About Me

 

I am a philosopher and cognitive scientist working at the intersection of embodied cognition, phenomenology, and mental health. My research develops an enactive science of psychotherapy—a framework that reconceptualizes therapeutic change as emerging from real-time embodied interaction between therapist and patient.

 

Currently, I am a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Southern Denmark, where I investigate how affective atmospheres shape clinical encounters. My work integrates philosophy of psychiatry with clinical practice, bridging theoretical development and professional application.

 

I hold a PhD in Philosophy from the University of the Basque Country, with previous training in neuroscience, biochemistry, and humanistic psychotherapy. This interdisciplinary background allows me to move fluidly between conceptual analysis, empirical research, and clinical contexts.

 

My publications appear in journals including Synthese, Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences, Philosophical Psychology, and Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, and Practice. I am currently preparing a monograph for Oxford University Press on enactive psychotherapy.

 

Beyond individual research, I coordinate international clinical networks, supervise doctoral researchers, and lead methodological training initiatives. I serve as Secretary of the Ibero-American Society of Embodied and Situated Cognition and hold coordinating positions in the European and Spanish Associations of Gestalt Therapy research committees.

 

My work is driven by a conviction that understanding how minds suffer and heal requires attending to bodies, relationships, and the environments we inhabit together.

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