The event brought together institutional representatives, sector professionals, collaborators, and families. The director of the headquarters particularly thanked the Los Llanos de Aridane City Council for their support from the beginning of the project.
With this opening, families in La Palma will be able to access a comprehensive approach on the island, where different professionals share cases and coordinate interventions by looking at the person globally. The centre also aims to collaborate with other professionals, educational centres, associations, and institutions in La Palma.
For Nadine Marrero, the project has personal significance. During her speech, she recalled how her family experience made her realise that, for years, accessing certain specialised services required travelling to Tenerife, and that when a person falls ill, their family also needs support. “We want Pírdula to be a safe place where children, adolescents, adults, and families can feel heard, accompanied, and understood,” she stated.
The opening is the result of an alliance planned for years between Marrero and Atteneri Hernández Torres, a Doctor of Neuropsychology, university lecturer, and director of Pírdula. “Nadine wanted to bring our way of working to La Palma because she felt it was exactly what she wanted for her loved ones,” explained Hernández Torres, who stressed the centre's commitment to evidence-based practice: “Rigor and closeness are not at odds; on the contrary, they are necessary.” Pírdula La Palma thus begins a new chapter with the aim of becoming part of the island and growing with it. As Nadine Marrero summarised at the close of the event, the team's wish is that the centre will, for many years to come, be that safe place they have wanted to create for the families of La Palma.
