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Dr. Alberto Zamanillo Díaz

PhD in Psychology · Systemic Psychotherapist · University Lecturer & Researcher

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Alberto Zamanillo Díaz

Dr. Alberto Zamanillo Díaz

Licensure Nº AO-07637

Málaga, Spain

zamanillodiaz@gmail.com

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European Brief Therapy Association
FEATF

Asociación Brifi

President
Nov. 2025 - Present

Academic Teaching & Program Coordination

UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE ANDALUCÍA

Lecturer · Master's Degree in General Health Psychology (PGS)
Sept. 2026 - Present

Postgraduate curriculum teaching:

  • Health Psychologist Skills Training
  • Evaluation and Diagnosis in Health Psychology
  • Scientific and Professional Foundations in Psychotherapy
  • Psychological Intervention in Couples and Families
  • Advanced Intervention Techniques in Psychotherapy
Lecturer · Bachelor's Degree in Psychology
Feb. 2026 - Present

Instructor for Thought and Language, Simulated Clinical Rotations, and Simulated Clinical Internships in the Bachelor's in Psychology (taught in bilingual Spanish and English cohorts).

Degree Coordinator for the Bachelor's in Psychology
Jun. 2025 - Present

Academic governance, curricular development, and faculty team coordination for the Bachelor's in Psychology.

2025 - Present

UNIVERSIDAD LOYOLA ANDALUCÍA

Associate Professor · Master's Degree in General Health Psychology (PGS)
Oct. 2019 - Present

Postgraduate curriculum teaching:

  • Fundamentos Científicos de la Psicología de la Salud (2021/22 to 2025/26)
  • Prevención y Promoción de la Salud: Un Enfoque Biopsicosocial (2021/22 to Present)
  • Evaluación y Diagnóstico en Psicología Clínica y de la Salud (2021/22 – 2022/23)
  • Terapia Psicológica, Procesos, Perspectivas y Habilidades Básicas (2024/25 – Present)
Course Coordinator
2023 - 2024

Coordinator for Health Prevention and Promotion (Master's PGS) and Psychological Assessment Techniques (Bachelor's in Psychology).

Master's Thesis Supervisor (TFM)
2022 - 2024
  • 2024: Comparación del lenguaje en la TSB entre terapeutas humanos y un modelo generative pretrained transformer (GPT). Calificado con Sobresaliente.
  • 2022: El lenguaje como un proceso colaborativo: una replicación de los experimentos de Clark (1986 y 1989). Calificado con Matrícula de Honor.
Continuing Education Lecturer
2022

Introductory Course on Systemic Brief Therapy taught at the Seville and Córdoba campuses (8 hours).

Associate Professor · Bachelor's Degree in Psychology
feb. 2021 - 2025

Undergraduate curriculum teaching:

  • Clinical Psychology Intervention (Academic year 2024/25)
  • Techniques and Instruments in Psychological Assessment (Academic years 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24)
2019 - Present

CENTRO DE PSICOTERAPIA BREVE (CPB)

Academic Director & Postgraduate Lecturer
Sept. 2023 - Present

Postgraduate curriculum director & core lecturer:

  • Postgraduate Expert in Brief Systemic Therapy (150h)
  • Postgraduate Expert in Systemic Family Therapy (150h)
  • Coordination and leadership of the postgraduate faculty team.
2023 - Present

SPANISH FEDERATION OF FAMILY THERAPY ASSOCIATIONS (FEATF)

Research Division Coordinator
Jan. 2023 - Jan. 2024

Coordination, promotion, and supervision of national scientific research projects in systemic and family therapy.

2023 - 2024

CLINICAL PRACTICUM TUTORING & SUPERVISION

Universidad Europea
2024 - 2025

Professional practicum supervisor for the Master's in General Health Psychology.

International University of La Rioja (UNIR)
Sept. 2024 - Jan. 2025

Practicum clinical supervisor for the Master's in General Health Psychology.

University of Málaga (UMA)
Oct. 2024 - Jan. 2025

Professional practicum supervisor for the Master's in General Health Psychology.

Universidad Loyola Andalucía
2022 - 2024

Professional practicum supervisor for Bachelor's and Master's students in Psychology.

Valencian International University (VIU)
May 2015 - Jul. 2015

Practicum I tutor for the Master's in General Health Psychology.

Universidad de Málaga / AFIBROMA
Jan. 2014 - Jun. 2014

Clinical psychology practicum supervisor for Bachelor's degree students (Department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment, Faculty of Psychology, Málaga).

