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Presentation in English
ANA GÓIS
UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA. PORTUGAL
Ana Góis is a Clinical Psychologist (Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions in Psychological and Health Disorders) and a researcher at the Center for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention at the University of Coimbra. She is also a PhD student in Clinical and Health Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Coimbra and a certified member of the Order of Portuguese Psychologists.
Her main areas of intervention and research focus primarily on cognitive-behavioral therapies and parenting. In recent years, she has explored the impact of transdiagnostic psychological processes—such as Children’s difficulties in Expressing Emotions, Anxiety Sensitivity, Cognitive Errors, and Behavioral Avoidance — on the mental health of children and adolescents. She is particularly interested in developing and evaluating interventions aimed at preventing and treating mental health disorders in children, and adolescents. Ana has contributed to multiple research projects and has authored various national and international publications in Clinical and Health Psychology.
The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children: Research, Implementation, and Future Directions in Portugal
The Unified Protocol for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders in Children (UP-C) is a cognitive-behavioral intervention designed to simultaneously address multiple emotional disorders, such as anxiety and depressive disorders, using a unified and transdiagnostic therapeutic approach. Targeting shared underlying mechanisms common to these disorders, the UP-C applies a set of strategies like exposure and mindfulness. Adapted from the adult version, the UP-C is tailored for children aged 7-13, offering a structured, interactive, and engaging group format that includes parental involvement.
This symposium will present ongoing research and some of the principal findings from the projects of the Portuguese UP-C research team. Ana Góis, will address the feasibility and acceptability of a Stepped-Care UP-C adaptation in Portugal, focusing on children’s primary outcomes (anxiety and depression symptoms and symptomatology interference in children’s and parents’ lives) and secondary outcomes (e.g., Children’s difficulties in Expressing Emotions, Anxiety Sensitivity, Cognitive Errors, and Behavioral Avoidance).
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