{"id":1056,"date":"2021-03-19T00:27:07","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T00:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holisticmindsteps.com\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=1056"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:21:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T10:21:37","slug":"sara-maria-velez-parra","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/holisticmindsteps.com\/en\/portfolio\/sara-maria-velez-parra\/","title":{"rendered":"Dra. Sara Mar\u00eda V\u00e9lez Parra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3822 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/holisticmindsteps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/m3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"313\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holisticmindsteps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/m3.jpg 313w, https:\/\/holisticmindsteps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/m3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/holisticmindsteps.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/m3-8x12.jpg 8w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 313px) 100vw, 313px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">DRA. SARA MAR\u00cdA V\u00c9LEZ PARRA<\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00abIt is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.\u00bb -Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry. <\/strong><strong>Saint-Exup\u00e9ry<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I am a mother and wife. In love with nature, trails and the ocean. I enjoy reading a good book, going to the movies, doing yoga and running. I love to continue studying and taking on new academic and professional challenges. I believe in continuous medical education, scientific research and the challenge of staying updated. My passion for Psychiatry came thanks to the mentoring of wonderful teachers during my training that transmitted the love for mental health, in addition to teaching me team work and be part of the integral therapeutical process of the patients, thus to understand the social and human impact that mental health has in all of us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I offer my services in Spanish and English.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Doctor of Medicine and Surgery. Columbus University (2012)<\/li>\n<li>Master\u2019s Degree in Pharmacology. Universidad de Panama (2017)<\/li>\n<li>International Course on Clinical Neuropsychiatry. Instituto Fleni (2019)<\/li>\n<li>Course\u00a0in Brief Intervention Techniques in\u00a0approach\u00a0addictions. Cruz Blanca Paname\u00f1a (2021)<\/li>\n<li>Training in research on Dual Pathology. Sociedad Espa\u00f1ola de Patolog\u00eda Dual. Espa\u00f1a (2022)<\/li>\n<li>Dual pathology course in the context of neurosciences and precision psychiatry. Sociedad Espa\u00f1ola de Patolog\u00eda Dual (2022)<\/li>\n<li>Specialization in Psychiatry. Hospital Santo Tom\u00e1s. Accredited by Universidad de Panama (2023)<\/li>\n<li>Diploma in Third-Generation Cognitive Behavioral Therapies. Instituto Superior de Estudios Psicol\u00f3gicos. Espa\u00f1a (2024)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Work experience:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Research assistant and collaborator. Centro de Investigaci\u00f3n e Informaci\u00f3n en Medicamentos y T\u00f3xicos, en la Universidad de Panama (2014 -actualidad)<\/li>\n<li>First year of medical internship. Hospital Santo Tom\u00e1s (2017)<\/li>\n<li>Second year of medical internship. Hospital Nicol\u00e1s A. Solano (2018)<\/li>\n<li>Resident doctor of Psychiatry. Hospital Santo Tom\u00e1s (2019-2023)\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Training on Dual Pathology (Mental disorders with addictions).Hospital Provincial Castell\u00f3n, Espa\u00f1a (2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You may reach me at:<\/span> <a style=\"color: #c1125d;\" href=\"mailto:info@holisticmindsteps.com\"><strong>info@holisticmindsteps.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DRA. SARA MAR\u00cdA V\u00c9LEZ PARRA \u00abSe ve claramente solo con el coraz\u00f3n; lo esencial es invisible a los ojos.\u00bb -Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry Soy madre y esposa. Enamorada de la naturaleza, los senderos y el mar. Me encanta disfrutar de un buen libro, ir al cine, hacer yoga e ir a correr. Me motiva seguir estudiando [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","portfolio_category":[90],"portfolio_tag":[],"class_list":["post-1056","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","hentry","portfolio_category-equipo"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/holisticmindsteps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/1056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/holisticmindsteps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/holisticmindsteps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holisticmindsteps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holisticmindsteps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1056"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/holisticmindsteps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/1056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4549,"href":"https:\/\/holisticmindsteps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/1056\/revisions\/4549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/holisticmindsteps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holisticmindsteps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_category?post=1056"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/holisticmindsteps.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio_tag?post=1056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}