SUPPORT Clinic - University Psychology and Psychiatry Clinic

Supporting you in any life circumstance
We offer the following services:

psychological and psychiatric care service for children, adults and seniors, at reduced rates

Hours:

Monday to Friday
9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.
Closed: from August 1 to September 1 (both inclusive)

Contact information:
Location:

Sant Cugat Campus C/ Josep Trueta, s/n
Healthcare Area, 08195 Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona)

Transport:

Túnels de Vallvidrera Motorway, exit 10, Sant Cugat – Mirasol.
Generalitat de Catalunya Railways:
- Line S1 (direction Terrassa)

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Psychological and psychiatric care service for children, adults and seniors. Family and couple therapy

What is Support?

The SUPPORT University Clinic of Psychology and Psychiatry at UIC Barcelona is a clinic that was created to offer psychological and psychiatric care service that children, adolescents, adults and seniors needs. Despite the fact we are a private clinic, the Support Clinic also offers reduced rates to serve a greater percentage of the population.

Located on the Sant Cugat Campus of UIC Barcelona, the SUPPORT team is made up of psychiatrists and specialised psychologists who provide services to their patients while serving as a teaching example for students studying the Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and future professionals.

What services do we offer?

  • Support for clinical therapy
  • Support for companies
  • Support for victims of domestic violence
     

Why Support?

  1. We offer psychological and psychiatric care to children, adolescents and adults.
  2. We conduct family and couple therapy.
  3. We also offer psychological care to companies and institutions.
  4. We offer reduced rates.

Services

Team

Management team

Mr. Josep Maria García

 

The SUPPORT care team consists of psychiatrists and psychologists specializing in the areas of children, adolescents, adults and the elderly.

Management team

montse pamies

Dr. Montse Pàmias

mpamias@uic.es

Psychiatrist and medical director of the Clinic

Holder of an undergraduate degree in Medicine from the University of Navarra.  Holder of a PhD from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Specialist in Psychiatry. Head of Paediatric Psychiatry, Parc Taulí Health Corporation in Sabadell (Barcelona). President of the Catalan Society of Paediatric Psychiatry (2012-2017). Lecturer in the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. Areas of healthcare interest and scientific publications: ADHD, autism, mood disorders in children and adolescents. Community psychiatry management and resources. Interdisciplinary work with psychology and education.
 

olga lozano

Mrs. Olga Lozano

Teaching and assistance coordinator 

Specialist in Educational and Developmental Psychology. In her professional experience, she has accumulated more than 20 years in schools, as an educational psychologist since 2000 and in private consultations. She is an specialist in inclusion of students with Down syndrome, disabilities and difficulties with reading and writing and childhood autism.

She is currently the teaching and care coordinator at the Support Clinic. She is also a lecturer in Educational Psychology of the Bachelor's degree in Psychology.
 

marina santamaria

Mrs. Marina Santamaría

Psychologist of students and employees of UIC Barcelona 

She graduated from Ramon Llull University (Blanquerna) in Psychology. She holds a Master's Degree in General Healthcare, which that certifies her as a healthcare psychologist; a Master's in Family Therapy from Blanquerna at the Hospital de Sant Pau, which certifies her as a family and couple therapist; Specialisation in Integrative Psychotherapy and Trauma Reprocessing from Alecés; and is currently training in Sensoriomotor Therapy for Trauma. She is a lecturer in different health-related bachelor's and master's degree programmes and other training teams at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. She has worked on different projects in the social area, in projects on prevention and protection for at-risk children. For years, she has also worked as a psychotherapist in the private sector.  

Care professionals

meritxell tost

Mrs. Meritxell Tost

Adult psychiatrist

Holder of an undergraduate degree in Medicine from the University of Barcelona. Specialised in Psychiatry. Adjunct psychiatrist in the Mental Health Centre for Adults (Early Psychosis Unit) and home care programme at Parc Taulí Health Corporation in Sabadell (CSUPT). Interdisciplinary work with Psychology, Nursing and Social Work. Community care experience as lead psychiatrist in Primary Care. 24-hour on-call service at CSUPT Psychiatric Emergency Service. Collaborating researcher in Mental Health at the Parc Taulí Institute for Research and Healthcare Innovation (I3PT). Areas of healthcare and research interest: early psychosis, hormones and cognition in psychotic disorders.

