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Dr. Vitor Silva


Human, Clinic Psychologist and Psychotherapist

Born in Algarve, in the South of Portugal, Vitor Silva graduated a Master Degree in Clinical Psychology in the Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada (I.S.P.A.) of Lisbon. In 2004, he decided to continue his Master training abroad, in Barcelona, Spain.

He felt in love with the city and chose to stay for several years after he finished his internship. There, he graduated a 2nd cycle Master degree, researched and started to work in both public hospital and private institutions.

In 2005, he is integrated into a research project in the Hospital de la Santa Creu I Sant Pau of Barcelona. Along with Dr. Juan Luis Linares – director of both Family Therapy School and the Psychiatric department of the same hospital, Ex-President of the European Family Therapy Association (E.F.T.A.)-, he specialized himself in psychosis and its relational basis, participating on the issue of: "Terapia Familiar de las Psicosis - Entre  la destriangulación y la reconfirmación (Barcelona, 2018 - Ediciones Morata).  Serious psychopathology in adults and adolescents soon become his main areas of investigation.

The same year he is awarded of a scholarship by the Hospital, where he starts a four years Master Degree in Systemic Family Therapy. During those years he acquires theoretical-practical competences and deepens his knowledge in psychotherapy. He joins Dr Juan Luis Linares therapeutic team and is invited to work with him as his co-therapist.

In 2008, he is invited to co-lead clinical groups of psychotic patients and families in the department of Family Therapy of the Hospital de Sant Pau.
He has also participated in congresses, conferences and translated articles of the renowned magazine Family Process into Portuguese.

Later and till the end of his stay in Barcelona, he becomes a member of the international center of psychotherapy “Hestia”, where he runs therapies in Portuguese, Spanish, English and Catalan and also starts to work as an independent psychotherapist.

In 2011, he begins a new international odyssey; visiting in South America, the centers of Family Therapy associated to the School of Family Therapy of the Hospital de Sant Pau (RELATES).

He was a member/teacher and researcher of the Family Therapy’s team of the Hospital de Sant Pau - Barcelona. Nowadays, he is teaching for a Master degree of University Blanquerna Ramon Llull - Barcelona and runs the “Vidas com Arte” project, which he co-founded, and works there as a psychotherapist.

He is member of the Portuguese Psychologist College (O.P.P.), given recognition as a specialist in Clinic and Health & Psychoterapist, registered under the professional N°15248, as well as efective member (nº 1740) of the Portuguese Society of Family Therapy (S.P.T.F.).

As an apprentice-musician, he particularly explores Indian classical music by studying bansuri (an Indian bamboo flute) with the master and Guru Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia. He practices Longboard surfing and expresses, through it, his longing for freedom. 

He considers himself curious as much as adventurous.



Carolina Martins

Yoga Teacher, Massage Therapist, Bodywork

I first studied in India and Thailand, with very traditional masters and schools during a two-year trip to Asia. Since then, my training has been enriched through encounters, experiences, readings and other trainings. I have also learned a lot from my mistakes, from my injuries.

Having started with classical Hatha yoga, I also became passionate about Ashtanga and the Iyengar method. Expanding my knowledge, soon after my yoga teacher training, has become essential to me, in order to adapt to the needs of those who come to me but also to strengthen my personal practice.

Today, I privilege in my classes an integrative, modern and non-dogmatic approach of yoga, without sacrificing its essence which resides, according to me, in the control of the breath and self-observation. The practice of yoga is an opportunity and a tool to tune into oneself, being fully present, physically and mentally.

My classes are thus very varied, combining muscle strengthening and conscious movement or myofascial release.

It is from this interest in movement and anatomy that the desire to work on breathing, body and mind through massage was born. I pursue the same objectives as during a yoga class: better breathing, better posture, and better flow. Having started with Thai and Ayurvedic massages, I now practice various types of massages, on the floor or on the table, from the most relaxing to the deepest.

My main research interests right now are facial massage, somatic movement, fascia, biotensegrity and the lymphatic system.

 

 I teach yoga and perform massage since 2013, in Portugal.