Ana Beato
Invited Assistant Professor
Scientific Council Member
Vice-President of the School Board
Coordinator of the Clinical and Health Psychology Group of Proadapt, CICPSI
Disciplines
Clinical and Health Psychology
Taught Modules
Cognitive Behavioural Intervention with Children and Adolescents I
Cognitive Behavioural Intervention with Children and Adolescents II
Seminar (Practicum)
Ana Beato has concluded her PhD in Clinical Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon, with a thesis entitled “Parenting Styles, beliefs and Strategies in Parents of Children with Anxiety Disorders”. She completed her master’s degree in psychology in Stress and Well-being at the same institution. She concluded her graduation in Clinical Psychology, cognitive-behavioural approach in 2004 (Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, University of Coimbra). She is an Assistant Professor at the School of Psychology and Life Sciences at the University of Lusófona and in the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Lisbon. She is also a member of the coordination of the master in sexology and a researcher at the HEI-Lab – Digital Human-Environment Interaction Lab.
Anxiety, parenting, sexuality, neurodevelopment, third-wave CBT therapies, and new technologies and applications adapted to psychology.
WeARTolerance: Using an arts-based program to reduce mental-health-related stigma in youth (funded by La Caixa Foundation).
Associate Editor of Child Psychiatry and Human Development
Coordinator of the Master in Sexology, University Lusófona
Assistant Professor in the School of Psychology and Health Sciences, University Lusófona
Clinical Psychology at the Developmental Center Partners in Neuroscience (PIN)
Beato, A., Pereira, A.I., Barros, L. et al. The Relationship Between Different Parenting Typologies in Fathers and Mothers and Children’s Anxiety. J Child Fam Stud 25, 1691–1701 (2016). DOI: 10.1007/s10826-015-0337-x.
Beato, A., Costa, L., & Nogueira, R.. (2021). “Everything Is Gonna Be Alright with Me”: The Role of Self-Compassion, Affect, and Coping in Negative Emotional Symptoms during Coronavirus Quarantine, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, 2017. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18042017.
Beato AF, Albuquerque S, Kömürcü Akik B, Costa LP and Salvador Á (2022). Do Maternal Self-Criticism and Symptoms of Postpartum Depression and Anxiety Mediate the Effect of History of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms on Mother-Infant Bonding? Parallel–Serial Mediation Models. Front. Psychol. 13:858356. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.858356.