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Antonio Capafons Bonet, Ph.D., is full professor (Universitat de València, Spain) and director/advicer of the Clinic of Psychology of the Universitat de València (Fundació Lluis Alcanyís).  He is specialist in psychological treatments and hypnosis. He is, as well, Clinical Psychologist, and author of different national and international publications on various topics related to hypnosis and psychological treatments.

He is currently researching on the evaluation and modification of attitudes towards hypnosis, on the clinical applications of the Valencia Model of Waking Hypnosis, and the psychometric properties and international adaptations of the Valencia Scales of Attitudes and Beliefs to Hypnosis, all of which he is the creator. His research and professional trajectories in the field of hypnosis have been awarded by the division 30 (Society of Psychological Hypnosis) of the American Psychological Association (2007 -scientific research- and 2011 -professional applications-). Also, he along with other authors was awarded by the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis with the Clark Hull Prize in 2012 for the publication of the adaptation of the Valencia Scale of Beliefs and Attitudes towards Hypnosis, Client version, using an USA’s sample. Likewise, the National Evaluation Committee of the Research Activity has approved six  sexennial periods of scientific research, that endorse 36 years of investigation on hypnosis and psychological treatments. He is Fellow of the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, and member of the British Society of Clinical and Academic Hypnosis, constituent societies of the International Society of Hypnosis, and of the European Society of Hypnosis. He has been founder and currentrly is Head of the Psychological Hypnosis Working Group of the Official Psychology Association of the Valencian Community (Spain). He is, as well, founding member and current vice president (after 8 years being president) of the Association for the Advancement of Experimental and Applied Hypnosis. He is also founding member and has been president of the Spanish Society for the Advancement of Clinical and Health Psychology, Century XXI. He is also founding member of the Society for Interdisciplinary Placebo Studies (SIPS). Finally, he is an Honorary Member of the Association of Psychology of Las Palmas (Spain),  and Honorary Member of Tri Hita Karana Research Center (THK Research Center) Bali (Indonesia).

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Dr. Diana Castilla is Professor at the Faculty of Psychology, in the Department of Personality, Evaluation and Psychological Treatments at the University of Valencia. She has a degree in Psychology from the University of Valencia and a doctorate from the Universitat Jaume I de Castellón (2014), where she obtained a special doctorate award. She has been a researcher with the Labpsitec research group at Universitat Jaume I (2005-2022). 

Currently she leads the resaerch group "SAEM-TIC, Mental Health Technologies", at Universitat de València.

Her main line of research is the use of Information and Communication Technologies in the field of Clinical Psychology and Health. Since 2005, she has been involved in the design, development and clinical validation of different technologies in several projects (local, national and European research projects) as well as in research contracts with both public and private entities. As a result of this activity, Dr. Castilla has 15 intellectual and industrial property registers on different technologies for psychological assessment and intervention. Among these, she is co-author and co-owner of  "Pain Monitor" APP, a validated app for telemonitoring patients with chronic pain, distinguished with awards such as "best health APP 2018" and "best APP in medicine 2019"  in Spain.

Author of numerous scientific articles, as well as book chapters. She has also been a speaker at various courses on the use of ICTs in Psychology, as well as at many national and international scientific conferences. He has been teaching in different universities (Universitat Jaume I de Castellón, Universidad de Zaragoza, Universidad de Navarra and Universidad de Valencia) since 2015, in subjects of the degree of Psychology and the Master of General Health Psychology.

Diana Castilla's publications

Ausiàs Cebolla i Martí, graduated in Psychology from the Universitat de València (Spain) (1996) and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of Valencia (2007). He currently works as assistant professor in the Faculty of Psychology, attached to the Department of personality, evaluation and psychological treatment of the Universitat de València. Member of the research group LABPSITEC (www.labpsitec.uji.es) since 2007. His areas of research are mindfulness and meditation (both in terms of effectiveness in interventions and research on mechanisms), virtual reality, positive psychology, and healthy lifestyles. He has participated in local, state, and international research projects. He has collaborated in multiple scientific publications in high impact journals and has participated in national and international conferences. He is especially interested in establishing bridges between meditation and positive psychology. In this line, he has co-designed the Contemplative practices-based well-being program. 

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I obtained a degree in Psychology in 2010 from the University of Valencia (UV) with Special Award for Degree. Subsequently, I complimented my academic training with the Master’s Degree in Developments in Research and Treatment in Psychopathology and Health and the Master’s Degree in General Health Psychology from the UV. In July 2018, I obtained my doctorate with the qualification of Excellent Cum Laude, with International Mention.

Currently, I am a Professor Assistant at the Department of personality, evaluation and psychological treatment of the Universitat de València. Member of the research group LABPSITEC (https://labpsitec.blogs.uv.es/) since 2012. Moreover, I am a research member of the network of excellence groups CIBERobn "Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition" (CB06/03/0052) (Instituto de Salud Carlos III).

My research line is framed within the experimental psychopathology and the study of emotional and cognitive processes in psychological problems, promotion of healthy life styles, and evaluation and treatment through Information and Communication Technologies.

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