Contact Details:
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Phone: +351 914 783 304
Website: https://www.goncalomoreira.net/
Main County: Coimbra, Portugal
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How I offer Focusing:
- Online
About Me:
I offer gentle, embodied Experiential Focusing sessions online, in English, Portuguese and Spanish.
People often come to me when stress and overwhelm have left their nervous system on constant alert, when they're sensitive or neurodivergent and tired of masking, or when they're at a crossroads and sense more than they can yet put into words.
My approach is integrative. I draw on Inner Relationship Focusing, Wholebody Focusing and Focusing-Oriented Expressive Arts, together with Somatic Experiencing® and gentle nervous-system regulation, so the body can feel safe enough to settle and something fresh can come.
My Experiential Focusing journey began in 2008, in sessions with Kay Hoffmann. Years later, it carried me through a hard time at the start of my PhD and became the heart of my research on Experiential Focusing and the creative process. I'm neurodivergent myself, so I know this terrain from the inside.
I also teach Experiential Focusing, including the BFA Focusing Skills Certificate.
Your first 15-minute conversation is free: goncalomoreira.net
Qualifications:
Certified Focusing Professional & Trainer (TIFI)
Focusing Practitioner & Teacher (BFA)
Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP)
PhD in Musical Sciences, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa: thesis on Experiential Focusing as the basis for music creation
MA in Music Teaching (Jazz Piano), Universidade de Aveiro: thesis on mindfulness and flow in jazz students
MA in Music, Performance (Jazz Piano), Universidade de Aveiro: thesis on imagery in jazz improvisation
BA in Music, Jazz Piano, ESMAE, Porto
