Luana Cunha Ferreira
Invited Assistant Professor
Disciplines
Clinical Psychology / Family Psychology
Taught Modules
Research Methods in Psychology – Advanced Topics
Schools and models of systemic intervention
Systemic, family and community psychology
Intervention in family and community systems
Family Psychology and Family Intervention
Methodologies (3rd Term of Interuniversity PhD in Clinical Psychology – Family Psychology and Family Interventions)
Clinical psychologist, PhD in Family Psychology and Intervention, invited Professor at University of Lisbon’s Faculty of Psychology, her research targets intimacy, sexual desire and differentiation of self in couples. Co-founder of an NGO to provide affordable couple and family therapy services in Lisbon, also has been training students and researchers on qualitative research methods and couple research nationally.
Family Psychology, Couple and Family Therapy, Qualitative and mixed methods research, Aging, Migrations, Gender and LGBTQIA, Social adversity and multi-challenged families, Children and youth at risk.
Ferreira, L. C., Narciso, I., Novo, R. & Pereira, C. (2016). Partner’s similarity in the level of differentiation of self contributes to higher couple sexual desire: A quantitative dyadic study. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 42(7), 635-47. DOI: 10.1080/0092623X.2015.1113584
Albuquerque, S., Ferreira, L., Narciso, I., & Pereira, M. (2017). Parents’ positive interpersonal coping after a child’s death. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26, 1817-1830. DOI: 10.1007/s10826-017-0697-5
Ferreira, L. C., Fraenkel, P.F., Narciso, I., Novo, R. (2015). Is committed desire intentional? A qualitative exploration of sexual desire and differentiation of self in couples. Family Process, 54(2), 308-326. DOI: 10.1111/famp.12108
Ferreira, L. C., Novo, R., Narciso, I. & Pereira, C. (2014). Predictors of sexual desire and couple satisfaction: Intimacy and differentiation of self in couple relationships. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 24, 390-404. DOI:10.1080/14681994.2014.957498
Ferreira, L. C., Narciso, I., & Novo, R. (2013). Authenticity, work and change: A qualitative study on couple intimacy. Families, Relationships and Societies, 2, 339-354. DOI: 10.1332/204674313X668569