Marcela Andrade del Corro

Marcela Andrade del Corro serves as a Lecturer in Art Psychotherapy at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, within the OTAT Division. She maintains active professional affiliations with the Health and Care Professional Council (HCPC), British Association of Art Therapy (BAAT), and European Federation of Art Therapy (EFAT), contributing to pan-European professional development initiatives.

Her educational foundation includes a psychology degree from Mexico (2002) and art therapy qualification from Barcelona (2007), recently augmented by specialized studies in child and infant observation. Clinical training spans diverse settings including residential care for at-risk youth, adoption support programs, parent-infant projects, and outreach for street children across Mexico, Catalonia, and the UK.

Research priorities emphasize early therapeutic intervention through child-infant observation methodologies and arts-based approaches. She advocates for systemic integration of developmental psychology in therapeutic frameworks, particularly examining psychodynamic processes in birth-to-25 populations. Her clinical perspective informs teaching modules on developmental psychology and relationship dynamics within art therapy education.

As an educator since 2010, she delivers lectures across European art therapy programs with current focus on psychodynamic theory application in child development contexts. Professional activities center on strengthening art therapy recognition through EFAT collaboration while addressing gaps in early-life mental health support systems.