Supporting Vulnerability: Mental Health and Relationships in Adolescence

Caring today to construct tomorrow

The Institute for Advanced Family Studies at UIC Barcelona is hosting this conference to explore the current challenges in adolescent mental health from an interdisciplinary perspective, offering tools for educators and families. 

The aim of this conference is to promote prevention and strengthen self-esteem, personal identity and emotional bonds in contexts of emotional vulnerability, from a rigorous, clinical, humanistic and educational perspective.
 

PROGRAMME

09.15 – 09.30 | Opening and words of welcome

10.00 – 11.00 | SESSION 1: Understanding the Adolescent World
Dr Carlos Chiclana Actis – Psychiatrist and psychotherapist. Director of the Dr Chiclana Clinic

11.00 – 12.00 | SESSION 2: What Happens at Home Enters the Classroom
Montse Giner Lladós – Clinical psychologist and systemic family therapist
Marta Aubà – Teacher and co-author of publications on emotional management in adolescence
Lucía Ladrón de Guevara – Psychologist. Holder of a Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family
Session coordinator:
Olga Lozano Núñez – School psychologist. Coordinator of the Support Clinic at UIC Barcelona
 

12.30 – 13.30 | SESSION 3: Caring for Teachers, Caring for Schools
Lluís Seguí – Philosophy teacher and educational director
Paloma de Cendra de Larragán – Psychologist and individual, couples and family therapist
Óscar Cervera Claudio – Psychologist, lecturer in the Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and the General Health Master’s Degree (UIC Barcelona), and therapist at the Support Clinic
Session coordinator:
Enric Vidal - Doctor of Education and Dean of the Faculty of Education Sciences (UIC Barcelona)

15.00 – 15.40 | SESSION 4: Bullying
Mercedes Haydon – Psychologist specialist in school bullying prevention

15.40 – 16.40 | SESSION 5: Self-Harm and Suicide Risk
Enric Armengou Orús – Psychiatrist. Specialist in child and adolescent mental health
Montserrat Pàmias Massana – Head of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service at Parc Taulí Health Corporation
Joaquim Puntí Vidal – Clinical psychologist and educational psychologist. Head of Adolescent Suicide Prevention at Parc Taulí


16.40 – 17.40 | SESSION 6: Behavioural Addictions
Javier Feliz Álvarez – General health psychologist. Director of Operations at Desconecta Paola Vela Herranz - Psychologist and pedagogue. “Aprender a mirar” Foundation
Núria Aragay Vicente – Clinical psychologist. Specialist in addictions, "Consorci Sanitari de Terrassa"
Pep Matalí Costa – Clinical psychologist. Section head at Hospital Sant Joan de Déu


17.40 – 18.00 | Closing address
Esther Jiménez López – Vice-rector for Students and Sustainability, UIC Barcelona