Teacher
Daniel Seabra

Resume

Daniel Seabra, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and researcher specializing in the mental health and well-being of sexual and gender minority populations. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Universidade Lusófona – School of Psychology and Life Sciences, where he teaches and supervises graduate research in clinical psychology and sexology. He obtained his PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Coimbra, awarded with praise and distinction. His doctoral research focused on psychological processes underlying mental health disparities among sexual minority individuals and on the development of an innovative affirmative intervention integrating mindfulness, acceptance, and compassion-based approaches (Free2Be). His research program lies at the intersection of clinical psychology, minority stress, and contextual behavioral science, aiming to understand how stigma-related processes - such as shame, self-criticism, discrimination, and social threat - affect mental health and well-being in sexual and gender minority populations. A central focus of his work is the identification of protective psychological mechanisms, including self-compassion, social safeness, and psychological flexibility, as well as the development and evaluation of affirmative psychological interventions targeting these processes. Daniel Seabra has an active and growing international publication record in peer-reviewed journals in clinical psychology, sexual health, and behavioral science. His work has contributed to advancing the conceptualization and measurement of minority stress processes, including the validation of psychometric instruments and empirical models linking stigma-related experiences to mental health outcomes. He has also contributed to the empirical evaluation of affirmative, compassion-based interventions for sexual minority individuals. Beyond academic research, his work has a strong translational and societal impact component, focusing on the promotion of mental health equity for LGBTQIA+ populations. He has collaborated with community organizations and public institutions in research and intervention projects addressing discrimination, social support, and mental health in LGBTQIA+ communities, including initiatives developed in partnership with ILGA Portugal and other organizations. In addition to his research activities, he supervises master's theses in clinical psychology and sexology on topics such as minority stress, emotion regulation, sexual health, and psychological flexibility. Through teaching, supervision, and collaboration with civil society organizations, he actively contributes to the training of future professionals and researchers in affirmative and evidence-based psychological practice. Daniel Seabra is a member of the Portuguese Psychologists Association, the Portuguese Association for Behaviour Therapy, and the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science. His work has received several recognitions, including academic awards for research and contributions to LGBTQIA+ mental health.

Graus

• Mestrado integrado
  Psicologia [Psychology]
• Diploma de especialização
  Formação Profissional de Formação de Formadores para obtenção da especialização em Igualdade de Género [Training of Trainers Course for Specialization in Gender Equality]
• Outros
  Formação Profissional de Formação em Orientação Sexual e Identidade de Género
• Outros
  A Nova Era na TCC: Mindfulness, Aceitação, Regulação Emocional e Compaixão
• Outros
  Terapias de 3ª Geração: Regulação Emocional
• Outros
  Introdução aos Estudos LGBT [Introduction to LGBT Studies]
• Outros
  Mindfulness Self-Compassion (MSC) - Autocompaixão com Atenção Plena
• Outros
  Formação Pedagógica Inicial de Formadores (CCP) [nitial Pedagogical Training for Trainers (CCP – Certificate of Pedagogical Competences)]
• Outros
  Modelos Pedagógicos (Dislexia e Disortografia)
• Outros
  Necessidades Educativas Especiais (NEE)
• Outros
  Curso de Formação associado ao Estágio Profissional
• Outros
  Técnicas de Promoção do Envelhecimento Ativo
• Outros
  Deteção e Intervenção nos Maus Tratos/Abuso Infantil
• Outros
  Enquadramento Legal na Proteção de Crianças e Jovens
• Doutoramento
  PhD Degree in Psychology
• Ensino secundário
  Curso Científico-Humanístico de Ciências e Tecnologias [Scientific-Humanistic Program in Science and Technology]
• Outros
  Géneros e Sexualidades em Contextos de Intervenção Social [Genders and Sexualities in Social Intervention Contexts]
• Outros
  Orientação Sexual, Identidade e Expressão de Género e Características Sexuais à Nascença [Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression, and Sex Characteristics at Birth]
• Outros
  Mindful-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
• Outros
  Linguagem Inclusiva [Inclusive Language]
• Outros
  Violência de Género e no Namoro [Gender-Based Violence and Dating Violence]
• Outros
  Curso Avançado em Modelos de Equações Estruturais—Parte II [Advanced Course in Structural Equation Modeling — Part II]
• Outros
  Projeto Educação LGBTI (9ª Escola Rede Ex Aequo)
• Outros
  Núcleos LGBTI+ (10ª Escola Rede Ex Aequo)
• Outros
  Intervenção Psicológica em Situações de Catástrofe (4ª edição E-learning) [Psychological Intervention in Disaster Situations (4th Edition, E-learning)]
• Outros
  Intervenção Psicológica Com Pessoas LGBTQ - 1ª edição [Psychological Intervention with LGBTQ People – 1st Edition]
• Outros
  Integração da Perspetiva de Género na Investigação [Integrating the Gender Perspective in Research]
• Postgraduate Certificate
  Terapias Cognitivo-Comportamentais para Minorias [Cognitive-Behavioral Therapies for Minority Populations]

