Training & background

The clinical training, experience and research behind my work.

Training

  • BA in Psychology

    Universidad de Lima

    2023

  • Neurobiology and Psychopharmacology for Psychologists

    Instituto Peruano de Análisis Conductual (IPAC)

    60 academic hours · 2023

  • Postgraduate Diploma in Couples Therapy and Sexuality

    Instituto Latinoamericano de Estudios de Posgrado (ILEP), Mexico

    Distinction · 2024

  • Life Coach and Thanatology Coach

    Instituto de Neurocoaching Leads (Peru), endorsed by ICMF

    400 academic hours · 2024

  • Integration training

    ICEERS (Spain)

    September to December 2024

  • Advanced Psychedelics Graduate Certificate Level 2

    Pacifica Graduate Institute (United States)

    September to December 2025

  • Official Training in Schema Therapy

    Centro de Terapia de Esquemas Perú (CETEP)

    In progress

  • Complex Trauma Certification Training (CCTP-II)

    PESI UK, with Janina Fisher, PhD

    Certification for expert-level trauma treatment (in progress)

Clinical experience

  • Proyecto Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza

    Led by Universidad de Lima

    Where I did a 12-month placement providing counseling, running workshops and creating educational material for a community of more than 200 people in Salamanca, Lima

  • Hospital Víctor Larco Herrera

    Schizophrenia and emergency wards

    Where I sharpened my therapeutic skills for 6 months after graduating

  • Private practice

    Individual and couples sessions online

    I've supported more than 300 people with emotional and relational difficulties

Research

  • Perceived Parenting Styles and Emotional Instability in Adults Aged 20 to 30 in Metropolitan Lima

    Undergraduate thesis, Universidad de Lima

    What I found: emotional stability in adulthood depends less on which parent was warm, and more on at least one of them being warm consistently

  • Ongoing research on psychedelic use

    THE MAGIC CHURCH - SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

Outside the consulting room

  • Master in International Business & Business Analytics

    HULT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL - SAN FRANCISCO, CA

    Focus on Artificial Intelligence

  • Director and Sales Manager

    Own companies

    Industries: real estate and agribusiness

  • Regional GM & Advisor

    hpy

    San Diego, California startup supporting mental health professionals with an AI assistant

  • Clinical AI Consultant

    mpathic

    Research support in healthtech

  • Founding BDR

    Soulside AI

    Sixth employee overall and first in sales at a healthtech startup for clinical documentation in San Francisco, California

Additional training

  • Problem-Solving Brief Therapy

    Enciclopedia Sistémica y Terapia Breve Puebla

    20 academic hours · 2025

  • DBT: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills

    NeuroClass

    20 academic hours

  • Clinical Neuropsychology

    NeuroClass

    20 academic hours

  • Therapeutic Strategies to Improve Self-Esteem

    Lili Bazán Izquierdo

    20 academic hours

  • Suicide Risk Intervention through Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

    Lili Bazán Izquierdo

    6 academic hours

  • Psychological First Aid

    Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

  • Neuroscience for Mental Health Professionals

    PESI UK, United States

    Clinical interventions in anxiety, trauma, emotional regulation and grief · 2026

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