María Provencio Ortega

María Provencio Ortega is a Professor and Director of the Master's Program in Early Intervention at the Faculty of Health, Camilo José Cela University (UCJC) in Spain. She has been a faculty member at UCJC since 2014 and holds accreditation from ANECA as a Doctoral Professor, Assistant Doctoral Professor, and Private University Professor.

Dr. Provencio Ortega earned her Doctor of Psychology degree summa cum laude from Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) in 2012, along with a Certificate of Pedagogical Aptitude specializing in Psychopedagogy. She completed specialized training including an Expert in Psychological Disorders in Children and Adolescents (UNED, 2018) and a Specialist in Perinatal Psychology (UNED, 2023). She is licensed as a Health Psychologist.

Her research focuses on perinatal mental health, child and adolescent psychopathology, and suicide risk factors. She has published numerous articles in high-impact journals including Schizophrenia Research and Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynecology. Her recent work examines perinatal depression, stress perception, and coping mechanisms in pregnant women.

Dr. Provencio Ortega has received a Research Sexenio from CNEAI (2016) in recognition of her scholarly contributions. Her research on paranoia, self-esteem, and emotional processing has been particularly influential in clinical psychology.

She teaches across Psychology, Early Childhood Education, and Primary Education programs, with expertise in behavior modification, child psychopathology, early intervention, and research methodology. She supervises final degree projects, master's theses, practicums, and doctoral dissertations.

Internationally, she has conducted research at King's College London and served as Professor and Research Coordinator at the Technical University of Ambato in Ecuador (2012-2013), demonstrating her commitment to global academic collaboration.