Publicações

Artigo em revista (magazine)

• 2014-09, Psychometric proprieties of the portuguese version os the Post-Event Processing Questionnaire (PEPQ) in adolescents and adults, Psychomed
• 2014-09, Bridging the gap between information processing and evolutionary variables in social anxiety disorder., Psychomed

Artigo em revista

• 2025-11-24, From Interpersonal Experiences to Proximal Minority Processes and Mental Health: A Characterization of Latent Socio-Evolutionary Profiles in Portuguese Sexual Minoritized Individuals, International Journal of Sexual Health
• 2025-09-25, Psychometric Proprieties of the European Portuguese Version of the Self-Acceptance of Sexuality Inventory (SASI-PT), Sexuality Research and Social Policy
• 2025-03-24, The role of social safeness and self-reassurance in the relationship between shame related to sexual orientation and depressive symptoms in LGB+ people, Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment
• 2024-09, A Call for an Evolutionarily Informed Multi-Level Approach to the Mental Health of Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals, Translational Issues in Psychological Science
• 2024-07, Affirmative Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Compassion-Based Group Intervention for Sexual Minorities (Free2Be): A Non-Randomized Mixed-Method Study for Feasibility with Exploratory Analysis of Effectiveness, Mindfulness
• 2024-05-18, Measuring Shame Related to Sexual Orientation: Validation of Sexual Minority—External and Internal Shame Scale (SM-EISS), Sexuality Research and Social Policy
• 2024-03-22, (Self)tainted love: Shame and self-criticism as self-discriminatory processes underlying psychological suffering in sexual minority individuals, Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment
• 2024, Preliminary Evidence of an affirmative mindfulness, acceptance, and compassion-based, non-randomized group intervention with follow-up for sexual minority individuals (Free2Be), Psychologica
• 2023-09-18, Everyday Discrimination Scale: Dimensionality in a Portuguese community sample and specific versions for sexual and gender minority, Current Psychology
• 2023-08-15, Stigma Consciousness Questionnaire (SCQ-PT): Validation in a Portuguese Sample of Sexual Minorities, Sexuality Research and Social Policy
• 2023-03-01, Shame Experiences And Psychopathology: The Mediating Role Of Self-compassion And Social Support In Sexual Minority Individuals, Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies
• 2023-02-11, Psychological Adjustment Profiles of LGBTQ+ Young Adults Residing with Their Parents during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An International Study, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• 2022-12-15, Shame-Based Experiences of Homophobic Bullying and Mental Health: The Mediating Role of Self-Compassionate Actions, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
• 2022-01-12, Critical issues in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with gender and sexual minorities (GSMs), The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist
• 2021-01-22, Psychosocial Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Mental Health among LGBTQ+ Young Adults: A Cross-Cultural Comparison across Six Nations, Journal of Homosexuality
• 2020-12-30, When home is not a safe haven: Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on LGBTQ adolescents and young adults in Portugal, PSICOLOGIA
• 2020-07-28, Saúde mental e bem-estar em pessoas Lésbicas, Gays e Bissexuais (LGB): Modelo concetual e programa de intervenção baseado na compaixão (Resumos da 3ª Mostra de Doutoramento em Psicologia), Psychologica
• 2016-07, The role of self-criticism and shame in social anxiety in a clinical SAD sample., BMC Health Services Research
• 2016-07, Life satisfaction and psychopathology in institutionalized elderly people: The results of an adapted Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program, BMC Health Services Research
• 2013-05, The impact of a Mindfulness-Based Intervention in diabetic patients' anxiety, Atención Primaria

