Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos

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Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos
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Campos c. 2018
Born (1942-08-18) August 18, 1942 (age 81)
Irará, Bahia, Brazil
Alma mater Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Psychology, 1968)
Known forFounder of Gestalt Psychotherapy; researcher on perception; concepts of man-in-the-world is a gestalt, psychological life is perceptive life, changing perception changes behavior, to perceive is to know, the human being is a possibility of relationship
Scientific career
FieldsPaychotherapy, Gestalt Psychology
Website www.verafelicidade.com

Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos (born August 18, 1942) is a Brazilian psychologist [1] [2] who founded Gestalt Psychotherapy, a psychotherapeutic theory based on Gestalt Psychology. [3] From gestalt and phenomenology she developed a clinical practice and a theory that supports it, breaking with psychoanalytic concepts that influence most other approaches to clinical psychology, even gestalt approaches. [4] [5]

Contents

Gestalt Psychotherapy, a term coined by Campos to name her theory, is different from Gestalt Therapy (developed by Fritz Perls). [6] [7] [8] The difference is in the methodology as well as in the theoretical basis, especially regarding the unconscious, [lower-roman 1] a concept accepted by F. Perls and denied by V. Campos. [9] The clinical practice is individual and based on dialogue between psychotherapist and client. [10] Her eleven books expose the development of the theory's concepts, such as: to perceive is to know; [11] [12] psychological life is perceptive life; [13] [lower-roman 2] [lower-roman 3] the human being is a possibility of relationship; [lower-roman 4] non-acceptance; autoreferencing [14] etc.

Biography

Vera Felicidade A. Campos was born in the small town of Irará in the state of Bahia, Brazil. She is the first daughter of the couple Aristeu Nogueira [lower-roman 5] Campos and Odete de Almeida Campos, and at the age of three, the family moved to the capital, Salvador, where she grew up, studied and started her university education, remaining in the city until the age of eighteen. She graduated in psychology in Rio de Janeiro, [15] and since then has been dedicated mainly to clinical practice and the development of Gestalt Psychotherapy theory as presented in her published books. [16] [17]

Creation of Gestalt Psychotherapy

In the first book, published shortly after graduation at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Campos writes about her dissatisfaction with existing theories in the field of Clinical Psychology. [lower-roman 6] [18] She had work experience in psychiatric hospitals in Brazil (Juliano Moreira Hospital) and courses in Moscow at the Department of Medicine of the Patrice Lumumba University (The Peoples' Friendship University of Russia) in 1962, [15] and due to her philosophical background and interest in theory studies, [lower-roman 7] she has always had an epistemological concern making clear in her writings the inconsistencies and contradictions of authors who intend to develop a psychotherapy based on Gestalt Psychology, but continue assuming concepts from the psychoanalytic theoretical matrix. [19] [20] For V. Campos, the visions of man implicit in psychoanalysis (Freud) and in Gestalt Psychology are incompatible. [21] [22] Based on the research of Gestalt Psychology theorists, [23] Koffka, Koehler and Wertheimer, especially their research on perception and sensation, laws of perception, and isomorphism, [24] [25] Campos started her theoretical reflections towards the development of Gestalt Psychotherapy. [26] Another important topic of her studies was Kurt Lewin's research on Field Theory, [27] and from that she was critical of what she calls the dualistic approach [lower-roman 8] and the Class Theory-based approach (Lewin's concept), which are characteristic of psychoanalysis, behaviorism, and other functionalist schools in psychology. [28] [29]

Vera Felicidade Almeida Campos (second from right) with colleagues at the Patrice Lumumba Russian University in Moscow, 1962 VeraFelicidade1962.jpg
Vera Felicidade Almeida Campos (second from right) with colleagues at the Patrice Lumumba Russian University in Moscow, 1962

The German Gestaltists centered their careers in research and theoretical development of Gestalt Psychology, but did not develop a psychotherapy, and that was a concern for V. Campos. [30] Since the beginning of her clinical practice, benefiting from both Gestalt concepts and Edmund Husserl's Phenomenology, she initiated the development of Gestalt Psychotherapy, [lower-roman 9] a theory based exclusively on gestaltism, phenomenology, and dialectical materialism. [31] At no time does she make use of psychoanalytic concepts, as does, for instance, Fritz Perls' Gestalt Therapy. [32] One of the ideas most combated by Campos, because it is the most widespread not only in psychology but also in several other areas of knowledge, is the idea of the existence of the unconscious. [33] Campos always points out that the concept of the unconscious in Freud's work is the heart of psychoanalysis, and It is regarded as a fundamental concept with implications in the approach and way of thinking about man, his psychism and his behaviour. [34] With the great dissemination of psychoanalysis after World War II, this was one of its most widespread concepts not only in the human sciences but for the lay public, the common sense. V. Campos, since her first book, expresses her denial of the unconscious in a chapter titled "O Mito do Inconsciente" ("The Myth of the Unconscious"). [35] [36]

Campos works in clinical psychology since the late 1960s [37] and has been consistently developing her theory in books, articles, and research reports for decades. [15] At the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) she taught Extension Courses in Gestalt Psychotherapy in the beginning of the eighties [15] and from that time on the subject "Vera Felicidade's Gestalt Psychotherapy" is part of the program content of the mandatory discipline Psychological Theories and Systems II at the Psychology Institute of UFBA (IPS). Besides this subject, in this same Institute of Psychology, it was created in 1998 the optional discipline "Vera Felicidade's Gestalt Psychotherapy" (approved by Brazilian Ministry of Education and Culture – MEC). [38] From her first book published in 1972 to the most recent ones, several of them are cataloged in the Library of Congress in Washington (USA) [39] and other public libraries. [40] Her books are also found in Libraries of American Universities (Yale and Harvard), [41] as well as in Libraries of Brazilian Universities (University of Brasilia – UnB and others [42] ) and in the National Library (Rio de Janeiro). In addition to books, she regularly publishes articles in magazines and journals. [43] [44] [45]

