Ana Isabel Pereira

Ana Isabel Pereira is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon. She serves as a Scientific Council Member, Vice-President of the School Board, and Coordinator of the Master in Child and Adolescent Developmental Psychopathology. Her work focuses on evidence-based interventions for children and families, with a strong emphasis on parenting determinants of youth mental health and therapeutic change processes.

• Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology (Coimbra University, 2007)
• Accredited Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapist & Supervisor (Portuguese Association of Behavioral Therapy)

Her research spans Clinical and Health Psychology, exploring:

• Parenting styles and practices
• Self-regulation in children
• Transdiagnostic treatment protocols (e.g., Unified Protocol for Emotional Disorders in Children)
• Surfing-based mental health interventions (Wave by Wave)

Key article themes include pandemic-related mental health, therapeutic mechanisms in CBT, and psychometric scale development. She has secured grants from Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia and Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.

She mentors through teaching modules like Developmental Psychopathology and Research Methods in Clinical Psychology, and contributes to academic discourse as Associate Editor of Child Psychiatry and Human Development.