LANGUAGES:

Fluent in Portuguese, English and Spanish.


ACADEMIC HISTORY:

2007 Ph.D. in Psychology, University of Sunderland, U.K.

1998 Master Degree in Psychotherapy, University of Salamanca, Spain.

1996 B.Sc. (Hons) Psychology. University of Sunderland, U.K.


ADVANCED PROFESSIONAL TRAINING with:

Peter J. HAWKINS, José NAVARRO, Jeffrey K. ZEIG, Ernest L. ROSSI, Antonio CAPAFONS, Michael D. YAPKO, Michael MAHONEY, Joseph BARBER, Ana P. RELVAS, Jarl WAHLSTROM and others.

She also received a Master of Ericksonian Psychotherapy and Hypnosis from the Erickson Institute of Madrid.


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

ICF – International Coach Federation

SPR – Society for Psychotherapy Research

APA – American Psychological Association

NLPA - National Latina/o Psychological Association

ISH – International Society of Hypnosis

SCEH – Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis

ASCH - American Society of Clinical Hypnosis

AHS – American Headache Society

FEAP – Federación Española de Asociaciones de Psicoterapeutas

AEHE – Asociación Española de Hipnosis Ericksoniana


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

College teaching experience:

  1. •    Brief Therapy: A practical course. Departamento de Formação Permanente, Instituto Superior de Psicologia Aplicada (ISPA), Lisbon, Portugal.

  2. •    Relationships between various psychotherapeutic approaches and the Ericksonian model & How to do a research in psychotherapy. Master in Ericksonian Hypnosis and Psychotherapy, Erickson Institute of Madrid, Spain.

  3. •    Therapeutic Skill Training. Univ. of Salamanca, Spain.

  4. •    Theory and Practice of Counseling.  Univ. Institute of Maia, Portugal.

  5. •        Human Development. University Institute of Maia, Portugal.

  6. •        Introduction to Epistemology. University Institute of Maia, Portugal.

Co-founder of the Institute Milton H. Erickson of Portugal.

(Introducting the Institute.pdf)

Private Psychotherapist for several years in Oporto, Portugal.


MONOGRAPHS:

ALMEIDA MELIKIAN, A. R. (2007). Brief Psychotherapy for

  1. Management of Primary Headaches: A clinical grounded approach. (Ph.D. thesis) University of Sunderland, UK.

Almeida, A. R., & Ovalle, A. B. (1998). Plantilla de base de datos

  1. para los casos de psicoterapia: BD-S2. Universidad de Salamanca, España.

ALMEIDA, A. (1996) Importance of awareness in counselling.

  1. (Research project) University of Sunderland, UK.


PUBLICATIONS:

- Journal article:

HAWKINS, P. J., SUVIOLA, J., TAPOLA, V., ALMEIDA, A. R. (2004)

  1. Analysis of a Clinical Hypnosis Session: Therapist and Patient Perspectives.
    European Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 5 (3), 28-35.

ALMEIDA, A. R., & ALMEIDA, A. F. (2003).

  1. O desenvolvimento pessoal na formação dos psicoterapeutas. Perspectivas XXI, 10,157-165.

HAWKINS, P. J., ALMEIDA, A., HEMMINGS, M., & RANZ, R. (1998).

  1. Sexuality: Narrative and Hypnosis. European Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, V (1), 23-31.


WORKSHOPS PRESENTED:

  1. •How to do research in psychotherapy? Master in Ericksonian Hypnosis and Psychotherapy. Institute Erickson of Madrid, Spain.

  2. •Relationships between various psychotherapeutic approaches and the Ericksonion model. Master in Ericksonian Hypnosis and Psychotherapy. Institute Erickson of Madrid, Spain.

  3. •Therapeutic Skills. European Program Tempus. Univ. of Salamanca, Spain.

  4. •Psychological Techniques for Management of Chronic Pain. IV Reunión Científica de La Sociedad Europea de Medicina Naturista Clásica: Medicina Naturista y Enfermedades Reumáticas. Ourense, Spain.

  5. •Family Therapy: A brief review.Tempus Progra.Univ. of Salamanca, Spain.

  6. •Constructionism and Constructivism in Psychotherapy.Univ. of Salamanca, Spain.


SHORT COURSES PRESENTED:

  1. •Are You Aware of Your Breathing? The 10th International Congress on Ericksonian Approaches to Hypnosis and Psychotherapy, Phoenix (AZ), 6th to 9th of December 2007.

  2. •A Compass to Guide Us Within the Diversity of Psychotherapy Models.The Brief Therapy Conference. The Milton H. Erickson Foundation.Anaheim, CA (USA), 7th to 10th of December 2006

  3. •Basic Strategies for Brief Therapy.The Brief Therapy Conference. The Milton H. Erickson Foundation. San Francisco (USA),11th to 14th of December 2003.

  4. •How to Summarized a Therapy Session for Research and Practice. The Brief Therapy Conference. The Milton H. Erickson Foundation. Orlando (USA),12th to 15th of December 2002.

  5. •Dorothy Meets the Wizard: An Allegory for a Psychodymanic Approach. With Peter J. Hawkins and Agostinho Almeida in The 8th International Congress on Ericksonian Approaches to Hypnosis and Psychotherapy. The Milton H. Erickson Foundation. Phoenix, AZ (USA), 5th to 9th of December 2001.