Joana Nunes Patrício

Joana Nunes Patrício holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s degree in Social and Organizational Psychology. She began her professional career as a research assistant at the Center for Social Research and Intervention (CIS-IUL) at ISCTE-IUL.
In this role, she was responsible for the design and evaluation of programs in the field of child and youth protection services, specifically regarding child abuse and parental neglect, residential care services, and parenting and family education.

She has also collaborated on projects in the field of early childhood protection and in the field of education (preschool, elementary, and secondary) as an external evaluator and consultant.

Currently, she works as a psychologist at a daycare center and develops projects in the areas of child abuse prevention and positive parenting.

She holds a Postgraduate degree in Behavioral, Cognitive, and Integrative Psychotherapy (specializing in children and adolescents; APTCCI) and a Postgraduate degree in Child and Adolescent Sleep (ESS-CVP).

She has been developing her professional experience and interest in the assessment and counseling of children and adolescents, child development assessment, and parental support (within social, educational, and clinical contexts).

More recently, she has deepened her interest and intervention practice in the field of child and adolescent sleep.