Alessandra Sáenz M.S.

I have a degree in psychology from the Universidad Iberoamericana. During my career I became very interested in eating disorders as I was still impacted by the death of Karen Carpenter in 1983 from anorexia. I didn't understand what could lead someone to develop anorexia, but I wanted to spare other people that suffering. That interest led me to do a diploma in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of eating disorders, a diploma in cognitive therapy for eating disorders and a course in cognitive behavioral therapy for the treatment of eating disorders. I have also been working with people with EDs since 2015.

In 2018, seeking to train myself to help others in a better way, I began studying my master's degree in cognitive behavioral therapy. I found it to be an evidence-based, highly effective model for many mental illnesses such as depression, anxiety, and eating disorders that I fully trust. To complete my degree, I also did a diploma in schema therapy, which is also an evidence-based model with very good results for complex disorders.

Later, I realized that many of my patients had suffered due to some toxic relationship. So, in 2020, seeking to better help my patients, I began to train in toxic relationships (couple, family, work, etc.) and narcissism with one of the most recognized specialists worldwide on the subject.

I was also able to observe that almost all my patients have suffered some traumatic experience (from bullying to child abuse among others). Driven by a deep desire to help alleviate the suffering of others, I began my training in psychotraumatology in 2022, becoming certified as a clinical professional in psychological trauma levels 1 and 2. As part of my training, I have trained in IFS and EMDR. Both are highly effective and recognized evidence-based therapeutic models for the treatment of psychological trauma, which I have been able to corroborate in my professional experience.

Dr. Pilar Carriedo García Morato

Dr. Pilar Carriedo Garcia Morato earned her degree in General Medicine and Surgery at the Faculty of Medicine of the National Autonomous University of Mexico and, later, as a specialist in Psychiatry at the Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz National Institute of Psychiatry, endorsed by the National Autonomous University of Mexico. She is certified by the Mexican Council of Psychiatry. In addition, he studied a Master's Degree in Criminal Psychology and a Specialty in Forensic Psychology at the European University of the Atlantic, in Santander, Spain. She worked as an assistant visitor of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture of the National Human Rights Commission, served as Head of Medical Care at the Comprehensive Mental Health Center of Mexico City and as General Technical Coordinator of the National Program of Telementoring in Mental Health and Addictions of the National Commission of Mental Health and Addictions. Currently, she works as a psychiatrist attached to the Department of Telemedicine of the Ramón de la Fuente Muñiz National Institute of Psychiatry and is the Coordinator of Medical Education of the Mexican Psychiatric Association. She also founded the nonprofit Enlazando Mentes: Rompiendo las barreras de la salud mental, which focuses on combating the stigma of mental disorders through information.