MARTA ÁLVAREZ
DirectorDirector of the Addictions, Gender and Families Area at Fundación Salud y Comunidad. General health psychologist specialising in male violence against women. Master’s in Third-Generation Therapies. Experience as a practitioner and as director of services providing care and intervention in cases of male violence against women. Employment integration worker with people with drug addiction. Contributed to drafting intervention guides on male violence and addictions. Co-author of the RVD-BCN gender-based violence risk assessment tool. Trainer for the Government of Navarre on male violence against women; coordinator of and trainer on the Master’s in Intervention in Family Violence at Fundació IL3-UB. Associate lecturer at the UB on the Master’s in Psychosocial Intervention.
GEMMA MAUDES
Deputy DirectorShe holds a degree in Psychology and is accredited as a Health Psychologist (COPC membership number 8457). She is recognised as a Family Therapist by the Sociedad Catalana de Terapia Familiar (SCTF) and is an associate member of the Academia de Ciencias Médicas y de la Salud de Cataluña y Baleares. Her postgraduate training includes a Master’s in Systemic Family Therapy at the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, in collaboration with the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, training as a Gestalt therapist, training in constructivist therapy, a postgraduate qualification in Forensic Psychological Assessment, and EMDR Level 1. She has also trained in group and team leadership at the UAB and regularly supervises professional teams.
She has a solid, committed career in the field of addictions, having worked at Fundación Salud y Comunidad since 1994. She is currently Deputy Director of the Drugs, Gender and Family Area, coordinating various services and projects in both drug addiction and gender-based violence. Over her career she has worked in residential and outpatient services, and was director of therapeutic flats from 1997 to 2019. She began her professional career as head of the Granollers City Council Prevention Programme.
She plays an active role in various representative and coordination bodies in the sector. She sits on the Board of the Federación Catalana de Drogodependencias (FCD) and of the Coordinadora de Comunidades Terapéuticas, Pisos de Reinserción y Centros de Día de Cataluña, where she serves as secretary. She is also a member of the UNAD Intervention Committee. She has spoken at conferences, seminars and talks, and has appeared in media outlets such as Catalunya Ràdio, TV3 and BTV.
JORDI MORILLO
Therapeutic Centre DirectorA psychologist with more than two decades of experience in mental health and addiction treatment. He graduated in Psychology from the Blanquerna Faculty of Psychology and Education Sciences at the Universitat Ramon Llull (1998), is qualified as a General Health Psychologist and is registered with the Col·legi Oficial de Psicòlegs de Catalunya under membership number 12681.
He currently directs the Can Coll Therapeutic Community, a specialised Fundación Salud y Comunidad service dedicated to the comprehensive treatment of drug addiction. Throughout his career he has combined clinical practice with service management, developing an approach centred on therapeutic support and the psychosocial recovery of people with substance use problems.
He sits on the Board of the Coordinadora de Comunidades Terapéuticas, Pisos de Reinserción y Centros de Día de Cataluña and is an active member of the Sociedad Española de Patología Dual, reflecting his commitment to the continuous improvement of care for people with addictive disorders and co-occurring mental health problems.
In academia, he teaches on the “University Expert in Socio-educational Intervention in Drug Addiction” course at the Pere Tarrés Faculty of Social Education and Social Work, Universitat Ramon Llull. His profile combines experience, specialised training and a clear vocation for therapeutic support and social transformation.
SILVIA FREIXAS
Therapeutic Centre DirectorShe holds a diploma in Social Education from the Universitat de Barcelona (2008–2011), which gave her a solid grounding in pedagogy and socio-educational support. In 2023 she completed the Official University Master’s in Socio-Community Educational Psychology at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, which enabled her to specialise in supporting people with mental health and drug addiction issues, as well as in social inclusion and integration processes.
Throughout her career she has worked in a range of socio-educational intervention settings, with a particular focus on supporting people with special educational needs (SEN) and on designing adapted educational proposals and plans.
She is currently director of the Riera Major Therapeutic Community, run by Fundación Salud y Comunidad, where she leads treatment and support programmes for people with substance use problems. She is also an associate lecturer on the undergraduate degree in Social Education at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, where she shares her professional experience with new generations of social educators.