2014 - 2025

UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA

Course Instructor
2024

Delivered an 8-hour specialized course titled "Artificial Intelligence and Systemic Brief Therapy", organized by the Galician Family Therapy and Mediation Association (ATFMG).

2024

SOLUCIONES PSYCHOLOGY CENTER

Postgraduate Lecturer & Clinical Tutor
Oct. 2016 - Jun. 2023

Supervised clinical case practice, tutored postgraduate students, and developed curriculum exercises for the Postgraduate Expert in Systemic Therapies.

2016 - 2023

UNIVERSIDAD INTERNACIONAL DE VALENCIA (VIU)

Adjunct Lecturer & Master's Thesis Supervisor
Sept. 2015 - Jun. 2019

Supervised 10 Master's Theses (TFM) for students in the Master's Degree in General Health Psychology.

2015 - 2019

UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE

Master's Program Lecturer

Lecturer since the 2nd Edition of the Master's in Occupational Neurotherapy.

2016 - 2018

OFFICIAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF CEUTA

Course Instructor
Apr. 2017

Delivered the clinical communication workshop: "Communication Skills in the Doctor-Patient Relationship".

2017

Clinical Practice

CENTRO DE PSICOTERAPIA BREVE (CPB)

Clinical Director & Licensed Health Psychologist
Dec. 2022 - Present

Clinical coordination, postgraduate supervision, and private clinical practice providing individual, couple, and family systemic psychotherapy.

2022 - Present

SOLUCIONES PSYCHOLOGY CENTER

Psychotherapist
Sept. 2018 - Dec. 2022

Private clinical practice with adults, couples, and families.

2018 - 2022

ABANZA CENTER

Psychotherapist
Mar. 2017 - Sept. 2018

Psychotherapist at specialized ASD center. Individual, couple, and family psychotherapy supporting interventions with children.

2017 - 2018

CIRHMA FOUNDATION (CURRENTLY HEROES FOUNDATION)

Psychotherapist · Caixa Proinfancia Program
Oct. 2014 - Sept. 2015

Provided psychotherapeutic support to vulnerable children and families in social risk contexts, from childhood to adulthood.

2014 - 2015

Research

Peer-Reviewed Scientific Publications

Guyton, N., Gerwing, J., & Zamanillo, A. (In press). The Training Eye: Best practices in elite football as a prototype for post-graduate clinician development. Journal of Solution Focused Practices.
Sánchez-Ruiz, B., & Zamanillo, A. (2024). El lenguaje como un proceso colaborativo: una replicación sobre el modelo colaborativo de Clark (Schober y Clark 1989). Apuntes de Psicología, 42(2), 163–172.
Zamanillo, A. (2024). Desarrollo de una red de investigación orientada a la práctica de la terapia sistémica: Un protocolo del proyecto REPOFEATF. Mosaico, 86, 21–30.
Zamanillo, A., & Rodríguez-Morejón, A. (2021). Language Analysis in Solution-Focused Therapy Training: Comparing Trainees with their Trainer. Journal of Solution Focused Practices.
Rodríguez-Morejón, A., Zamanillo, A., Iglesias, G., Moreno-Gámez, A., Navas-Campaña, D., Moreno-Peral, P., & Rodríguez-Arias, J. L. (2018). Development of the Therapeutic Language Coding System (SICOLENTE): Reliability and construct validity. PLoS ONE, 13(12), e0209751.

Conferences & Scientific Presentations

Zamanillo, A. (2026, October). ¿Qué tienen en común conducir, bailar y la terapia? Uso de la práctica deliberada en el entrenamiento de terapeutas [Workshop]. 45th Spanish National Congress of Family Therapy: Nuevas miradas sistémicas en Servicios Sociales: acompañamientos y fortalezas, Spain.
Zamanillo, A., Montiel-Aguilar, M., & Rodríguez-Romero, T. (2026, January). Language-centered deliberate practice in systemic brief therapy training [Plenary Workshop]. OCHER Conference, Oslo, Norway.
Zamanillo, A. (2023). Desarrollo de una red de investigación orientada a la práctica de la terapia sistémica: Un protocolo del proyecto REPOFEATF [Oral Presentation]. 42nd Spanish National Congress of Family Therapy: Familias y organizaciones en canal: una vuelta a la sistémica, Valencia, Spain.
Zamanillo, A. (2019). SICOLENTE: Práctica sobre el uso intencional del lenguaje en psicoterapia [Workshop]. XXXIX National Conference of Family Therapy, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Zamanillo, A., & Rodríguez-Morejón, A. (2016, July). Studying the Differences in Communication use Based on Experience Level of Psychotherapists: Protocol of a Convergence Methodology [Poster]. 31st International Congress of Psychology (ICP2016), Yokohama, Japan.
Zamanillo, A., & Rodríguez-Morejón, A. (2016, July). Analysis of the Communication Skills between Novice Psychotherapists and their Supervisor [Poster]. 31st International Congress of Psychology (ICP2016), Yokohama, Japan.
Zamanillo, A. (2016). Diferencias comunicativas entre psicoterapeutas expertos y novatos [Oral Presentation]. 1st Doctoral Students Conference in Psychology, Málaga, Spain.

