Psychologist and Psychotherapist Specializing in Psychosocial Well-being and Human Development

María Ximena Lerena Fugazot is a psychologist and psychotherapist with extensive experience dedicated to supporting and promoting mental health throughout various stages of life. She is a proactive, organized, and responsible professional, characterized by her profound capacity for active listening and empathy. Her career is distinguished by a constant interest in taking on new challenges that allow for continuous growth, both professionally and personally.

Outstanding Professional Experience:

• Psychosocial Area Representative at the Algarrobo Foundation: Leads the psychosocial assessment of residents, providing guidance and support throughout their adaptation processes. She is also responsible for staff training, recruitment, and selection, and coordinates the team of workshop facilitators and volunteers.
• Professor at the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Montevideo: Teaches the seminar on Psychological Interventions in Old Age, sharing her knowledge and experience with the next generation of professionals.
  Psychologist and Psychotherapist: Since 2006, she has worked in her private practice and for Blue Cross and Blue Shield, offering psychotherapy, support, and psychological counseling to individuals and parents, and conducting cognitive stimulation workshops.
• Senior Consultant at IUDEL: As an independent professional, she has worked in the human resources area, performing personnel recruitment and selection, training, and organizational interventions.

Areas of Specialization:

His professional practice covers a wide spectrum of interventions, with a comprehensive approach that includes:

• Psychoanalytic psychotherapy for individuals and patients with organic disorders.
• Psychology of Aging and interventions for dementia.
  Cognitive Stimulation and Clinical Neuropsychology.
• Parenting counseling and psychoanalysis with children.
  Organizational Psychology and Human Resources Management.
• Crisis intervention, grief management, anxiety, and sleep disorders.
• Mindfulness and Applied Positive Psychology.

Academic Training:

• Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, University of the Republic, 2006.
  Postgraduate degree in Educational Psychology, Catholic University of Uruguay, 2010.
• Postgraduate degree in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Psychoanalytic Medical Center, 2012.
• Postgraduate degree in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy specializing in patients with organic disorders, Psychoanalytic Medical Center, 2015.

Lic. Lerena Fugazot brings to Green-Sapiens a solid combination of clinical experience, academic knowledge, and a genuine commitment to people’s well-being, establishing herself as a fundamental pillar of human and psychosocial development within the organization.