Bianca Planas-García

Dr. Bianca Planas García (she/her/ella) is a Postdoctoral Psychology Addiction Fellow in the Department of Psychiatry at Yale School of Medicine and the Veterans Affairs Interprofessional Advanced Fellowship in Addiction Treatment (VA-IAFAT).

Bianca specializes in delivering trauma-informed services and evidence-based care for individuals with substance use disorders and comorbidities. Currently, her clinical focus centers in offering outpatient treatment for veterans with substance use disorders, trauma-related concerns, and ACT-based group psychotherapy.

Bianca's research is primarily focused on exploring potential transdiagnostic factors, such as shame and stigma, among individuals with problematic drug use to inform treatment development. Specifically, her research aims to identify how self-conscious emotions influence treatment engagement, adherence, and outcomes through quantitative and qualitative methodologies.