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I believe I can help those who, throughout their lives, may have been exposed to trauma. Anyone looking for professional specialized mental health help. Whoever, despite what may have happened, wishes to recover and continue with life forward. Psychological colleagues who seek to improve the quality of services provided or invest in their professional development. Psychology students with an interest in learning psychotraumatology, from prevention to treatment, through the investigation.

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Brief CV
Positions and Responsibilities, for example:

  • Specialist Psychologist in Clinical and Health Psychology.

  • Psychologist of the Portuguese Red Cross - Branch Vila Nova de Gaia.

  • Clinical Psychologist at Gaia Private Hospital (Trofa Saúde).

  • External Mental Health Professional (EMHP) of the UN Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS).

  • Expert from the EU Center of Expertise for Victims of Terrorism (EUCVT).

  • Trainer in Psychotraumatology.

  • Supervisor of clinical cases and Advisor of Junior Psychologists and Curricular Internships.

Experience in helping people who have been exposed to adverse or traumatic events, which involved actual or threatened death, serious injury or sexual violence, whether directly, witnessing or learning that it occurred to a family member or close friend, for example:

  • Child sexual, physical or psychological abuse.

  • Physical or sexual assault.

  • Suicide.

  • Sudden death.

  • Serious accidents.

  • Natural disasters.

  • War.

  • Terrorism.

Experience in humanitarian missions, disasters and other emergencies, for example:

  • Refugee Mental Health Support (e.g., Iraq, Afghanistan, Ukraine)

  • Pandemic COVID-19, Support to the PRC Volunteer and Collaborator Network (2020 ...)

  • Cyclone Idai, Mozambique (2019).

  • Landslide in stone quarry, Borba / Vila Viçosa (2018).

  • Post-Tropical Storm Leslie, Figueira da Foz (2018).

  • Wildfires, Central Portugal Region (2017).

Clinical experience in the treatment of community people, as well as First Responders, with different diagnoses, especially disorders related to trauma and stress factors, such as:

  • Adjustment Disorder

  • Acute Stress Disorder

  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

  • Dissociative Disorders

  • Depressive Disorders

  • Anxiety Disorders

  • Personality Disorders

Projects / Activities, examples:

  • PRC Taskforce for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (2020 ...).

  • Psychological Trauma Assessment and Treatment Program: Community (2016).

  • Community-Based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Programs: Figueiró dos Vinhos (2017/18) [wildfires] or Mozambique (2019) [cyclone].

  • Mental Health Screenings: First Responders, Firefighters or Police (2015 - 2018).

  • Peer Support Program: First Responders (2017/18)

Research/Publications , see www.researchgate.net/profile/Randdy-Ferreira. Examples:

  • Prolonged Exposure (PE), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), EMDR, and Medication for PTSD: What may predict First Responders choice? (Ferreira, Ribeiro, Nunes & Oliveira, 2022) | Conference Paper

  • Contributo para um Retrato dos Socorristas da Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa: Saúde, Trabalho, Coping e Suporte Social (Oliveira et al., 2021) | Paper

  • Individual preparedness for natural disasters: a cross-sectional study from Portugal (Ferreira et al., 2020) | Conference Paper.

  • PTSD 1 month after the Cyclone Idai in a sample of adult medical patients from Beira, Mozambique (Ferreira, 2020) | Conference Paper.

  • Trauma e tentativa(s) de suicídio (Ferreira et al., 2019) | Conference Paper 

  • Saúde Mental da Comunidade: Trauma e Resiliência (Ferreira & Moreira, 2018) | Book.

Training, examples:

  • Clinical Training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Post-Traumatic Disorders (Israel)

  • Prolonged Exposed Therapy (USA)

  • Cognitive Processing Therapy (USA)

  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing - EMDR (Portugal)

  • Psychological Treatment: Empirically Validated Treatments (Portugal)

  • Training of Trainers on Psychosocial Support (Denmark)

Affiliations, examples:

  • Member of the Order of Portuguese Psychologists (OPP).

  • International Affiliate of the American Psychological Association (APA).

  • Member of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS).

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