The Center for Psychology Santiago Cid was born in 2012, founded by the psychologist after whom the center is named .

Cid was educated at renowned universities such as Padua, Santiago de Chile, Pontificia de Salamanca and Complutense de Madrid. In the latter, she specialized in General Health Psychology and above all in the treatment of anxiety and the main problems derived from it such as hypochondria, social phobia, agoraphobia, as well as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).

Santiago Cid Center Team

His team is formed by Santiago Cid, who practices as Director and psychologist, Leticia Martín and Andrea Barranco, both psychologists .

Leticia Martin specializes in grief therapy, coping with breakdowns and emotional dependence. In addition, she is a forensic psychologist and performs psychological assessment and reporting on psychological and neuropsychological status. On the other hand, Andrea Barranco is a specialist in anxiety problems, depression and self-esteem, couples therapy, break-ups and emotional dependence.

Anxiety Specialists

Although this center of psychology covers different psychological problems, they are specialists in anxiety . When this problem appears without it being a situation in which the person has to feel anxious or starts to condition his life, going to a specialist is important so that the problem does not become chronic.

Usually, when you suffer from anxiety, there are very specific symptoms at the cognitive and physical level.

The most common are at the physical level: sweating, palpitation, tachycardia, nausea or diarrhea, etc.. And on a cognitive level there may be physical or mental irritability, lack of concentration or restlessness, among others.

It is normal for several of these symptoms to appear at the same time in an anxiety scenario. Starting cognitive-behavioral therapy with experts in this problem is essential to solve the disorder as soon as possible and resume normal daily activities.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Although it was born in the fifties, nowadays it is one of the psychological therapies that offer more results . It is based on the treatment of problems from the perspective of the here and now. It is a therapy focused on action and above all on the meaning given to things and how thoughts are processed.

In cases where they come for phobias or fears, they work with exposure to situations or symptoms. In this way, by working gradually, we manage to lose the fear of what disturbs us.

Rigorous and patient centered

If there is something that characterizes the Center of Psychology Santiago Cid is the rigor of its professionals and the treatments they apply are based on evidence, since all the treatments applied are validated by the American Psychiatric Association, the WHO and the scientific community. The current applied by its professionals is the Cognitive-Behavioral, a therapy that has demonstrated empirical efficacy in diverse psychological problems.

Phases of therapy

You can contact this center by phone or by mail. In the first consultation that its professionals offer free of charge, a contact is made with the patient and the professional to study the case. Then, in the subsequent sessions, a personalized treatment plan is made according to each case and each patient.

The scheme they use in this centre is as follows:

  • First: analysis of the reason for consultation so that each patient can be attended by the professional who specializes in that area.
  • Evaluation of the reason for consultation: tools such as the clinical interview are used for this purpose.
  • Explanation of the problem by the specialist.
  • Treatment according to the needs of each patient, always with a method scientifically validated and supported by the results.
  • And finally a relapse prevention is performed.

Therapies

The Center of Psychology Santiago Cid treats the main psychological problems such as anxiety, depression or other mood disorders , fear of flying, hypochondria or phobias. They also offer couples and family therapy. Aimed at children and adolescents, workshops on autonomy or behavioural problems are offered.

Usually the therapies are weekly or biweekly, always agreed upon by the psychologist and the patient and the duration of the therapies is approximately 55 minutes.
You can check their rates on the website. There are also vouchers in which a special rate is applied.

Informative work

One of the tasks carried out by the psychologists of this centre is the dissemination of opinion articles through their blog. Written in simple language, it deals with issues of great interest such as “the 7 keys to overcoming agoraphobia”, “how to overcome a break-up” or “the most effective types of therapy”.

In addition, its director Santiago Cid collaborates with various media in which he contributes his opinion as an expert in psychology . Thus, he has collaborated on several occasions on television in the news programmes of Antena 3, in La Sexta, TVE or intervening in current affairs programmes of Telemadrid. In the written press he has collaborated with the magazine Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire, the supplement Mujer de hoy or the magazine PC Hoy.

Acknowledgements

In his professional career, Santiago Cid has seen his work recognized as a clinical psychologist. In 2018 he received the Gold Medal of Merit in Work from the European Association of Economics and Competitiveness (AEDEEC), he also has several recognitions from different entities dedicated to the promotion of mental health.

Finally you can see it in several listings on our website such as the best anxiety psychologists in Madrid and Spain.

Location

The Center of Psychology Santiago Cid is located at 108 Santa Engracia Street , next to José Abascal Street in Madrid’s Ríos Rosas neighborhood, one of the most centrally located in the capital.
Its location in the centre of Madrid makes it very easy to get there by metro (line 1 Ríos Rosas and 7 Alonso Cano), as well as by bus, since EMT lines 3, 37 and 149 stop at the door. Close to the centre is Nuevos Ministerios, which has a suburban connection.

Madrid is a very big city and the car is sometimes necessary for many people on the road. In this case in the area that does not belong to Madrid Central you can park in the SER parking lot. Also in the vicinity there are two car parks in Ponzano Street; one located at number 37 and another at number 85.

Why choose our psychology center?

If you still have doubts about starting psychological therapy, we give you some clues as to why you should go to the Santiago Cid Center of Psychology:

  • Rigorous and scientifically effective treatments.
  • Exclusive attention and personalized treatments.
  • Extensive experience and continuous training.
  • Location in the centre of Madrid and facilities.
  • Professional recognitions.
  • They collaborate with the main media.
  • Free first session to start therapy.