SANDRA GASCA
Coordinator of the Crisàlide Day CentreShe graduated in Psychology from the Universitat Ramon Llull in 1999 and is registered with the Col·legi Oficial de Psicòlegs de Catalunya under membership number 22500. She has held Health Psychologist certification since 2014. Over her career she has complemented her training with a postgraduate qualification in Art Therapy from the Centro de Estudios de Arterapia Metáfora in 2012, and has specialised in trauma work through training such as work with interhemispheric glasses (2022), the biographical approach “El Sentido de tu historia vital” (2021) and an introduction to the Internal Family Systems model (IFS, 2022).
Since 2022 she has worked as a psychotherapist at the Psychological Care Service of Fundación Salud y Comunidad, providing outpatient care to people with addictions and other psychological disorders, in both individual and family therapy. Since 2009 she has coordinated the “La Crisàlide” Day Centre, a specialised service providing care and support to people with addiction problems and fostering processes of change, recovery and social integration.
Her professional career began in 2001 as an instructor and educator at the foundation’s Socio-occupational Workshop, where she worked with people undergoing rehabilitation, carrying out interventions focused on therapeutic support and on improving personal and occupational autonomy. Her profile brings together the clinical and community dimensions, with a creative, humanistic approach to supporting change.
MAITE SOLER ALCAIDE
PsychotherapistShe graduated in Psychology from the Universitat de Barcelona in 1999 and has an extensive professional and training background in mental health, addictions and psychotherapeutic intervention. She is registered with the Col·legi Oficial de Psicòlegs de Catalunya and has held Health Psychologist certification since 2014.
Over her career she has completed a Master’s in Systemic Family Therapy at the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in Barcelona (Universitat Autònoma, 1999–2003), as well as several postgraduate qualifications and master’s degrees in ontological coaching, transformational coaching and human resources management. She has specialised her practice in behavioural addictions, completing a postgraduate qualification in this field at the Universitat de Barcelona (IL3, 2019–2020). In recent years she has broadened her training with innovative techniques such as EMDR, which she studied at the Instituto Español de EMDR in 2023, and trauma work with interhemispheric glasses in 2022.
Since May 2022 she has been director of a Psychological Care Service. Since 2003 she has been part of the team at a Psychosocial Care Service, where she provides individual, family and group psychotherapy. In addition, since 2019 she has coordinated a Behavioural Addictions Care Service. Her experience in drug addiction dates back to the start of her career, when she provided psychotherapy in various services such as a therapeutic flat and a therapeutic community.
She has also done significant teaching work, as an associate lecturer at the Universitat de Barcelona from 2014 to 2017 in the Department of Behavioural Sciences Methodology, and training professionals in the Third Sector since 2007. She is a member of the Federación Española de Asociaciones de Terapia Familiar and is accredited as a Specialist Psychologist in Psychotherapy by the European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations. She takes an active part in the Behavioural Addictions Committee of the Federación Catalana de Drogodependencias.
ALÍCIA CLOTET
PsychotherapistShe graduated in Psychology from the Universitat de Barcelona, where she studied from 1989 to 1994. She is registered with the Col·legi Oficial de Psicòlegs de Catalunya under membership number 8278 and has held Health Psychologist certification since 2014. Her postgraduate training includes a Master’s in Systemic Family Therapy at the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in collaboration with the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2002–2006), and a postgraduate qualification in Forensic Assessment (ISEP, 1997).
Over her career she has developed solid expertise in addressing trauma and addictions, complementing her training with therapeutic tools such as EMDR, in which she completed full training between 2019 and 2023, tapping or Emotional Freedom Techniques, and other integrative approaches such as the Internal Family Systems model (IFS). She has also received specific training in working with adults who have experienced sexual assault and in trauma work from a biographical and neuropsychological perspective, including the use of interhemispheric glasses.
Since 2006 she has worked as an individual, family, couples and group therapist at the Psychological Care Service (SAP) of Fundación Salud y Comunidad, focusing on the treatment of addictions and other psychological disorders. Since 2015 she has directed a therapeutic flat for people with addiction problems, and from 2009 to 2015 she was a psychologist at the Riera Major Therapeutic Community, a specialised service for people with substance use disorders and dual diagnosis.
Between 2001 and 2009 she directed, and worked as a psychologist on, a programme for people with drug addiction in a prison setting, specifically at the flat for prisoners and former prisoners of “La Modelo” Prison. Her professional career began as an educator at a day centre, where she worked from 1996 to 2001, marking the start of an ongoing commitment to psychosocial care and social reintegration.