 

elena pujals

Mrs. Elena Pujals

Paediatric psychiatrist

Holder of an undergraduate degree in Medicine from the University of Barcelona (2004). Doctor specialising in Psychiatry (2009). Psychiatrist in the area of paediatric hospitalisation at the Parc Taulí Health Corporation in Sabadell (Barcelona). Lecturer at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. Areas of healthcare interest and scientific publications: ADHD, autism, mood disorders in children and adolescents. Interdisciplinary work with psychology and education.

 

miguel garriz

Dr. Miguel Garriz

Clinical adult psychologist

Holder of an undergraduate degree in Psychology from the Autonomous University of Madrid. Specialised in Clinical Psychology (Hospital Clinic Barcelona). Holder of a PhD from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Lead clinical psychologist in the Group Therapy and Primary Care Support Programme of the Neuropsychiatry and Drug Addiction Institute at the MAR Health Park in Barcelona. Coordinator of the Official Association of Psychologists of Catalonia’s Working Group on Clinical Psychology in Primary Care. Lecturer at the Abat Oliba CEU University and the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. Areas of healthcare interest and scientific publications: Mindfulness and group therapy. Healthcare organisation. Primary and community care. Personality.

 

susana pujol


Mrs. Susana Pujol

Clinical child psychologist

Holder of an undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Barcelona. Holder of a postgraduate degree in Childhood, Pedagogy and Illness from the University of Barcelona. Specialised in Clinical Psychology (PIR). Adjunct psychologist in the Mental Health Centre for Children and Young People at Parc Taulí Hospital in Sabadell. Member of the Clinical Experience Unit for Rare Diseases at Parc Taulí Hospital. Lecturer at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. Areas of healthcare interest: rare diseases, autism, ADHD, learning disorders and mood disorders in children and adolescents. Community psychology.

 

adela berrozpe

Mrs. Adela Berrozpe Blasco

Couple and family psychologist and psychotherapist

Undergraduate degree in dentistry from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV). Master’s degree in systemic family therapy from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Lecturer at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. Coordinator for the areas of prevention and psychological support at SUPPORT. Head of the Comprehensive Family Care Programme (PIAE) with one or more members with a severe mental psychopathology (2001-2019). Director of the Master’s Degree in General Health Psychology at Sant Joan de Déu Healthcare Park (2006-2019). Principal investigator for Catalonia on the project PEPE, (psycho-educational) Trainer in mental health centres in Spain for GEIFE (Spanish Schizophrenia Research and Training Group). Tutor on the PIR and MIR residency programme at the Sant Joan de Déu Healthcare Park (2002-2019).

 

claudia rossy

Mrs. Clàudia Rossy Parés

General health psychologist

She holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Abat Oliba CEU University in Barcelona (2017) and an official master’s degree in general health psychology from the same university (2019). She is a lecturer at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. She is writing her doctoral thesis on forgiveness at the end of life at the same university. She carried out clinical practicums at the General Hospital of Catalonia’s department of psychiatry and psychology, in the department of child and adult psychology (2018), at the Institute of Borderline Personality Disorders (2018-2019) and at the CDIAP (Child Development and Early Care Centre) in Sant Martí, Poble Bou (2017). She has taken a short course in dialectical-behaviour therapy (2018) and has experience working in secondary schools and with children in the field of emotional education and mindfulness.

 

olga lozano

Mrs. Olga Lozano Núñez

Educational psychologist

Graduate in Psychopedagogy at the Ramon Llull University. Educational Psychology lecturer as part of the psychology degree in UIC Barcelona.  Practising educational psychologist in schools since 2000 and privately since 2003. Areas of specialisation: Learning disorders, literacy difficulties, Down's syndrome and childhood autism.

 

oscar cervera

Mr. Óscar Cervera Claudio

Educational psychologist

Graduate in Psychopedagogy at the Ramon Llull University. Specialist in evaluation, intervention and counselling in the field of education. Director of the Kairós psychopedagogical centre.

