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Natalia

Dr Natalia Cisneros

Senior Tutor

About Natalia:
Works as Senior Tutor 

Natalia is a Senior Tutor on the Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Psychological Therapy. She also works as a Psychological Therapist with First Psychology in Edinburgh. 

Natalia is from Ecuador. After completing her Degree in Clinical Psychology from Universidad de las Américas in Quito (Ecuador), she came to Scotland for the first time in 2016 to study for an MSc in Children and Young People's Mental Health and Psychological Practice at the University of Edinburgh. After her MSc, she returned to Ecuador where she worked as a psychologist with children in educational settings and also taught undergraduate psychology courses at a private university. In 2019, Natalia returned to the University of Edinburgh to pursue a Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling (Interpersonal Dialogue) (2021) and a professional doctorate in Psychotherapy and Counselling (2023). Her doctoral research explored the narrative construction of the identity of voluntarily childless women in Ecuador. 

Natalia is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and a graduate member of the British Psychological Society (BPS). She is also currently an associate member of staff at the University of Edinburgh. 

Natalia is responsible for managing and delivering the 'Core Skills Development' Modules on the Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Psychological Therapy.
 
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