LÍDIA JIMÉNEZ
Social EducatorA graduate in Social Education from the Universitat de Girona (2009–2013), she has focused her career on addictions and therapeutic support. Between 2015 and 2018 she trained as a systemic family therapist at the Centre d’Estudis Sistèmics de Girona, consolidating an intervention approach centred on family and relational dynamics. She also holds a Master’s in Social and Community Intervention (2015–2016) from the Instituto Superior de Intervención y Acción Social de Galicia, which brings a community perspective to her practice.
She currently coordinates a therapeutic flat for people with addiction problems at Fundación Salud y Comunidad. Her work combines managing the service with direct intervention, from a holistic perspective that fosters the recovery, personal autonomy and social integration of the people in her care. She is an associate lecturer in the Department of Pedagogy at the Universitat de Girona and has contributed the chapter “Yo solo quiero un hijo normal” to the book “Personas, drogas y otras compañeras de viaje”, and the chapter “Aquí me siento como en casa” to the book “El sinhogarismo como patología dual”, both published by Editorial Documenta Universitaria. In this way she combines several of her interests: direct intervention, training and learning alongside new professionals in the sector, reflection and writing.
MIRIAM OVEJERO
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MACARENA ZURANO
PsychologistShe graduated in Psychology, specialising in Industrial Psychology, from the UNED in 2007, and is registered with the Col·legi Oficial de Psicòlegs de Catalunya under membership number 24355. Over her career she has complemented her training with several specialised postgraduate qualifications, including Criminal Forensic Psychological Assessment (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2015–2016), Civil, Family and Employment Psychological Assessment (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2016–2017) and Human Resources Management, certified by the same university (2007–2008).
Since 2010 she has worked as a psychologist in the Admissions Department of Fundación Salud y Comunidad, conducting assessment interviews with patients and families at residential addiction treatment centres. Her work includes assessing the suitability of treatment for each case and coordinating with the various services of the public and private drug addiction networks across Spain.
Between 2008 and 2011 she was part of the same organisation’s Human Resources Department, working as a psychologist in staff recruitment. Previously, between 2005 and 2010, she worked in an employment integration service for women victims of gender-based violence, as part of Barcelona City Council’s EAD programme, combining psychosocial intervention with support for empowerment and access to employment.
LAURA SANGÜESA
PsychologistShe graduated in Psychology from the Universitat de Barcelona in 1995 and has held Health Psychologist certification, recognised by the Col·legi Oficial de Psicòlegs de Catalunya, since 2014; she is registered with the College under membership number 8600. Her academic background includes a Master’s in Drug Addiction from the Universitat de Barcelona (1998) and a postgraduate qualification in Cognitive Social Therapy (2001), as well as continuing training in gender-sensitive psychotherapy, third-generation therapies, trauma intervention and behavioural addictions.
She began her career in the field of addictions in 1995, working as an individual and group psychotherapist at the Instituto Murcia-Valcárcel in Barcelona, which specialises in the treatment of alcoholism. Since 1997 she has been part of Fundación Salud y Comunidad, where she has carried out extensive work as a clinical psychotherapist with individuals, families and groups. In this context she also coordinates the Psychosocial Care Service (SAP), which focuses on the treatment of addictions and other psychological disorders.
LORENA RODRÍGUEZ
PsychotherapistShe graduated in Psychology from the Universitat de Barcelona in 1999 and is registered with the Col·legi Oficial de Psicòlegs de Catalunya under membership number 17916. She has held Health Psychologist certification since 2014. Over her career she has broadened her training with a University Expert Diploma in Psychological Disorders in Children and Adolescents from the UNED (2017), a postgraduate qualification in Couples and Family Therapy at the Fundación Vidal y Barraquer (2002), and a Master’s in Systemic Family Therapy at the Family Therapy School of Hospital de Sant Pau (2007). She has also completed specific training in alcohology for psychologists through the Sociedad de Toxicomanías.
Since 2008 she has worked as a psychotherapist in the outpatient service of Fundación Salud y Comunidad, carrying out individual and group therapeutic interventions in the field of addictions and other psychological disorders. Between 2007 and 2016 she was responsible for the admissions process to the foundation’s residential therapeutic communities specialising in drug addiction, managing access and case assessment.
Her professional career began as an educator in a reintegration flat for people with addiction problems, where she worked from 2002 to 2008. During that period she also temporarily took charge of the service, coordinating the therapeutic team, leading family and user groups, and managing relations with other care services. She has training and experience in individual and group therapy focused on addiction treatment, as well as in intervention in situations of domestic violence.
