Eating disorders, and everything that comes before a diagnosis.

Food is rarely the problem. It is where the problem shows.

So the work does not start with what someone eats or how much. It starts with what that behavior is solving, because while it is still solving something it does not let go.

I studied clinical psychology at UNIBE and graduated in 2020. That same year I joined CESIC as a co-therapist, and between 2021 and 2022 I trained specifically in eating disorders at Fundación Memorial, facilitating groups under supervision. I wanted to specialize properly, and for that I went to Spain.

I took the Master’s in Eating Disorders and Obesity at the European University of Madrid, with 300 hours of supervised clinical practicum across two national reference centers. One was the child and adolescent unit at Niño Jesús Children’s University Hospital, with inpatients who needed round-the-clock care. The other was Santa Cristina University Hospital, adults and chronic cases.

Part of my work there was preparing parents for the day their daughters left hospital. That marked me. And it left me with the conviction that holds up everything else, which is that what is gained in treatment is held or lost at home.

I returned to the Dominican Republic in 2023 and received my exequátur in February 2024. Since then I have consulted at MIITRAL, preventive cardiology, and since 2025 at the Centro de Gastroenterología Avanzada. Both brought me in as part of an effort to make interdisciplinary treatment include mental health as well.

Working inside a medical practice changes the work. The patient arrives with a diagnosis and a set of instructions, and what tends to be missing is not information. It is how to hold the change once they leave the consulting room.