Paula works through a Humanistic Integrative perspective, applying a broad range of psychological approaches such as Emotion Focused, Constructivist, Gestalt, Systemic and Play Therapy.
Paula completed her undergraduate studies in Psychology at San Francisco University of Quito-Ecuador (USFQ), including a year of BA in Psychology at University of Illinois in Chicago, USA. She complemented her studies with a degree in Clinical Psychology at USFQ where she was able to integrate Humanistic, Systemic, Psychoanalytic and CBT approaches to therapy. During this time, she was able to deliver supervised individual therapy practices on each approach.
Additionally, Paula has studied several modules with Beck Institute (CBT), Greenberg (Emotion Focused Therapy), Sue Johnson (Emotion Focused Therapy for Couples) and Play Therapy.
She is currently coursing her third year of Master on Social Cognitive Therapy at University of Barcelona, where she has been able to collaborate at Sant Pau Hospital Family Unit. Paula is also working on her final project to complete her Master in Family Therapy at ISEP Barcelona.
Paula has worked in Private Clinical Centers since 2014, doing individual therapy and family counseling in Ecuador, her home country. Now she works from Barcelona as a Clinical Psychologist with an integrative approach.