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Dr. Raquel Martín Lanas
Psychologist. Family and couples therapist.
Primarily dedicated to adult psychology and family and couples therapy.
Professional career
Degree in Psychology. Master’s Degree in General Health Psychology. PhD from the University of Navarra.
Master’s Degree in Neuroscience and Cognition from the University of Navarra (2015). Family and couples therapist, trained at the Basque-Navarre School of Family Therapy (EVNTF) (2021).
Accredited Gestalt psychotherapist by the Spanish Association of Gestalt Therapy (2012).
Specialist in couples’ communication analysis (State University of New York, 2007). Degree in Translation and Interpreting from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (1998).
RESEARCH AREAS
- Member of the research team of the Instituto Cultura y Sociedad (Institute for Culture and Society) of the University of Navarra, internal collaborator of the research group "Educación de la Afectividad y de la Sexualidad Humana".
- Study of communication processes in dysfunctional marriages and families, as part of the Family Therapy Research Project of the Clínica Universidad de Navarra.
- Her research focuses on the evaluation of family and couple dynamics, as well as the factors associated with success in dating and marital relationships.
AREAS OF INTEREST
- Adult psychology.
- Family and couples therapy.
- The impact of psychopathology on family and couple dynamics.
- The influence of family relationships on adult development.
Activity
In teaching
- Collaborating professor at the Faculty of Education and Psychology of the University of Navarra.
- Teaching collaborator at the Escuela Vasco Navarra de Terapia Familiar (EVNTF), Bilbao.
In research
- She has presented more than 40 papers and communications at national and international conferences.
- She has published in high-impact scientific journals.
- She is the author of several book chapters and specialized manuals in her field.
- She holds a six-year research assessment period (2013-2018) — known in Spain as a "sexenio de investigación" — granted by the National Commission for the Evaluation of Research Activity (CNEAI).
Scientific organizations
- Full Member Psychotherapist of the Asociación Vasco Navarra de Terapia Familiar (AVNTF).
Awards
- Premio Panhispánico de Traducción Especializada [Pan-Hispanic Specialized Translation Award] (2005), for the translation of "Marital and Family Therapy" (Ira D. Glick, Ellen M. Berman et al.), published as "Terapia Conyugal y Familiar" (Grupo Aula Médica, Madrid, 2003).