Capítulo de livro

• 2024, Prestação de cuidados de saúde a minorias sexuais e de género: Compreender para intervir [Issues in healthcare practice with gender and sexual minorities], Cuidar da Sexualidade ao Longo da Vida [Sexual Healthcare throughout the Life Cycle], LIDEL
• 2024, Modelos de compreensão e Intervenção psicológica individual com pessoas LGBTQIA+ [Models of understanding and individual psychological intervention with LGBTQIA+ people], Manual de Intervenção Psicológica com Pessoas LGBTQIA+: Uma perspetiva individual, familiar e comunitária [Manual of Psychological Intervention with ÇGBTQIA+ People: An Individual, Family, and Community Perspective]. , PACTOR
• 2024, Considerations for Sexual Minority and Gender Diverse Individuals Living in Portugal, Experiences of Sexual Minority and Gender Diverse Individuals in Romantic Relationships: Heeding a Global Call, Cambridge
• 2022, Violência(s) queer, Investigação e prática: Abordagens Interdisciplinares sobre a saúde e o bem-estar das pessoas LGBTI+, Associação Plano I

Relatório

• 2023, Promoção da Saúde Mental da População LGBTI+: Guia de Boas Práticas
• 2023, Cumprindo o arco-íris: Saúde mental na população LGBTI+: O caso do Serviço de Apoio Psicológico da Associação ILGA Portugal
• 2021-05-17, Impacto da Pandemia nas Pessoas LGBT+: 7 meses e 12 meses depois…, https://www.fpce.up.pt/queerantine/pdf/relatorio-2021_v2a.pdf
• 2020-12-01, Relatório do Projeto Educação LGBTI 2019 , https://www.rea.pt/arquivo/relatorio-pe-2019.pdf
• 2020-05-17, Redes de Apoio Social e Saúde Psicológica em Jovens LGBTI+ durante a PANDEMIA de COVID-19: Relatório de divulgação de dados preliminares, https://www.fpce.up.pt/sigarra/RelatorioFinal_Maio2020_ESTUDOLGBT+COVID-19.pdf

