Antonio Serpa-Barrientos is a psychologist and psychotherapist with a Master's degree in Psychology, specializing in Psychological Intervention and Research, and completed doctoral studies. He is currently a full-time professor at the Faculty of Psychology of the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (UNMSM) (Peru). Additionally, he has been trained as a psychotherapist by the Essalen Peru Institute and is the founder and General Director of the Peruvian Society of Psychometry. His principal area of research is violence and gender.