Teacher
Cláudia P. Pires

Resume

Cláudia P. Pires. Assistant Professor in Psychology at Lusófona University – Centro Universitário de Lisboa and at Instituto Superior Miguel Torga, Coimbra, Portugal, across the undergraduate programme in Psychology and the Master’s programme in Clinical and Health Psychology. Researcher at the Digital Human-Environment Interaction Lab (HEI-Lab), Lusófona University, and at CINEICC – Centre for Research in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Behavioural Intervention, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra. PhD in Clinical Psychology (2024) and MSc in Clinical Psychology – Cognitive-Behavioural Interventions (2015) from the University of Coimbra. Doctoral research focused on the development, implementation, and evaluation of a contextual cognitive-behavioural intervention for adolescents with high test anxiety. Advanced training in contextual cognitive-behavioural therapies, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), and Mindfulness-based interventions, applied to adolescent and adult populations. Licensed Clinical Psychologist by the Order of Portuguese Psychologists, member of the Portuguese Association of Behaviour Therapy (APTC), and certified trainer. Research interests focus on socioemotional processes underlying psychological functioning and psychopathology, particularly anxiety and adolescent development, from evolutionary and neurobiological perspectives. This includes research on test and social anxiety, shame and social rank dynamics (e.g., cooperation and competition), and process-based mechanisms such as psychological flexibility and compassion. Additional interests include the conceptualization, assessment, and contextual treatment of anxiety-related difficulties, as well as psychological functioning in contemporary digital environments.

Graus

• Mestrado
  M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology
• Pós-Graduação
  Advanced and Specialized Training Course in Third Wave Cognitive Behavioral Therapies
• Outros
  Compassion Focused Therapy: Clinical Skills
• Outros
  Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) for people who overeat
• Outros
  Dyslexia Advanced Course
• Outros
  Assessment and Diagnostic of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
• Outros
  Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Etiology and Assessment
• Outros
  Certificate of Proficiency in English
• Doutoramento
  PhD in Clinical Psychology
• Outros
  Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) 8-week course
• Outros
  Cultivating the compassionate self to work with shame memories
• Licenciatura
  B.Sc. in Psychological Sciences
• Outros
  Compassion Focused Therapy for Difficult Emotions
• Pós-Graduação
  Third-Wave Therapies with Children and Adolescents
• Pós-Graduação
  Affirmative Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions with the LGBTQIA+ population
• Outros
  Adult ADHD: Psychological Assessment and Intervention
• Outros
  Longitudinal Data Analysis Course
• Outros
  Treating trauma with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT): Revitalizing interrupted lives
• Outros
  Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An Experiential Introduction
• Outros
  WISC-III: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Third Edition)

Publicações

Journal article

• 2026-06, Factor Structure, Measurement Invariance, and Psychometric Properties of the Reactions to Tests for Adolescents in a Portuguese Sample, Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
• 2026-03-25, Acting with Acceptance, Mindfulness and Compassion to Cope with Test and Exam Anxiety (AcAdeMiC): Preliminary Efficacy From a Pilot Randomized Trial, Mindfulness
• 2023-03-01, The Efficacy Of A Compassion, Acceptance And Mindfulness-based Pilot Intervention For Adolescents’ Test Anxiety: A Case Study Using The Academic Program, Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies
• 2020, Assessing psychological flexibility in test situations: The Test Anxiety Acceptance and Action Questionnaire for Adolescents, Revista de Psicopatología y Psicología Clínica
• 2019-01-22, Styles of Leadership, Fears of Compassion, and Competing to Avoid Inferiority, Frontiers in Psychology
• 2018-12-11, Does the recall of caregiver eating messages exacerbate the pathogenic impact of shame on eating and weight-related difficulties?, Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity

Conference abstract

• 2019-11, Ansiedad ante los exámenes: Por el camino de la compasión, 5th International Congress of Clinical and Health Psychology on Children and Adolescents
• 2015, Test Anxiety: An approach based on Clark and Wells Cognitive Model for Social Anxiety Disorder, 45th Congress of the European Association for Behaviour and Cognitive Therapies

Conference poster

• 2023-10, The AcAdeMiC program: Study protocol for a new acceptance, mindfulness, and compassion-based intervention to adolescents with test anxiety , 12th International CFT Conference: Compassion through life’s journey
• 2023-10, Compassion, acceptance, and mindfulness-based intervention for adolescents’ test anxiety (AcAdeMiC): a non-randomized mixed-method feasibility study, 12th International CFT Conference: Compassion through life’s journey
• 2023-07, Acceptance of test anxiety symptoms and self-compassion as mechanisms of change of school-related and general mental health outcomes in a psychotherapeutic intervention for adolescents , ACBS World Conference 21
• 2022-09, The efficacy of a compassion, acceptance, and mindfulness-based pilot intervention for adolescents’ test anxiety: A case study , 52nd Congress of the European Association for Behaviour and Cognitive Therapies
• 2020-09, Psychological flexibility and test anxiety: The mediating role of shame and self-criticism, 50th Virtual Congress of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT)
• 2019-11, Understanding and overcoming test anxiety: A new comprehensive model and group intervention based on acceptance, mindfulness and compassion for test-anxious adolescents, PsihDay - III Mostra de Doutoramento em Psicologia
• 2019-11, Clark and Wells Cognitive Model for Social Anxiety Disorder: Does it apply to Test Anxiety?, 5th International Congress of Clinical and Health Psychology on Children and Adolescents