Pedro Prado, Ph.D.Of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Body-Oriented Psychotherapist,
Rolfing Instructor
SE Professional Training Faculty for all training levels.
Pedro Prado, Ph.D.
Pedro Prado, PhD, of Sao Paulo, Brazil, graduated in clinical psychology, with a
neo-reichian, somatic orientation, in 1971. He worked in private practice as
clinical psychologist and also taught at the Catholic University of Sao Paolo as
professor of Somatic Psychology.
In 1981, Pedro became the first Certified Rolfer (Structural Integration) in Brazil
and was a founding member of Brazil’s regional Rolfing Association, Associação
Brasileira de Rolfing (ABR). He has been an Advanced Rolfing and Rolf
Movement Instructor for the Rolf Institute, in Boulder Colorado, where he has
been teaching since 1991. In 2006 Pedro received a PhD in Psychosomatics.
In 2000, the Brazilian Association of Rolfers brought Peter Levine, also a Rolfer, to
Brazil where he began teaching the Brazilian community. Here Pedro was able to
further his investigation into the somatic dimension of the psyche. He
incorporated SE into his practice and in 2005 became an accredited Instructor for
The Somatic Experiencing® International. (SEI). He is now one of the few
Advanced Instructors for FHE (Foundation for Human Enrichment).
https://traumahealing.org/member/pedro-prado/ He has been teaching in
Europe, Asia, Central and South America.
Pedro currently maintains a private clinical practice and teaches SE and Rolfing.
Pedro's special contributions to teaching have centred on awareness of the
psychobiological perspectives of the therapy.
