M. Victoria Fernández Puig

M. Victoria Fernández Puig is an Associate Lecturer in the Psychology and Speech Therapy Department at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, actively contributing to the research group Comunicació i Salut. Her academic work bridges psychology, neuroscience, and humanistic psychotherapies.

Research Interests: Her primary research areas include Humanistic Psychotherapies, Implicit Memory, Memory Reconsolidation, Neurobiology, and Psychometrics. She explores the intersection of neuroscience and psychotherapy, particularly how neural processes underlie therapeutic change. Her work also touches on self-efficacy, needs assessment, and secondary education.

The recent publications show a consistent focus on integrating neuroscientific findings into psychotherapeutic practice, especially within humanistic frameworks. Themes of memory reprocessing, emotional regulation, and therapist-client dynamics recur across her scholarly output.

Scientific Awards:

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Advising and Grants: While no formal students are listed, she has been a consistent research member in multiple externally funded projects, including COMSAL (2022–2025), ComSal Research Group (2017–2021), and earlier projects on teacher burnout (2003–2005) and communication and health (2009–2013), funded by AGAUR and the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. These reflect sustained involvement in collaborative, interdisciplinary research.

Labs and Teams: She is a core member of the Comunicació i Salut (Communication and Health) research group at UOC, collaborating with researchers such as Josep Segura Bernal, Carme Palma Sevillano, and Núria Farriols Hernando. This group focuses on health communication, psychological well-being, and psychotherapy integration.