Margarida Isabel Rangel Santos Henriques is a psychologist, associate Professor at the University of Porto, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences. She is the Director of the Doctoral Program in Psychology and head of the Child and Adolescent Psychology Intervention Unit of the Service of the Clinical Service of the same Faculty, and Invited Coordinator Researcher in ProChild CoLAB, against poverty and exclusion. She is a researcher integrated member in the Center of Psychology of the University of Porto (CPUP), and her area of expertise is suicidology, clinical and health psychology, narrative psychology, and childhood rights promotion and protection, specifically in the domain of adoption. Completed the PhD in Clinical Psychology in 2001 by the University of Minho, the Master in Clinical Psychology and Development in 1996 by the University of Coimbra, the Degree in Psychology in 1989 by the University of Porto, Postgraduate Certificate in Cognitive/Social Therapy in 1993 by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Facultat de Psicologia. She did clinical specialization in Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy, in Systemic Family Therapy by the Portuguese Association of Family Therapy, and Narrative Therapy. She teaches at the degree, master’s, and doctoral levels, in the field of clinical psychology intervention and qualitative methodology. Published 70 articles in journals. Has 6 chapters of books and 7 books. Supervised 10 PhD theses and co-supervised 2, and supervised 35 MSc dissertations. Has received 5 awards and/or honors. Participates and/or participated as Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI) in 1 project(s), Principal Investigator in 1 project(s), Researcher in 9 projects, and Supervisor in 1 project. She has research activity in the theoretical domain of autobiographical narratives and narrative identity construction. She has research and intervention programs in the field of child protection and adoption. She has an active role in the supervision of welfare, child protection professionals, and clinicians. She is involved in different projects in clinical and mental health, namely in the domain of online prevention and intervention models. Now, she is the coordinator and scientific team of a mental health stepped care model for promoting the well-being of the students at Porto University. key-words: Psychology; mental health; clinical psychology; anxiety disorders; adoption; child protection; childhood clinical psychology; psychotherapy. ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6584-4691