Guardiola-Ramírez, Alejandro

Assistant professor Alejandro Guardiola majored in Clinical and Health Psychology by Tec de Monterrey in 2018 and graduated with distinction from the University of Edinburgh with a Master of Science in Social Psychology two years later, sponsored by the National Comission of Science and Technology (CONACYT). He is specialized in cognitive behavioral therapy and rational emotive behavior therapy by the Monterrey Center of Cognitive-Behavioral Psychology, associated to the Albert Ellis Institute in New York. He has trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) through several postgraduate diplomas offered by ACT trainers of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACBS). He is a founding member of the first international peer consultation group for Hispanic therapists; the group's objective is to enhance and achieve excellence in therapeutic interventions. He is the cofounder of "Lazos de Tinta", a pen-pal program made to provide judgement-free conversations between incarcerated women and people from the Monterrey community, to improve the prejudice and stigma that exists towards this marginalized community. They also offer psychological and judicial support for early release candidates, some of which already enjoy their freedom thanks to their efforts. He has participated as a speaker in several local, national, and international conferences presenting his work on the objectification of women in prison, millennials' personality in the workplace, the impact of social media on teenagers, affective disorders, and others. He is currently an assistant professor for the Medical and Health Sciences School at Tec de Monterrey; he works as a clinical psychologist for the Seminary of Monterrey and has his own private practice where he specializes on weight-loss and maintenance cases. His main research interests include prison psychology, habit formation, and collective action against mental health stigma.