• openAccess   Behavioral activation through virtual reality for depression: a single case experimental design with multiple baselines 

      Colombo, Desirée; Suso-Ribera, Carlos; Ortigosa-Beltran, Isabel; Fernández-Álvarez, Javier; García-Palacios, Azucena; Botella, Cristina MDPI (2022)
      Behavioral activation (BA) is a structured psychotherapeutic approach for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD), which aims at increasing the engagement in activities that might bring enjoyment and meaning to ...
    • openAccess   Languages and psychotherapy: the effect of foreign language on fear extinction 

      Ortigosa-Beltran, Isabel; Duñabeitia, Jon Andoni; Costumero, Víctor; Castilla, Diana; Jaén, Irene; Costa, Albert; García-Palacios, Azucena Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos del Principado de Asturias (2023)
      Background: Using a foreign language can influence emotion modulation, but whether different psychotherapy processes would be affected by a foreign language is still unclear. The current study explored the foreign language ...
    • openAccess   Processing negative autobiographical memories in a foreign language 

      Ortigosa-Beltran, Isabel; Jaén, Irene; García-Palacios, Azucena Frontiers Media (2023)
      The use of a foreign language has been introduced in the clinical setting as a form of emotional distance to help deal with negative experiences. However, the evidence of foreign language reducing emotionality during ...