Tayna Regis

Brazilian licensed Clinical Psychologist and Mental Health Researcher with 8+ years of clinical experience, including routine suicide risk assessment, assessment of prior suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), trauma- and PTSD-focused care, and work with mood and personality disorders. MSc candidate in Psychiatry and Mental Health at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), with research in trauma, attachment, dissociation and psychometrics. Experienced in CBT and EMDR, supervised PTSD outpatient care, evidence synthesis, psychological measurement, and scientific writing.

Familiar with ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini for literature review support, data analysis/review and material development.

Native Brazilian

Portuguese speaker with advanced English (C1), available 20 hours/week for remote project-based work.

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST & PSYCHOTHERAPIST - Private Practice - Brazil / Remote

(2018-03)

• Provide evidence-based psychotherapy and clinical assessment for adults, with emphasis on psychological trauma, PTSD, mood disorders, dissociation, emotional regulation and relational trauma.
• Conduct suicide risk assessment as a routine component of clinical evaluation, including assessment of current/past suicidal ideation, previous suicide attempts and NSSI in patients with active or historical risk and screening in patients without known history.
• Clinical experience includes Major Depressive Disorder, Persistent Depressive Disorder, Bipolar Disorder and Borderline Personality Disorder, alongside trauma- and stress-related presentations.
• Use CBT and EMDR within individualized case conceptualization, treatment planning, longitudinal monitoring and trauma-informed care.

SUPERVISED CLINICAL PRACTICE — PTSD OUTPATIENT CLINIC - Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IPUB/UFRJ) - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

(2024-01)

• Provide supervised clinical care to patients in an academic PTSD outpatient setting linked to the Integrated Stress Research Laboratory (LINPES).
• Participate in clinical assessment, case formulation, treatment planning, follow-up and supervised discussion of trauma-related presentations.

MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCHER - Integrated Stress Research Laboratory (LINPES), IPUB/UFRJ - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

(2024-01)

• Conduct research on PTSD, psychological trauma, attachment, dissociation, psychological assessment and psychometrics.
• Current MSc project: cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric validation of the Adult Disorganized Attachment Scale (ADA) for Brazilian Portuguese and investigation of relationships among disorganized attachment, relational trauma, dissociation and PTSD symptoms.
• Contribute to study conceptualization, methodology, data collection/review, quantitative analysis, systematic review methods, scientific writing and publication.
• Work with reliability, validity, factor structure, standardized mental health measures and structured evaluation criteria—skills transferable to AI evaluation rubrics and behavioral taxonomies.

MSC CANDIDATE - Psychiatry and Mental Health - Institute of Psychiatry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (IPUB/UFRJ) (2026-03 - 2027-12)

POSTGRADUATE SPECIALIZATION - Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Health and Mental Health - Faculdade de Ciências Médicas da Santa Casa de São Paulo (2022-01 - 2023-12)

POSTGRADUATE SPECIALIZATION - Clinical Neuropsychology - Instituto de Neurociências Aplicadas (2019-01 - 2021-12)

EMDR TRAINING / SPECIALIZATION - EMDR - EMDR Institute (2020-01 - 2020-12)

BACHELOR'S DEGREE - Psychology - UNESA (2017-12)