Current position: Retired Associate Professor at ISPA - University Institute. Integrated research member and executive committee Member of the Unit - Applied Psychology Research Center Capabilities and Inclusion (APPsyCI). He was Head of the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology between 2017-2020. Training: He graduated in Clinical Psychology in 1980 from FPCE University of Lisbon, completed a Master's degree in Educational Psychology from ISPA and the University of Bristol in 1994, and a PhD in Psychology from FPCE University Oporto in 1997. Main activity: 1. Psychotherapist. He has training in Psychoanalysis from SPP, Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP), Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), and Focusing. He is a trainer at the Portuguese Association of Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (AP). 2. Teaching: He teaches or has taught Curricular Units on Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis and Research Methods. He supervised more than 100 master's theses. 3. Research: He investigated 1) early child development, 2) motherhood and parenting at risk, and in the last 15 years his current research interests are: 1) Psychotherapy Process Research, and 2) The Professional Development of Psychotherapists. He maintains a research collaboration with Lynne Angus - York University, Canada; Gregory Neimeyer - Senior Director of Continuing Education in Psychology of the American Psychology Association and Alexandre Vaz - Sentio University, California and David Neto and Daniel Sousa - colleagues from ISPA. Publications: He published more than 60 articles in specialized journals and more than 30 works in event annals, has 3 book chapters, and 1 book published in co-authorship with more than 50 collaborators. Editorial activity: He was Editor (2012-2019) of the journal "Se..., não¿ Revista Portuguesa de Psicanálise e Psicoterapia Psicanalítica" and he is a member of the Editorial Board of "Análise Psicológica" and "Psicologia, Saúde e Doença". Dissemination of scientific knowledge: He organized conferences, congresses, and workshops related to the topic of psychotherapy/psychoanalysis, including the ISPA Psychoanalysis Colloquium between 2015 and 2020.