Olga Herrero Esquerdo

Olga Herrero Esquerdo is an Associate Professor in the Psychology and Speech Therapy Department at Ramon Llull University's Blanquerna School of Psychology, Education and Sports Sciences. Her research focuses on therapeutic alliance dynamics, psychometrics, and mental health interventions. She has been involved in multiple research projects funded by institutions like Aristos Campus Mundus and AGAUR, including studies on therapeutic styles, patient-therapist communication, and grief counseling post-suicide loss.

Research Projects:

• Estudio del Estilo Personal del Terapeuta (2022)
• PSICOPERSONA Research Group (2014-2025)
• Proceso Terapéutico: Estilo del Terapeuta, Alianza y procesos de autocrítica (2017-2018)

Research Interests: Herrero Esquerdo explores how therapeutic relationships impact patient outcomes, particularly in grief counseling and breast cancer care. She analyzes rhetoric mechanisms in psychotherapy sessions using systematic coding systems like PICS. Her work bridges clinical practice with qualitative methodologies, emphasizing culturally rooted storytelling in adult education.

Grants & Collaborations: Active in international collaborations through ACM grants, she leads multidisciplinary teams investigating therapeutic styles and health communication strategies. Recent studies address psychological impacts of infertility treatments and digital information use in oncology patients.