International Research Fellowships & Advanced Training

UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA (CANADÁ)

Predoctoral Research Fellowship · Dr. Janet Bavelas

3-month predoctoral research fellowship focusing on methods and techniques of face-to-face dialogue microanalysis in psychotherapy.

2016

JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH (EE.UU.)

Certified RIAS Communication Coding System Analyst

Certified intensive training in the RIAS communication coding system taught by Dr. Susan Larson and Dr. Debra Roter for clinical dialogue analysis.

2014

Education & Qualifications

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UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA

PhD in Psychology

Doctoral dissertation on language use in expert and novice psychotherapists. Grade: Outstanding Cum Laude (Sobresaliente Cum Laude) with International Mention.

2020

JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH (EE.UU.)

Specialization in Data Science

Specialization program in "Data Science" via Coursera / Johns Hopkins University (135 hours).

2018

UNIVERSIDAD DE VICTORIA (CANADÁ)

Predoctoral Research Fellowship

3-month predoctoral research fellowship supervised by Dr. Janet Bavelas on face-to-face dialogue microanalysis.

2016

SOLUCIONES PSYCHOLOGY CENTER

Postgraduate Expert in Systemic Psychotherapy (3 Years)

Three-year advanced clinical training accredited by national psychotherapeutic federations (FEATF and FEAP).

2012 - 2015

JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH (EE.UU.)

Certified RIAS Communication Coding System Analyst

Certified intensive training in the RIAS coding system taught by Dr. Susan Larson and Dr. Debra Roter.

2014

UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA

Master's Degree in Health Psychology

Official university master's degree leading to doctoral research.

2013 - 2014

UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA

Bachelor's Degree in Psychology (5-Year Licensure)

Itinerario de Psicología Clínica con una nota media de 8.24.

2007 - 2012

Continuing Professional Development & Seminars

UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA

  • Course: "Qualitative Data Analysis using Atlas.ti package" taught by Dr. M. Teresa Anguera Argilaga (8 hours).
  • Course: "Good Research Practices in Psychology Doctoral Studies" (20 hours).
  • Seminar: "Key factors in scientific grant writing", taught by Dr. Diana López Barroso, Dr. Alberto Megías Robles, and Dr. Fernando Cuetos Vega (3 hours).
  • Course: "Introduction to Meta-Analysis in Psychological Research", taught by Dr. Miguel Ángel Vadillo Nistal (6 hours).
2019

UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA

  • Seminar: "Culture and Clinical Psychology", taught by Eleni Petkari (2 hours).
  • Course: "Reading for Research in Psychology" taught by Martyna Bryla and Jesús Romero (25 hours).
  • Seminar: "Fear extinction and exposure therapy: friends forever?", taught by Miquel Àngel Fullana Rivas (1 hour 15 min).
  • Course: "Competitive Grant Writing for Research Funding", organized by the Postgraduate Studies Vice-Rectorate, University of Málaga. Grade: Outstanding (33 hours).
2018

UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA

  • Course: "Observational Methodology and Qualitative Data Analysis" (36 hours).
  • 1st Doctoral Students Conference in Psychology (10 hours).
  • Seminar: "Research Funding in Psychology" taught by Dr. Helena Matute Greño.
2016

UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA E IBIMA

  • Lecture: "Science and Pseudoscience in Psychology: Cognitive Biases and how to mitigate them", taught by Dr. Miguel Ángel Vadillo Nistal.
  • Seminar: "Longitudinal Studies in Health Sciences", taught by Dr. Rebecca Bendayán (10 hours).
  • IBIMA: "Methods and pitfalls in the study of unconscious mental processes".
2015

UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA

  • Information Resources in Educational Sciences and Psychology (3 hours).
  • Introduction to Systematic Literature Search (1.5 hours).
2012

UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA

  • Practical Course on Clinical Hypnosis: Psychological Processes and Sports Performance (50 hours).
2011

UNIVERSIDAD DE MÁLAGA

  • Course on Emotional Intelligence in Everyday Life (40 hours).
2008

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