Paola Obrador Pellicer · Director
Psicóloga General Sanitaria
Collegiate No. B-1815
I decided that I wanted to be a psychologist when I was 13 years old… I began by knowing that I wanted to help people and, thus, of all possible options, I knew that my vocation was to be a psychologist. With this objective in mind I started studying a Degree in Psychology and, before finishing it, I was attracted to the following areas of specialization: sexology and couple problems… Cupid sometimes needs help, or so they say… So I did a Master’s Degree in Sexology and Couple’s therapy and I started my professional career in my own office in 2008 helping the others to grow and improve their quality of life by therapy
But the desire to train myself never left me, which lead me to take a Postgraduate Degree in Gender Violence and shortly after a Master’s Degree in Psycho-oncology asa well as specialising in Mourning and Loss. These three fields allow, without a doubt, to offer help to people with a high level of suffering. And I can only say that they have been, like the rest of my training, one of the most enriching experiences of my life. Currently, I also have the accreditation of General Health Psychologist granted by the Health Department.
Nevertheless, never stop learning. Some time later, in my eagerness to keep up with the times in the most innovative therapeutic tolos I was trained in EMDR therapy and other psycological problems related with the Trauma and Dissociation.In this way, both therapeutic approaches, I can attend to the needs of my patients with the highest quality.
And here I am, continuously working and training.
I hope and wish from my heart to help you… it is what I always wanted to do.
Most relevant academic education:
Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology
University of the Balearic Islands
General Health Psychology Accreditation
Health Department of the Balearic Islands
Master’s Degree in Sexual and Couple’s Therapy
Sexpol Foundation of Madrid
University Expertise in Psychosocial analysis of Gender Violence
University of the Balearic Islands
Master’s Degree in Psycho-oncology
Complutense University of Madrid
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) psychotherapeutic approach: advanced levels
Asociación EMDR España
Further remarkable training:
- Course “Gay Affirmative Psychology” taught by Gabriel J. Martín at the Official College of Psychology of the Balearic Islands.
- Course “Addictions without substances” taught by José Antonio Molina at the Official College of Psychology of the Balearic Islands.
- Continuous training through the Official College of Psychology of the Balearic Islands.
- Introduction to Brief Strategic Therapy (2015).
- Mindfulness for Anxiety and Mood Problems (2015).
- Psychological Coaching (2015).
- Levels I and II in the EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) psychotherapeutic approach (2017).
- Dissociative disorders: identification and approach (2018)
- Attachment in the child and in the adult: psychoeducation, assessment and repair (2018)
- Personality Dissociation and Treatment of Chronically Traumatized Clients with EMDR (2020)
- Course “Attachment and Sexuality” taught by Marcela Giraldo at the Official College of Psychology of the Balearic Islands.
Working experience with different groups:
In addition to the psychological / sexological care that I have been exercising for years, in my professional career I have worked with different groups of people, who presented different diseases or problems:
- Sexual dysfunctions or relationship maladjustments
- Specific problems of General Health Psychology (anxiety, depression, self-esteem…)
- Trauma and Dissociation
- Oncological diseases (Spanish Association Against Cancer – Balearic Board)
- Grief and losses (due to death of a loved one and other reasons)
- Parkinson’s disease (Balearic Parkinson’s Association)
- Age-related dementias (various associations of the elderly)
Teaching experience:
- Course: “Introducción a la Psicooncología: Comunicación en situaciones difíciles” (Validated by the UIB).
- Course: “La autoestima: ¿qué es y cómo mejorarla” (Validated by the UIB).
Workshop: “¿Qué nos ocurre al fallecer un ser querido y cómo podemos afrontarlo?” (Validated by the UIB).
- Collaboration in the Psychology Conference of the UIB 2013 with a talk-workshop on “Introducción a la Sexología”.
- Tutor of training practices for Psychology students of the UIB.
