ESTÍBALIZ ROYUELA-COLOMER

AUTONOMOUS UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA. SPAIN

Estíbaliz Royuela-Colomer holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Deusto, Bilbao (2022). She also obtained a Master’s in General Health Psychology from UNED (2019) and a Master’s in Research in Clinical and Developmental Psychopathology from Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (2017). In recognition of her research work, she was awarded the Best Doctoral Thesis Award by the Spanish Society of Positive Psychology (2023). In 2025, she received a Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral contract.  

Between 2015 and 2022, she was a member of the Deusto Stress Research group, where she focused her research on protective factors for mental health in adolescence, with a particular emphasis on mindfulness.  

She is currently combining her research work in the AGORA group at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Déu with clinical practice and teaching at various online universities. Additionally, since 2024, she has been a member of the Centre of Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP).  

With over 25 scientific publications and numerous oral presentations at national and international conferences, her research has focused on the protective role of mindfulness, adolescence, pain, psychological intervention assessment, mental health prevention, and the use of new technologies applied to health.  

In the clinical field, her specialization includes the treatment of self-esteem issues, interpersonal relationships, and eating disorders.