I am a Psychologist, PhD in Psychiatry (UFRGS, Brazil), specialist in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. I am a professor and researcher in the Master's and Doctorate Program at the UNISINOS (Universidade do Vale d Rio dos Sinos), in São Leopoldo, Brazil. I am a member of the Society for Psychotehrapy Reserach and former president of the Latin American Chapter of this organization. Currently, I focus my interests on the following themes: change process; relationship factors; online psychotherapy; personality disorders; mental health and COVID 19.