Pedagogical director, coordinator of the Master’s degree in Teacher Training and lecturer in educational centres. Practising educational psychologist in the private sphere since 1999. Collaborating lecturer in the Psychology degree at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya.
 

carla martos

Dr. Carla Martos

Adult psychologist

Graduate of the Comillas Pontifical University of Madrid and qualified health psychologist. Master in Family Therapy from Blanquerna-Ramon Llull University. International Doctoral Certificate from the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. Lecturer in different bachelor’s and master's degrees in health at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. Experience in the field of drug addiction in the Instituto Spiral Foundation (Madrid) and Projecte Home Catalunya. Practising private psychotherapist since 2015. Field of interest in healthcare: character strengths, personal growth development, self-knowledge and overcoming difficulties related to life cycle.

 

iris crespo

Dr. Iris Crespo Martín

Adult psychologist

Graduated in psychology from the University of Granada and qualified as a psychologist. Master's Degree in Psychogerontology from the University of Granada and Master's Degree in Palliative Integral Care from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Doctorate in Medicine from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Lecturer in different degrees of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya. Areas of healthcare interest and scientific publications: well-being and quality of life in people with chronic and advanced diseases, meaning-of-life therapy, grief therapy and cognitive function in older people and people with chronic diseases.

 

isabella meneghel

Dr. Isabella Meneghel

Industrial and organisational psychologist

Graduate in Psychology from the University of Padua (Italy). Master's Degree in Work and Organisational Psychology and Human Resources from the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón. International Doctorate from the Universitat Jaume I. Lecturer of various degrees at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya and master's degrees at a national level. Author of multiple scientific publications and keynote conference speaker in Spain, Europe and Latin America. Experience as a consultant in public and private organisations since 2014. Areas of interest and research in occupational health psychology: resilience, emotional well-being and stress management at work, assessment of psychosocial factors, implementation of positive psychological interventions, sustainability of intervention effects.

 

anna carballo

Mrs. Anna Carballo Márquez

Psychology and PhD in Neurosciences

Holder of an undergraduate degree in Psychology and PhD in Neuroscience from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Postgraduate degrees in both Clinical Neuropsychology and Cognitive Rehabilitation from the Instituto Superior de Estudios Psychologiques. Integrative body therapist (Espai TCI) and psychologist specialising in trauma reprocessing (Alecés Institute). Lecturer of the Department of Psychology and the Faculty of Education of UIC Barcelona. Areas of care and research interest: trauma reprocessing, neuropsychology and neuroscience applied to education.

 

anna garcia

Mrs. Anna García Casanovas

Child and Adolescent Health Psychologist.

Graduate in Psychology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2020). Master's Degree in General Health Psychology from the same university (2022). Specialization training in Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology accredited by the Universidad a Distancia de Madrid (2023). Areas of interest and expertise courses in emotional management, ADHD, learning difficulties, behavioral problems, anxiety and mood disorders in childhood and adolescence. She has developed her profession in the field of psychology care, serving children and adolescents and adults. Professional experience in the private sector, in the Adult Mental Health Center of the University Hospital Parc Taulí of Sabadell and in the SUPPORT Clinic of the International University of Catalonia.

Facilities

Support has 198 m2 distributed in:

  • 3 offices with a Gesell chamber
  • 2 waiting rooms
  • reception
  • workshop room for 40 people
  • a multipurpose room for students and professionals
  • adapted lavatories for people with disabilities

Teaching

The Skills Laboratory subjects allow students observe real life cases at the Support Clinic from the first year and through the fourth, a fact that adds 33% more practical hours to the subject External Practices in the Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. Moreover, students can observe additional cases during the months of June and July if they voluntarily request to do so.

Fourth-year bachelor’s degree students and students in the University Master’s Degree in General Health Psychology (PGS) have the option to participate in sessions as co-therapists or to visit patients under the supervision of Support professionals.

Contact

  • Contact information: 93 504 20 01 / clinicasupport@uic.es
  • Location: 
    Sant Cugat Campus. C/ Josep Trueta, s/n
    Healthcare Area, 08195 Sant Cugat del Vallès (Barcelona)
  • Transport: 
    Túnels de Vallvidrera Motorway, exit 10, Sant Cugat – Mirasol.
    Generalitat de Catalunya Railways:
    - Line S1 (direction Terrassa)