Health and Illness Psychotherapy Consultation 

The Health and Illness Psychotherapy Consultation is focused on intervention for prevention, promotion of healthy lifestyle and maintenance of individual and family health in different contexts of life. At the level of the disease, the consultation provides psychological follow-up services and individual and group psychosocial rehabilitation to clinical (e.g., individuals diagnosed with chronic illness) and non-clinical (e.g., individuals belonging to vulnerable groups, caregivers, family members) with the aim of facilitating the process of adaptation to the disease (e.g., diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer, chronic pain) and the recovery/management of the physical and psychological impact of stressful or traumatic health experiences, promoting quality of life and physical and psychological well-being. These services are performed at APsi-UMinho – Psychology Association of the University of Minho, simultaneously in Braga and Guimarães.
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APsi-UMinho WEBINAR: +IDENTITY PROGRAM

​​The Psychology Association of the University of Minho (APsi-UMinho) will hold a Webinar about the Program +Identity (program for chronically ill and their families), on February 23 at 6pm. 

Registration is required to attend the Webinar. For that you should register at APsi-UMinho. Participation is free of charge! You will get to know the contents of the Program +Identity and will have the possibility to clear any doubts... 

​Register now!
PROJECT DE-STRESS HEALTHFULLY

DE-STRESS HEALTHFULLY is a health promotion program aimed at university students, which aims to promote stress management and resilience based on the theoretical concepts of physiological coherence and chronobiology, throughout the six sessions offered in a group format. The program aims to promote positive lifestyle changes as well as time management strategies, emotional regulation, interpersonal resources at the level of communication and healthy relationships, in addition to cognitive performance

Learning to DE-STRESS HEALTHFULLY intends to teach how to use the body's information to promote physical and psychological well-being. Thus, the program is focused on teaching skills that maximize personal and interpersonal biological and physiological resources in everyday situations. Participants will practice techniques for improving sleep quality, managing time, managing differences in relationships, adopting healthy behaviors, developing positive emotions associated with increased heart rate variability, and communicating coherently between the brain and the heart!

Participation in this Program is free.
 To register should be sent an email to: [email protected]
Contacts
APSI-UMINHO, ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHOLOGY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MINHO
University of Minho – School of Psychology
Telephone: (351) 253 604 245, (351) 253 604 681
​Email: [email protected]

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​PROGRAM FLEXMIND
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The intervention program FlexMind focuses on promoting Quality of Life and is structured into 3 modules. The first module primarily focuses on promoting sleep quality, the second module is centered around promoting cognitive flexibility, and the 3rd module on promoting behavioral flexibility. It is a program designed to meet the individual needs of each person, and therefore, the number of sessions in each module may vary.
Who is the target audience for this intervention program?
The program is designed for all age groups (children, youth, adults, and elderly) with the aim of promoting sleep quality and cognitive and behavioral flexibility in the healthy population. Additionally, it serves as a rehabilitation approach for individuals experiencing cognitive decline due to chronic diseases such as cancer patients, stroke survivors, patients with atrial fibrillation, among others.
Enrollment in the program is done through Apsi, and the intervention is provided on an individual basis.
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PROJECT +IDENTITY
FAMILY APPROACH IN CHRONIC PHYSICAL DISEASE
This program is intended for individuals with a diagnosis of chronic physical illness and respective families, to increase the adaptation to the disease and promote family quality of life and physical and psychological well-being. The program features a psychoeducational approach, focused on family models as well as an affective and behavioral dimension, providing strategies to better cope with the disease and overcome the difficulties of everyday life at the individual, family and the health care system.
It is crucial to put the disease in their "place" so that it can not invade the family IDENTITY and the family can thus contribute to the development of all its members and it is precisely the goal of this program!
Participation in this Program is free.
 
To register should be sent an email to: [email protected]
 
For more informations...
​https://apsi.uminho.pt/identidade-programa-de-intervencao-familiar-na-doenca-fisica-cronica