João G. Pereira
Email: joao.pereira@metanoia.ac.uk
João G. Pereira is a Chartered Clinical and Counselling Psychologist (BPS and OPP), Doctor in Psychotherapy by Middlesex University and Registered in the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy and the European Association of Psychotherapy. He began his professional life in Lisbon and Barcelona and later settled in the United Kingdom, where he lived and worked for 10 years, mostly in psychiatry departments of the national health system (NHS). He is the Clinical Director of Romão de Sousa Foundation and Casa de Alba since its inception, having introduced the Democratic Therapeutic Community tradition and the Open Dialogue system in Portugal with the 1st pilot project and training program offered in the country. João taught in different universities and is currently Academic Lecturer in the Doctoral Programs at Metanoia Institute in London as well as Clinical and Research Supervisor of Masters and Doctorate students. He has a particular interest in the development of the therapeutic relationship and the intersection between relational psychoanalysis, philosophy and affective neurosciences, particularly in the area of mentalization, which led to his accreditation with the British Psychoanalytic Council. He is the current President of the International Network of Democratic Therapeutic Communities (INDTC) and Advisory Board Member of the International Journal of TC´s. Joao has also been involved with the International Network of Living Learning Experiences (INLLE), having recently taken part in the setup of LLE trainings in Vancouver and British Columbia. He is the author of numerous publications in scientific journals and in the media, having also edited and authored three books, “Schizophrenia and Common Sense” by Springer-Nature, “The Neurobiology-Psychotherapy-Pharmacology Intervention Triangle” by Vernon Press and “Psiquiatria Lenta” by Taiga.
Recent Publications:
Journal Papers
Azeredo R. M. & Pereira J. G. (in press), Denouncement without announcement. Part destruens, part construens: an experience in the therapeutic community Casa de Alba (Estremoz) in times of COVID-19. Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities.
Pereira, J. G. (2024). The Philosophy and Psychology of Delusions: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives: edited by Ana Falcato and Jorge Gonçalves, New York & London, Routledge, 2024, 224 pp., 4 B/W Illustrations, Hardback £97.50, ISBN 9781032265919; eBook £29.24, ISBN 9781003288992. International Journal of Philosophical Studies, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1080/09672559.2024.2360784
Tavares S, Ribeiro J, Graça S, Araújo B, Puchivailo M and Pereira JG (2023) The first Portuguese Open Dialogue pilot project intervention. Front. Psychol. 14:1175700. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1175700
Haigh, R., Lees, J., Bruscheta, S., Chatterji, A., Bailey, V., Kelly, S., Lombardo, A., Parkhe, S., Pereira, J. G., Rawlings, B., Rahimi, Y. (2021) Transcultural Transferability of Transient Therapeutic Communities: The Living Learning Experience Workshops. Therapeutic Communities: The International Journal of Therapeutic Communities, Vol 42 (1), pp 27-42. https://doi.org/10.1108/TC-06-2019-0006
Chapters in Books
Pereira, J. G., Rodrigo, M. and Haigh, R. (in press) Relational and Democratic Mental Health in the Post-Basaglian Era. In V. Bizarri and C. Guareschi (Eds), Basaglia Revoltution:Springer-Nature
Pereira, J. G., Gonçalves, J. and Bizzari, V. (2019) The Roots and Seeds of Humanistic Psychiatry. In J. G. Pereira, J. Gonçalves & V. Bizzari (Eds) The Psychotherapy, Neurobiology, Pharmacology Intervention Triangle: the need for common sense in 21st century mental health. Vernon Press Cognitive Science and Psychology Series
Guerra, D., Pereira, J. G. & Sales, C. (2019) Practice Based Research at Casa de Alba: the perspectives of residents on the assessment of outcomes. In J. G. Pereira, J. Gonçalves & V. Bizzari (Eds) The Psychotherapy, Neurobiology, Pharmacology Intervention Triangle: the João G. Pereira need for common sense in 21st century mental health. Vernon Press Cognitive Science and Psychology Series
Pereira, J. G. & Debanné, M. (2018) An Integrative Relational Approach in Schizophrenia: from philosophical principles to mentalization based practice. In I. Hipólito, J. Gonçalves & J. G. Pereira (Eds), Schizophrenia and Common Sense: explaning the relation between madness and social values, Springer International Publishing, Studies in Brain and Mind, Vol 12
Hipólito, I., Gonçalves, J. & Pereira, J. G. (2018) Schizophrenia, Social Practices and Cultural Values: a conceptual introduction. In Hipólito, I., Gonçalves, J. and Pereira, J. G. (Eds) Schizophrenia and Common Sense: explaining the relation between madness and social values (Eds). Springer Mind and Brain Studies
Books
Pereira, J. G. (2024). Psiquiatria Lenta. Taiga, Porto.
Pereira, J. G., Gonçalves, J. and Bizzari, V. (2019). The Psychotherapy, Neurobiology, Pharmacology Intervention Triangle: the need for common sense in 21st century mental health (Eds). Vernon Press Cognitive Science and Psychology Series. ISNB 978-1-62273-433-7
Hipólito, I., Gonçalves, J. & Pereira, J. G. (2018) Schizophrenia and Common Sense: explaining the relation between madness and social values (Eds). Springer Mind and Brain Studies. ISBN 978-3-319-73992-2
Editor in Special Issues
Pereira, J. G. (2017) Mental Health in Europe and the World: what avenues (Guest Editor). Current Psychiatry Reviews, 13 (3), 163-241 DOI : 10.2174/157340051303171124150348