Inma Puig is a Spanish sports psychologist who has worked closely with FC Barcelona.[1]
Career
A Barcelona native,[2] Puig graduated in Clinical Psychology from the University of Barcelona.[3] She has a five-year degree, a hospital internship and over 25 years of psychoanalysis experience.[4] She is also a professor at IESE Business School, working in the Humans Resources Department. Puig uses the methods of Michael Balint.[2] She has also authored the book Family Portraits: What You Wanted to Know and Didn't Dare to Ask About the Family Business (Editorial Empresa Activa).[2]
Puig has worked at several different roles with Barcelona; working with Xavi Pascual for eight years, working at La Masia with the youth coaches, and working with Barcelona from 2003 to 2018, being hired by Dr. Jordi Monés for Frank Rijkaard.[5][6][7]
Before joining Barcelona, Puig had worked with Andrés Iniesta, helping him with his depression.[8]
From 2013, she has been in charge of the Emotional Management project, working with the kitchen staff at the El Celler de Can Roca.[3]
In 2019, Puig announced her new book "The Emotional Revolution", which she described as a "reflection" book.[9]
References
- ^ ""El futuro es de los sensibles"". aprendemosjuntos.bbva.com.
- ^ a b c Hermoso, Borja (16 October 2017). "Imma Puig, la psicóloga del Barça: "Solo los egoístas sobreviven"". El País. elpais.com (Archived). Archived from the original on 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2023-09-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b "Inma Puig, psicóloga en El Celler de Can Roca: "El poner límites es el ansiolítico más poderoso que hay"". lavozdegalicia.es. 22 September 2022.
- ^ "Inma Puig, 'coach' de los hermanos Roca: "Todo el mundo trabaja mejor cuando lo tratan bien"". xlsemanal.com. 13 November 2019.
- ^ "Inma Puig: "Frank Rijkaard abrazó la revolución emocional"" [Inma Puig: “Frank Rijkaard embraced the emotional revolution”]. mundodeportivo.com. 14 February 2019.
- ^ "Interview with Inma Puig". webconsultas.com. 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Inma Puig, psicóloga del Barça durante 15 años: "Si quieres que alguien mejore, dile lo que hace bien"". niusdiairo.es. 16 November 2019. Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Inma Puig: "Los jugadores del 'Dream Team' venían a verme a escondidas"" [Inma Puig: "The 'Dream Team' players used to come see me secretly."]. estadiodeportivo.com. 4 May 2021.
- ^ Del Barrio, Ana (17 June 2019). "Inma Puig, ex psicóloga del Barça: "Los futbolistas tienen que aprender a vivir con la envidia de todos"" [Inma Puig, former Barça psychologist: "Footballers have to learn to live with everyone's envy."]. El Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 February 2023.