Poster em conferência

• 2026-05-28, Differential Roles Of Emotional Dysregulation In Sexual Pleasure And Sexual Distress, 18th Congress of the European Federation of Sexology
• 2025-03, Childhood adversity and discrimination in sexual minoritized youth: What role does social safeness play in depression?, I Congresso Internacional de Saúde Mental no Jovem Adulto
• 2024-05, Eficácia de uma intervenção contextual afirmativa em grupo para pessoas com identidades sexuais minorizadas (Free2Be) [Effectiveness of a group affirmative contextual intervention for people with minoritized sexual identities (Free2Be)], PsihDay – VII Mostra de Doutoramento em Psicologia
• 2023-10, Preliminary pilot effectiveness of an affirmative mindfulness, acceptance, and compassion-based group intervention for sexual minorized individuals (Free2Be), 12th International CFT Conference
• 2023-09, Intervenção afirmativa no SAP – ILGA: O que funciona pela perceção de utentes e dados preliminares de eficácia [Affirmative Intervention at SAP – ILGA: What Works Based on Users’ Perceptions and Preliminary Effectiveness Data], Encontro Nacional de Sexologia Clínica
• 2023-07, Overview of the Free2Be: A new affirmative mindfulness, acceptance, and compassion-based intervention for sexual minorities, ACBS World Conference 2023
• 2023-07, Exploration of the fears of compassion as a mechanism of change in the Free2Be Mindfulness, acceptance, and compassion-based intervention for sexual minorities, ACBS World Conference 2023
• 2022-09, Early shame experiences and psychopathology: The mediating role of social support and self-compassion, EABCT 52nd Annual Congress
• 2022-06, The contribution of Distress Tolerance and Psychological Flexibility for suicidality in trans people, 3rd edition of the International Conference on LGBT+ Psychology and Related Fields
• 2022-06, Mental health of young trans adults: How the transition process influences satisfaction with life, 3rd edition of the International Conference on LGBT+ Psychology and Related Fields
• 2022-06, External and Internal Shame Scale: Adaptation and Validation for Portuguese Sexual Minorities (SM-EISS), 3rd edition of the International Conference on LGBT+ Psychology and Related Fields
• 2022-06, Discrimination and Gender Identity: Validation of the Everyday Discrimination Scale in Portuguese Trans People, 3rd edition of the International Conference on LGBT+ Psychology and Related Fields
• 2021-10, The buffer role of self compassion against the impact of shame in the relationship between homophobic discrimination and depression, The Compassionate Mind Foundation’s 10th International Conference: Past, Present and Future
• 2020-09, Traumatic experience of homophobic bullying: The role of self-compassion in shame and depression in sexual minorities, 50th Annual Congress of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT)
• 2020-09, The mediating role of self-compassion in the relationship between traumatic experiences of homophobic bullying and social anxiety in sexual minorities, 50th Annual Congress of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT)
• 2019-11-08, Desafios na saúde mental e no bem-estar em pessoas Lésbicas, Gays e Bissexuais: Uma proposta de modelo compreensivo e de uma intervenção baseada na compaixão., Encontro de Saúde LGBTQI+
• 2019-11-04, Saúde mental e bem-estar em pessoas lésbicas, gays e bissexuais (LGB): Modelo concetual e programa baseado na compaixão., PsihDay - III Mostra de Doutoramento em Psicologia
• 2018-03, Intervenção da psicologia em contexto de multideficiência e doença mental: a experiência da ARCIL/ Psychological Intervention in the context of intellectual disabilities and chronic mental Illness: the experience at ARCIL, 1as Jornadas da Unidade de Psicologia Clínica do CHUC / 1st Meeting of the Clinical Psychology Unit at CHUC
• 2017-03-22, Intervenção da psicologia em contexto da multideficiência e doença mental: A experiência da ARCIL, 1as Jornadas da Unidade de Psicologia Clínica do CHUC
• 2016-11-05, Satisfação com a vida e a psicopatologia em idosos institucionalizados: Eficácia de um programa adaptado par a redução do stress baseado no Mindfulness – da baseline até aos 12 meses, 3rd National Congress of Psychology Conversations/ 2nd International conference of Active Ageing
• 2015-11-17, Programa de Prevenção da Depressão em Adolescentes (PPDA): Descrição dos processos de adaptação, implementação e avaliação da intervenção. , II Congresso Internacional do CINEICC/ III Congresso Nacional da APTC
• 2015-11-05, Eficácia de um programa para a redução do stress baseado no mindfulness no aumento da satisfação com a vida do idoso institucionalizado, 2nd National Congress of Psychology Conversations/ 1st International conference of Active Ageing
• 2015, Programa Parental para a Prevenção da Depressão em Adolescentes (3PDA): enquadramento, estrutura e estratégias de implementação a avaliação, III Congresso Internacional do CINEICC/ III Congresso Nacional da APTC
• 2014-09-10, Psychometric proprieties of the Portuguese version of the Post-Event Processing Questionnaire (PEPQ) in adolescents and adults , 44th Annual Congress of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies - EABCT 2014
• 2014-09-10, Briding the gap between information processing and evolutionary variables in social anxiety disorder. , Annual Congress of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies - EABCT 2014

Exposição artística

• 2019-11-20, TRANS 20: Pessoas, Histórias e Memórias, Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação da Universidade de Coimbra