- Bachelor’s Degree in psychology at the European University of Madrid
- Master’s Degree in General Health Psychology at the European University of Madrid
- Master in Behaviour Therapy from the Therapeutic Institute of Madrid
Amalie was born in Norway to Norwegian parents, but ever since she was little she has been in contact with many different cultures. When she was 11 years old, she travelled to an international camp in Japan where she met children from 12 different countries. At 13 she repeated the experience, but this time in the Netherlands, where she met a group of friends from Brazil, Jordan, the Netherlands, and Canada, which she would later visit and learn about their lives with their families.
Amalie has lived in several countries, including a year as a child in the Dominican Republic, a term as a student in Argentina, another term in France, she completed her first year of psychology in England, did an exchange term in Peru, and finally completed her degree and postgraduate degree in Spain. She has a good understanding of the challenges a student abroad may experience, as she says; «It’s often the little things that can be the biggest challenges.» Some examples she mentions are cultural differences in how people relate to punctuality and planning, tendencies for when to have dinner or go out on social activities, the unwritten social rules for communication in another language, and practical things such as administrative processes that can be difficult to understand and require a lot of energy.
As a teenager, Amalie began working as a mentor for the child protective services, and there began her interest in psychology. She worked with adolescents who came from dysfunctional homes and noticed that she lacked information and knowledge on how she could help them in the best possible way.
In love with the international environment, Amalie decided to study abroad, and completed her psychology degree at the European University of Madrid. During her Master’s Degree in General Health Psychology, she was selected to complete her internship at SINEWS where she was able to learn from Tommy Norheim, her tutor, about clinical practice in a multicultural environment, helping foreign students with the transition to live and study in Spain, lower their procrastination, anxiety, and depression, and how to handle pressure from oneself, peers, and family members.
During the holidays, Amalie returned to Norway to work as a therapist in a psychiatric hospital. There she worked with cases of intrusive and negative thoughts, high levels of anxiety, difficulties in separating reality from fantasy, interpersonal problems and social skills, addictions, and anger management problems.
Amalie has also completed a master’s degree in behaviour modification from The Therapeutic Institute of Madrid (ITEMA) to deepen her understanding of why we do what we do and what we can do when our behaviour and circumstances cause us problems. For her it is important to help clients understand the origin and current maintenance of their problems, in order to design an individualised intervention so that the clients can begin to feel better.
Amalie describes herself as a warm, non-judgmental psychologist who is very dedicated to her cases. She has experience working with various types of problems, including anxiety, phobias, and ruminative thoughts, the development of assertiveness and social skills, self-esteem, procrastination, self-harm, obsessive-compulsive behaviours, and difficulties that one may experience with aging. Amalie believes in the ability to learn other ways of handling problems in therapy, to develop new tools that allow the clients to continue independently once the sessions are over. She currently combines her clinical work with being a lecturer in psychology at the European University of Madrid, always trying to keep up to date with new advances in psychology.
- 2009-2013. Specialist in Psychiatry by Clínica Universidad de Navarra, May 2013. Pamplona - Spain.
- 2006. Health Management degree by Universidad de La Sabana, December 2006. Chía - Colombia.
- 1999-2006. Medical doctor degree - Bachelor in Science by Universidad de La Sabana, December 2006. Chía - Colombia. Degree approved by the Spanish Education and Science Ministry on November 22nd 2007.
- June 2020 - Currently | Psychiatrist. Sinews MTI, Madrid - Spain.
- September 2015 - October 2020 | Psychiatrist. UMA (Unidad Médica Angloamericana), Madrid - Spain.
- September 2015 - October 2020 | Medical Advisor, Repatriation expert psychiatrist. Euro-Center Madrid, Madrid - Spain.
- May 2015 - September 2020 | Psychiatrist. ATAM Association (Association created by Telefónica for people with disabilities), Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid - Spain.
- September 2013 - May 2015 | Psychiatrist (Afdelingslæge). Aalborg Universitetshospital, Psykiatrien, Region
Nordjylland – Denmark. - May 2009 - May 2013 | Resident. Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology Department, Clínica Universidad de Navarra. Pamplona, Navarra - Spain.
- April 2008 - April 2009 | General Practitioner. Nursery home “El Balconcillo”, AMMA group. Guadalajara, Castilla la Mancha – Spain.
- February 2008 - April 2009 | General Practitioner in primary care and emergency room. Clínica Dr. Sanz Vázquez, Guadalajara – Spain.
- March 2007 - November 2007 | General Practitioner at the intermediate care unit. Atención Médica Especializada. Bogotá D. C. – Colombia.
- February 2007 - October 2007 | General Practitioner in primary care and emergency room. Hospital Centro Oriente II Nivel, E. S. E. Secretaría de Salud de Bogotá, D. C. Bogotá D. C. – Colombia.
- February 2006 - May 2006 | Observer. Division of Translational Neuroscience Research in Schizophrenia at the University of Texas
Southwestern School of Medicine in the University of Texas – Southwestern Medical Center. Dallas, Texas - USA.
- Baquero Mahecha G. A. “Psychiatric patients also travel around the world: What we should know to help them travel safely” 19th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry, Lisbon – Portugal, August 21th - 24th, 2019.
- Viteri G., Garin A. Slon P., Etxano Cantera J., Baquero G. A., Pla J., Domínguez P., Zubieta J. L., García-Eulate R. “Depression in elderly: a DTI study of white matter abnormalities with two control groups” at the European Congress of Radiology, Vienna – Austria, march 7th to 11th, 2013.