ALEJANDRO RIVERA
PsychologistHe graduated in Psychology from the Universidad de Belgrano in Buenos Aires (Argentina) in 2001 and is registered with the Col·legi Oficial de Psicòlegs de Catalunya under membership number 18736. He has held Health Psychologist certification since 2014 and completed a Master’s in Systemic Family Therapy at the Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau in Barcelona, in collaboration with the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2002–2006).
Since 2007 he has worked as an individual, family, couples and group psychotherapist at the Psychological Care Service of Fundación Salud y Comunidad. Over his career he has built solid experience in treating expatriates, addressing the emotional, relational and adjustment problems that can arise during the migration process. For many years he has also treated English-speaking patients, providing psychological care in multicultural settings.
Between 2006 and 2022 he worked in various therapeutic services – day centres, therapeutic communities and outpatient services – in both the public network and the private sector, specialising in the treatment of addictions and other psychological disorders. For more than a decade he also coordinated gender groups within a therapeutic community, strengthening an intervention approach rooted in a psychosocial and equality perspective.
JORDI FERRER
PsychologistHe holds a degree in Psychology from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (2014) and is registered with the Col·legi Oficial de Psicòlegs de Catalunya under membership number 24494. Throughout his career he has complemented his training with several specialisations, notably EMDR training at the Instituto Español de EMDR in 2023 and trauma work with interhemispheric glasses in 2022. He has also explored the intersection between sexual health and drug use in the context of chemsex through a training course run by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III in 2021.
In the field of complementary therapies, he completed the Expert Course in Clinical Hypnosis at the Universitat de Barcelona (2017), as well as a postgraduate course in Sex and Couples Therapy at the same university between 2014 and 2015. He is also trained in Gestalt Therapy (Instituto Gestalt, 2002–2005) and has been a certified Practitioner in Neuro-Linguistic Programming since 2004.
Since 2016 he has worked as a psychotherapist at the Psychological Care Service of Fundación Salud y Comunidad (FSYC), providing individual, family, couples and sex therapy and leading outpatient groups, treating both addictions and other psychological disorders. Previously, between 2000 and 2015, he worked as an educator at FSYC’s Urban Therapeutic Residence, leading groups focused on relapse prevention, social skills, employment integration, group cohesion, relaxation and family sessions within the reintegration programme.
MARTA NADAL
PsychologistShe graduated in Psychology from the Universitat Ramon Llull in 2003 and is registered with the Col·legi Oficial de Psicòlegs de Catalunya under membership number 13931. She has held Health Psychologist certification since 2014. Her academic background includes a Master’s in Adult Clinical Psychopathology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2004–2006) and extensive training in Lacanian psychoanalytic theory and practice at the Instituto del Campo Freudiano – Europa between 2009 and 2014. She has been actively involved in the Sección Clínica de Barcelona, linked to the World Association of Psychoanalysis, and in the Seminario del Campo Freudiano.
Since 2005 she has practised as a clinical psychologist specialising in the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders, with a strong track record in addiction treatment. She has worked in both the public and private sectors, in addiction care and monitoring centres (CAS), therapeutic communities, day centres and outpatient services. She also has experience in treating eating disorders, bringing to her practice a psychodynamic approach with deep insight into psychological distress and subjective processes.
ISABEL VELÁZQUEZ
PsychologistA clinical psychologist registered with the Col·legi Oficial de Psicòlegs de Catalunya under membership number 7588, she has a solid track record in therapeutic intervention. She trained as a family therapist at the Family Therapy School of Hospital de Sant Pau and also holds formal training in working with young people with behavioural problems, which enables her to take a specialised approach to complex situations in adolescence and the family environment.
Throughout her career she has worked as an individual, family and group psychotherapist, carrying out interventions focused on emotional support, improving relational dynamics and treating a range of psychological disorders. Her approach integrates different therapeutic methods with an understanding perspective tailored to the needs of each person and family system.
CARLA HERNÁNDEZ
PsychiatristPsychiatrist, registration no. 40196. She graduated in Medicine from the UAB in 2005 and has been a specialist in Psychiatry since 2010, having trained at Hospital General de Manresa. In recent years she has worked in the field of addictions, as well as in dual diagnosis and other severe mental disorders. She works in both the public and private sectors.
MIQUEL GIRÓ
PsychologistPsychologist. Master’s in General Health Psychology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Trained in cognitive behavioural therapy. Master’s in Third-Generation Therapies. Expert course in suicidal behaviour prevention and intervention. Specialisation in EMDR.