Cláudia Rodrigues

Specialist in Clinical and Health Psychology and Psychotherapy (by the Portuguese Psychologists Association (OPP); Master in Helping Relationship – Perspectives of Phenomenological-Existential Psychotherapy, by ISPA/ Lisbon and Regent's College School of Psychotherapy/ London; Existential Psychotherapist (Effective Member), by the Portuguese Society of Existential Psychotherapy (SPPE); Focusing Trainer/ Orientation Psychotherapist by Focusing, by the Portuguese Society of Existential Psychotherapy and Focusing Institute of New York; 17 years of Clinical Experience, including practice in Gerontology and hospital practice, and personal development of Existential Psychotherapists; Director and Founder of the Alma Gaia project – Psychotherapy, Nature, and Community; Founder of the Ecopsychology Portugal Working Group; IES Candidate for the Portuguese School of Ecopsychology; 41 years old, Mother and aunt of girls, older sister of a woman. Apprentice of Rock Climbing, Nature lover and protector, Love simplicity and the Sacredness in Nature and Human Relationships. ALMA GAIA it's a project running in Serra da Arrábida/ Palmela - Portugal, on a Cooperative for the Ecological and Economical Sustainability (@Biovilla Sustentabilidade). There Alma Gaia have there services all informed by the Ecopsychology and Ecopsychotherapy: * Individual Psychoterapy Sessions on Nature (Outdoor & Indoor), * Group Psychotherapy (Woman circles), and * Workshops for Reconection with Nature (following the CeltIberic roots and calendar). This project has a strong base on the area of environmental activism & mental health.