Education
Ψ Doctor of Philosophy (Psychology)
Ψ Master of Psychology (Clinical)
Ψ Master of Social Sciences
Ψ Master in Business Administration
Ψ Bachelor of Psychology
Professional Memberships
Ψ Singapore Psychological Society
Ψ Singapore Register of Psychologists
Ψ Association for Contextual Behavioral Science (ACSB)
Dr Lidia Suárez
MSRP MSPS
Clinical Psychologist
Registered Psychologist (Singapore)
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Singapore law requires a disclosure that a psychology qualification is not a medical or dental qualification
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Dr Lidia Suárez is a Clinical Psychologist practising psychology in Singapore. Originally from Spain, Lidia brings to bear in her clinical practice her considerable experience in the rigorous academic and scientific study of psychology. Dr Lidia was previously the Academic Head of Psychology & Education at James Cook University Singapore (JCU-S).
Returning to the active practice of clinical psychology after a successful career as an academic and researcher, Lidia has experience in providing psychotherapy for presentations such as personality disorders, social anxiety, chronic anger, somatic symptom disorder, mood disorders, trauma and interpersonal relationship problems.
Trained in a variety of psychotherapies, Lidia employs an eclectic approach to therapy, picking from, and using based on a client’s unique presentation, therapies such as Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Schema Therapy, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT), and Gottman Method Couples Therapy (Gottman Level 2).
As an effective bilingual psychologist with working experiences in Spain and Singapore, Lidia is attuned and sensitive to the cultural differences at play during psychotherapy. In her spare time, one may find it difficult to pry Lidia away from her passions of scientific research, the practice of mindfulness, and showering her two dogs with love and affection.
Lidia conducts therapy in English, Spanish, and Catalan.
Recent Media Engagements
Ψ Channel News Asia - “Extramarital affairs: Why they happen, how couples can save their marriage, dealing with children”
Selected Publication & Conference Highlights
Ψ (2022) Validation of the mental health continuum-short form: The bifactor model of emotional, social, and psychological well-being. PLOS ONE, 17(5), e0268232.
Ψ (2021) Psychometric Properties of the Problem Solving Inventory in an Singapore Young Male Adult Sample. Current Psychology, 40, 1420-1428.
Ψ (2018) Psychometric Properties of the World Health Organization WHOQOL-BREF Quality of Life Assessment in Singapore. Quality of Life Research, 27(11), 2945-2952.
Ψ (2018) Validation of the interpersonal needs questionnaire of young male adults in Singapore. Plos One, 1-9.
Ψ (2017) Above, on or shang (上)? Consequences of language on spatial representations among English-Mandarin bilinguals. Attention, Perception, & Psychophysics. Advanced online publication.
Ψ (2016) Conceptual representation changes in Indonesian-English bilinguals. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 45(5), 1201-1217.
Ψ (2016) Cross-sectional study on the relationship between music training and working memory in adults. Australian Journal of Psychology, 68(1), 38-46.
Ψ (2014) The interplay between musical training and working memory performance. Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore, 43(9) (supplement), S18.
Ψ (2014) Uncovering bilingual memory representations. In H. Winskel & P. Padakannya (Eds.). South and Southeast Asian psycholinguistics (pp. 305-314).
Ψ (2013) Bilinguals' cognitive enhancement. In C. Speelman (Ed.). Enhancing human performance (pp. 44-70). Newcastle upon Tyne, England: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Ψ (2013) Recognition memory for foreign language lexical stress. Memory & Cognition, 41(6), 872-885.
Ψ (2013) English priming effects on spatial decisions in Chinese. International Journal of Social Science and Humanity, 3(3), 227-231.
Ψ (2013) Why people play massively multiplayer online games? International Journal of e-Education, e-Business, e-Management and e-Learning, 3(1), 7-12.
Ψ (2009) Distributional analyses in auditory lexical decision: Neighbourhood density and word frequency effects. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 16(5), 882-887.
Ψ 2007) Phonological and visual short-term memory codification in English-Mandarin bilinguals. In F. Mansouri (Ed.), Second language acquisition research: Theory-construction and testing (pp. 199-223). Newcastle, England: Cambridge Scholars Press.
Academic, Accreditations & Other Appointments
Ψ Head of Academic Group (Psychology and Education), James Cook University, Singapore (2018-2019)
Ψ Senior Lecturer and Research Supervisor, James Cook University, Singapore (2010-present)
Ψ Research Scholar and Post-graduate Tutor, National University of Singapore, Singapore (2004-2009)
Ψ Human Ethics Advisor, James Cook University (present)
Ψ Consultant, National Council of Social Service, Singapore (NCSS) (2016-2018)
Ψ Research Collaborator, Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences (A*STAR), Singapore (2013-2016)