Who I am
Who I am
I want to share with you some things about me ...
In my childhood, I was a gymnast and studied music, piano, drawing and ballet. At the age of 16, I received a scholarship and moved to Germany, to study dance at the "John Cranko Schule" high school in Stuttgart, where I graduated as a professional ballet dancer. I danced as a soloist at the Dresden Opera (Semperoper) and the Stuttgart Opera House. In my last years as a dancer, I also got into explored teaching, choreographing, and assisting in directing operas.
After finishing my career as a professional dancer, I was faced with the inevitable question:
"What now?" and I decided to make my other dream come true, or rather that other impulse and vital need that I had always had: to be a therapist.
I started by combining something that had always been apart of me and after five years of professional training I received the title of
Art Therapist. From 2008 to 2014 I directed the Art Therapy Studio at the multidisciplinary center "der hof 53" in Frankfurt am Main.
However, my exploratory spirit and my constant need for development led me to understand that I was to look looking for something more. In 2014, after 26 years in Germany, I returned to Spain and embarked on
a new odyssey that culminated in 2020, with a degree in Psychology and a Master's Degree in General Health Psychology, which allows me to finally unite my knowledge and my experience from the world of art and art therapy with psychology.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021
I currently work as a psychologist from home in Valencian capital and nearby towns. I also offer online sessions.
2020
I also offer Art Therapy in individual face-to-face sessions for personal development and the of quality of life improvement at the Oasis Escola d'Arts in Campanar, Valencia.
since 2019
CREATIVITY AND EXPRESSION Workshop. Art therapy workshop with gifted adolescents. AVAST. Valencia.
since 2018
Preventive psychology and art therapy.
2017 and 2020
Collaboration with the research group MIND, EMOTION AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH LABORATORY (MEB LAB). UCV. Valencia.
2013 - 2014
Member of the board of directors of the art therapy school "Ita Wegman Bildungstätte IWB". Frankfurt, Germany.
2012 - 2014
Teacher in art courses and projects with children from immigrant families. In association with "Eltern-Kind-Zentrum Al-Karama". Frankfurt, Germany.
2008 - 2014
Director of the "Atelier de Arteterapia” (Art Therapy Studio) of the Center for Pedagogy and Therapy - "Der hof 53" Frankfurt, Germany.
2013
Teacher in the BasisJahrKunst art therapist training preparation course. Frankfurt, Germany.
2006
Project “Dancing and painting with children and young people with disabilities” at the “Johanes Landenberger Schule” school. Weimar, Germany.
2003-2004
Pedagogue and technical collaborator in the social circus for children and young people "Tasifan". I worked with children and young people with disabilities and with social disadvantages. Weimar, Germany.
2002-2003
Assistant Director of the operas “Die Welt auf dem Monde” and “Turandot” at the “Musik Theater in Revier”, Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
1997-2002
Solo dancer in the "Ballett Schindowski" at the "Musik Theater in Revier". Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
1991-1997
Solo and group dancer in the Dresden Opera Ballet Company “SEMPEROPER,” Germany
PROFESSIONAL DEGREES
2020
Master’s in General Health Psychology. Catholic University of Valencia San Vicente Mártir.
2018
Bachelor's degree in Psychology. Catholic University of Valencia San Vicente Mártir.
2013
Training as a psychological counselor according to Young's Scheme Psychotherapy. Institute for Scheme-Focused Psychotherapy (IST-F), Frankfurt, Germany.
2003-2008
Professional training as an Art Therapist at the "Ita Wegman Bildungstätte IWB". Weimar, Germany.
1988-1991
Training as a professional dancer at the "John Cranko Schule". Stuttgart, Germany.
WORKSHOPS AND COURSES
2018-2019
Intervention in trauma victims Cognitive-behavioral intervention at TCA Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir.
2016-201
Child Psychopathology Psycho-oncology: the place of psychology in cancer patient care Psychology and meaning of life Universidad Católica de Valencia San Vicente Mártir.
2014
Development-oriented therapy for children with learning difficulties. Module I. Cologne, Germany.
2008 - 2014
Art therapy in cases of multiple sclerosis. Art therapy in oncology after chemotherapy. Art therapy with children of school and preschool age. Germany.