- Caicedo C., Baquero G. A., Prieto E., Ortuño F., Arbizu J., Pla-Vidal J. “Prevention of late-life depression: a 18FDG PET study” during the XII Annual Meeting of the International College of Geriatric Psychoneuropharmacology (ICGP) shared with the Spanish Society of Psychogeriatrics XIX Annual Meeting (SEPG), held in Seville – Spain, october 24th to 27th, 2012.
- Póster: Baquero Mahecha G. A., Marin J. J., Garin A., Borro D., García-Eulate M. R., Pla-Vidal J. “Prevention of depression in elderly: factors in clinical research.” during the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry (AAGP), held in Washington, D. C. - USA, march 16th to 19th, 2012.
- Pla-Vidal J., Garin Muga A., Baquero Mahecha G. A., Marin Méndez J. J., Suárez López P., Sánchez Ostiz Gutierrez R. “Prevención de la depresión en ancianos: estudio de factores clínicos”, en el 54 Congreso de la Sociedad Española de Geriatría y Gerontología, celebrado en Santiago de Compostela – España, del 6 al 8 de junio de 2012.
- Baquero Mahecha G. A., Marin J. J., Molero P., Corte P., Gómez J. A., Cózar G., Pla J. “Implicación pronostica del deterioro cognitivo en los pacientes geriátricos que ingresan en una unidad psiquiátrica de agudos”, en el XV Congreso Nacional de Psiquiatría, celebrado en Oviedo – España del 8 al 11 de noviembre de 2011.
- Gómez J. A., Cano A., Martín R., Lahortiga F., Cózar G., Baquero Mahecha A. “Aspectos relacionados con la eficacia del tratamiento en las disfunciones conyugales”, en el XV Congreso Nacional de Psiquiatría, celebrado en Oviedo – España del 8 al 11 de noviembre de 2011.
- Cózar G., Cano A., Gómez J. A., Baquero G. A. “¿Influye en el número de reingresos el tratamiento inicial de los trastornos afectivos psicóticos?”, en el XV Congreso Nacional de Psiquiatría, celebrado en Oviedo – España del 8 al 11 de noviembre de 2011.
- Marin Méndez J. J., Baquero Mahecha A., Molero Santos P., Corte de Paz P., Cózar Santiago G., Pla-Vidal J. “Estudio del deterioro cognitivo previo como posible mediador fisiopatológico de la asociación entre los trastornos afectivos y la evolución a demencia”, en la XVIII Reunión de la Sociedad Española de
Psicogeriatría, celebrada en Madrid – España del 6 al 8 de octubre de 2011. - Cózar Santiago G., Cano A., Baquero A., Dívar M., Lacunza C., “Intentos autolíticos en urgencias. ¿Lo hacemos bien?”, en Encuentros en Psiquiatría,
celebrada en Sevilla – España del 1 al 2 de abril de 2011. - Cozár G, Cano Prous A., Gómez Sánchez J. A., Yurrita Montesinos S., Baquero Mahecha G. A. “Diagnóstico de trastorno mental en una muestra de
universitarios” en el XIV Congreso Nacional de Psiquiatría, celebrado en Barcelona – España, del 18 al 23 de Octubre de 2010.
- Baquero GA, Molero P, Pla J, Ortuño F. “A schizophrenia-like psychotic disorder secondary to an arachnoid cyst remitted with neurosurgical treatment of the cyst”. Open Neuroimag J. 2014; 8: 1–4. Publicado online Feb 21, 2014. doi: 10.2174/1874440001408010001.
- Baquero Mahecha G. A., Pla Vidal J. Libro: Psicogeriatría, una visión integral del envejecimiento humano, capitulo: “Terapia Electro convulsiva en Ancianos”. ISBN: 978-958-99242-3-5
- Dívar Conde M., Laspra Solís C., Cozár Santiago G., Baquero Mahecha G. A., Libro: Casos clínicos de residentes de Psiquiatría 14, caso “Por qué callas”. ISBN: 978-84-7989-705-5, ISSN: 1699-4639.
- Cozár Santiago G., Baquero Mahecha G. A., Dívar Conde M., Gómez Sánchez J. A., Libro: Casos clínicos de residentes de Psiquiatría 14, caso “Mente fuerte, músculo débil”. ISBN: 978-84-7989-705-5, ISSN: 1699-4639.
- Baquero Mahecha G. A., Cozár Santiago G., Gómez Sánchez J. A., Dívar Conde M., Libro: Casos clínicos de residentes de Psiquiatría 14, caso “Persecución con causa”. ISBN: 978-84-7989-705-5, ISSN: 1699-4639.
- Gómez Sánchez J. A., Baquero Mahecha G. A., Cozár Santiago G., Libro: Casos clínicos de residentes de Psiquiatría 14, caso “Pensar antes que actuar”. ISBN: 978-84-7989-705-5, ISSN: 1699-4639.
- Baquero Mahecha G. A., Dívar Conde M. Libro: Casos clínicos de residentes de Psiquiatría 13, caso “Corazón, corazón”. ISBN: 978-84-7989-640-9, ISSN:
1699-4639.
- Tutoring of Medical School Students’ at Aalborg Universitetshospital on Psychiatry. April 2014 – April 2015.
- Tutoring of Psychiatry residents at Aalborg Universitetshospital. April 2014 – April 2015.
- Teaching and tutoring of Psychiatry to 5th year Medical School Students’ at Universidad de Navarra. May 2009 – May 2013.
- Seminary of psychotic disorders, depressive disorders, anorexia and bulimia in the subject of Clinical Practice III. 2010 - 2011 and 2011 and 2012 academic years of Medical School at Universidad de Navarra.
- Preparation and Skills Development Objective Structured Test (ECOE) of 5th and 6th year of Medicine School at Universidad de Navarra.