Dr Renata Pires-Yfantouda

Director, Doctorate in Health Psychology

Department of Psychology

Email: renata.pires-yfantouda.2@city.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7040 3306

Overview

Dr Pires-Yfantouda obtained her BSc at Middlesex University, her MSc in Health Psychology at the University of Bath and her Health DPsych at City University London. She studied her Clinical DPsych at Royal Holloway, University of London and is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and a Chartered Health Psychologist.

Dr Pires-Yfantouda has experience working as an applied clinical and health psychologist in mental health, neuro-rehabilitation and clinical health settings.

Research interests 

Her research interests include behaviour change, particularly in relation to addictions (smoking cessation, drugs and alcohol), and acquired brain injury and chronic disease management (diabetes, chronic pain, chronic fatigue).

She is interested in the use of motivational interviewing and other types of therapy (including cognitive behaviour therapy) in relation to health behaviours and addictions.

She has a particular interest in adjustment to physical health difficulties across the lifespan.