master’s in General Health Psychology + Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy
Maitane Galdós 2020-2022
Master’s in General Health Psychology + Master’s in Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy
Sarabel Fernández 2021-2023
Master’s in General Health Psychology + Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy
Virginia González 2021-2022
4th year of Psychology. Honours Programme
Nagore Fresno 2021-2022
4th year of Psychology
Guillermo Gonzalez 2020-2022
Master’s in Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy
Juan Carneros 2020-2022
Master’s in General Health Psychology + Master’s in Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy
Patricia Roca 2019-2022
Master’s in General Health Psychology + Master’s in Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy
Jon Ander Medina 2020-2022
4th Year of Information Engineering
Zaloa Noriega 2021-2022
1st year of PCEO Master’s in General Health Psychology + Master’s in Systemic Relational Psychotherapy
Rocio Álvarez 2020-2021
PCEO – Master’s in General Health Psychology and Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy
Daniel Felipe Barrera 2019-2021
Psychology. Master’s in Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy
Paula Coello 2020-2021
PCEO – Master’s in General Health Psychology and Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy
Fernanda Candida Esteves 2020-2021
3rd Year of Psychology.
Amalur Palacios 2019-2021
PCEO – Master’s in General Health Psychology and Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy
Naroa Quintana 2023-2024
Master’s in General Health Psychology + Master’s in Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy
Aida Villazon 2019-2020
4th year of the Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology.
Ainhoa Carrillo 2020-2021
4th year of the Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. Honours Programme
Ane Aldekoa 2020-2021
4th year of the Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. Honours Programme
Anna Riera
Researcher 2018–2023
Doctoral theses carried out within the team.
Iñigo Aguinaga - 2024
The emotional skills of young athletes, coaches and families: relevant variables and a proposed intervention
Laura Barrio - 2024
Mindful parenting through mindfulness
Iciar García Varona - 2023
Childhood Adversity Questionnaire (CAI) and an exploratory study of symptoms related to complex trauma
Edurne Urrutia - 2023
From parental attachment to sibling attachment: the mediating effect of sibling relationships
Olatz Ormaetxea - 2023
Children’s psychological well-being and family protective indicators in families with adopted, foster and biological children
Irati Álvarez - 2021
Post-divorce intervention programme: evaluation of the process through the therapeutic alliance
Leire Gordo - 2021
Parental competence and the socio-emotional development of infants aged 0 to 3 years: reflective function and parental perception of child vulnerability
Verónica Aguado - 2019
Interparental conflict, parental expressed emotion and the psychological adjustment of adolescent sons and daughters
María Del Pilar Castro Blanco - 2016
Feelings of loneliness in older adults and their relationship with causal attribution and coping
María Fernanda Rocha Arrangoiz - 2015
Multifamily therapy in situations of moderate psychosocial risk. A process and outcome study
Lucía Navarro Aresti - 2015
Prenatal emotional bonding in pregnant women undergoing assisted reproduction
Susana Cormenzana - 2015
Cognitive and Emotional Experience of Interparental Conflict and its Impact on Adolescent Well-being: The Mediating Role of Emotional Regulation and Mood
Laura Merino - 2014
The impact of adverse contexts on children’s adjustment: the role of sibling relationships
Silvia Peñas - 2013
Analysis of the impact of the migration process on the family functioning of reunited Latin American families
Leire Iriarte - 2012
Intergenerational Transmission of Couple Conflict Through Emotional Security
Nayeli Rivero Lazcano - 2009
The relationship between family communication and children’s psychosomatic symptoms
Edurne Galíndez Nafarrate - 2007
The relationship between adolescents’ life satisfaction and their family functioning
Ana Muñoz Eguileta - 2004
Self-esteem and attachment to the ex-spouse following marital separation: the role of iirrational beliefs and other mediating variables



