Ricardo Peixoto is a psychologist with a Master's degree in Psychology - specialising in Family Psychology - from the Portuguese Catholic University and a PhD in Psychology from the University of Porto. He is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Portuguese Catholic University. His research interests centre on family dynamics - namely, couple dynamics, dynamics between parents and children and dynamics between grandparents and grandchildren. She also carries out research into the Meanings Attributed to Work, as well as Work-Family Conflict and Burnout.