Paula Marques

Paula Marques

Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner – Clinical Psychologist – Integrative Somatic Psychotherapist

Clinical Psychologist graduated from PUC São Paulo (1996) and an Integrative Somatic Psychotherapist with 28 years of professional experience. Her clinical work is rooted in Existential Phenomenology, Somatic Experiencing®, and Biodynamic Craniosacral Integration Therapy.

She is also a Qi Gong/Chi Flow instructor and the creator of Corpo em Sintonia – somatic dialogues in dance, a project integrating movement, embodiment and presence. Originally from São Paulo, Paula lived in Norway for the past 15 years and has recently returned to Brazil.

Her professional training includes:

Postgraduate degree in Integrative Art Therapy – Universidade Anhembi Morumbi (2005)
Somatic Experiencing® training completed through the Norwegian Institute (2024)
Assistant in SE trainings in Brazil since 2023
Provider of individual SE sessions for Beginner and Intermediate level students in Brazil
Studies in Tai Chi and Qi Gong – Tai Chi Pai Lin Association (1994–1998)
Dance Therapy integrated with Formative Psychology (Stanley Keleman) under Adriana Ferreira
Psychopedagogy of Perception and Fasciatherapy – Danis Bois Method with Vera Melo, Lisbon (8 modules, 2017–2018)
Transmutation Therapy – a manual therapy based on Biodynamic Osteopathy (James Jealous) through the Instituto da Quietude Dinâmica (2016–2021)

Specialties

• Addiction
• ADHD
• Adolescents
• Adults
• Adults abused as children
• Anger Management
• Anxiety Disorders
• Behavioral Issues
• Chronic Illness
• Chronic Pain/Fibromyalgia
• Complex PTSD
• Couples Counseling
• Depression
• Developmental Trauma
• Dissociative Disorders
• Early Childhood Attachment Disturbances
• Eating Disorders
• Grief and Loss
• Medical Procedure Trauma
• Motor Vehicle Collisions
• Perpetrators of Sexual Abuse
• Birth Trauma
• Relational/Relationship Issues
• Self-Esteem
• Sleep/Insomnia
• Spirituality
• Intergeneration Trauma
• Anti-Oppression Trauma Resolution
• Systemic Trauma
• Domestic Violence
• Mass Disaster
• Sexual Abuse
• Womens’ Issues