Miryam Cristina Fernandez Cediel

I am a psychologist with a master's degree in psychology, a master's degree in conflict, territory and culture, and a PhD in psychology. I'm a professor in social psychology at the Universidad Surcolombiana (Neiva, Colombia). From a social constructionist approach, I conduct research with children, youth and families related to political violence, trauma, psychosocial problems, citizen participation, collaborative, narrative and community therapy, collective memory, peacebuilding, forgiveness and reconciliation. My main line of work is focused on well-being and the arts. I try to bring this to life through my eating practices, making crafts, playing music, making good use of natural resources, designing and doing what is necessary to be in harmony with my environment, which includes my daughters, my pets (🐶🐶🐶🐱🐱🐱🐱🐰🐰🐰🐰🐰🦜🐢🐢🐢), my students, and so on.

Research projects:

Effects and narratives on the psychological well-being of a music therapy programme in children diagnosed with cancer

Construcciones creativo-colaborativas de proyectos de vida en adolescentes; Intersectionality and music therapy in experiences of social inequality in young people of Neiva

The artistic experience as a strategy for emotional recovery in women victims of gender violence by their ex-partners

SignificArte: psycho-artistic programme for the emotional expression of adolescents

Mujeres campesinas constructoras de paces

Youth leisure in the rumba experience

The other side of the prism: Autoethnography of a caregiver-grandchild of an older adult with bipolar disorder

A folkloric musical life: key to longevity wellbeing

The life-musical trajectory of the elderly: an interpretative phenomenological analysis.

Research keywords:

Narratives, social vulnerability, arts, music, welfare, social transformation