Selected publications

Books

Papers

Notes

  1. According to Campos, Perls, who was trained in psychoanalysis before dedicating himself to Gestalt, maintained in Gestalt Therapy, concepts of psychoanalytic theory such as the unconscious. Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida in Gestalt Psychotherapy (in Portuguese)
  2. The concept of perception is central to Campos' work, in her words: "When we say that perception is the experiential unit, we are saying that all psychological, behavioral life results from how one perceives the world, the other, and oneself..." – Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida. (1993) Terra e Ouro são Iguais – Percepção em Psicoterapia Gestaltista [Earth and Gold are Equal – Perception in Gestalt Psychotherapy], p. 72, ISBN 857110249X
  3. The author's entire work expresses her research on perception, and as she herself states: "Psychological life is perceptive life. Perception is the process that structures and characterizes the relation of the Being-in-the-world. Psychological life is perceptual life is a statement that is not restricted only to men, that is, psychological life is as broad as biological life, or organic life." – Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida. (2002). A Questão do Ser, do Si mesmo e do Eu [The Question of Being, the Self and the I], p. 23 ISBN 8573162732
  4. The possibility of relationship is another fundamental concept in Campos theory. In her own words: "The possibility of establishing relations is a condition, a capacity of being, of the individual man, animal or plant. This condition, aptitude, results from biological/neurological configurations..." – Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida. (2002). , chapter: "Possibilidade de Relacionamento" ["Possibility of Relationship"], p. 33 ISBN 8573162732
  5. Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos is quoted in a thesis defended at the Federal University of Bahia on the work of her father Aristeu Nogueira Campos http://www.cult.ufba.br/arquivos/monografia_marcos.pdf – She is the first daughter of Aristeu Nogueira Campos and sister of Diógenes de Almeida Campos
  6. The author says clearly in one of her interviews: "When I was studying psychology, in '64, psychoanalysis didn't answer and didn't satisfy the questions about the human, to the extent that it seemed to me a totally literary thing, which was based on the construct of the unconscious. The question of the unconscious did not allow for any proof except by itself. For this, my philosophical background of Materialism, Dialectical Materialism, and my great preoccupation with Epistemology had a lot of influence. So, I kept trying to find answers to what the human being was, until, in 1970, I managed to answer this question and wrote a book." – Campos's interview, May 16, 1988, statement given to journalist Rosane Santana – Rosane Santana (May 16, 1988). "Relacionamento Trajetória do Humano" [Relationship – Human Trajectory]. Jornal A Tarde via Vera Felicidade website.
  7. The Regional Council of Psychology – CRP (the regulatory body of the psychology profession in Brazil) in 2012 published a reporting about Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos, her intellectual background, the time at the Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow, and at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, as well as the work creating her theory – Gestalt Psychotherapy – and publishing specialized books, the working period at the Juliano Moreira psychiatric hospital, along with private psychotherapy clinic, and teaching. "Autêntica Plenitude" ["Authentic Plenitude"]. Magazine of CRP-3. Edition 8. April–June 2012 (in Portuguese).
  8. Betty Malin, when discussing dualism in psychology, quotes Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos as a successful author in facing the question of dualism. Malin, Betty (March 2010). "Por que Fisicalismo?" [Why physicalism?]. Revista Litteris (in Portuguese). Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. 4. ISSN   1983-7429.
  9. The importance of the first book, which is a book of conceptualizations, is expressed in this statement by the author: "There was a series of concepts from Psychoanalysis, "Freudian slip", for example, which was explained by the unconscious, which the Law of Proximity can explain; association of ideas, which Freud and Jung took a long time working with, can be explained by Proximity, Good Form, Continuity – laws of perception. But my main concern was with conceptualizations. From there I wrote the first book, which is the foundation of all my work, where I define what the human being is, (...) my view is quite phenomenological, but with a divergence from Phenomenology, because it takes structure into consideration." – Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida (1988). "Relacionamento Trajetória do Humano" [Relationship – Human Trajectory]. A Tarde (in Portuguese). Bahia, Brazil. Retrieved March 27, 2023 via verafelicidade.com.

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  1. “Gestalt-Terapeutas do Brasil: formação e identidade” [Gestalt Therapists of Brazil: Formation and Identity] PhD thesis, University of Brasilia Unb, 2019, pages 19 to 21 (in Portuguese). “Gestalt Psychotherapy, however, is a psychotherapeutic proposal developed on Brazilian soil by the psychologist Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos who disagrees with the reading of Gestalt Psychology contained in Gestalt Therapy.”
  2. "60 Anos da Regulamentação da Psicologia no Brasil" ["60 Years of Psychology Regulation in Brazil"]. CFP & CRP Symposium. Salvador, Bahia, 2 August 2022. (in Portuguese). "The Federal Council of Psychology and the Regional Council of Psychology award a Diploma to Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos for her pioneering role in psychology in Brazil and for her 6 decades of work as a psychologist."
  3. Malin, Betty (March 2010). "Por que Fisicalismo?" [Why physicalism?]. Revista Litteris (in Portuguese). Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. 4. ISSN   1983-7429. the gestalt psychologist Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos, creator of Gestalt Psychotherapy
  4. Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida. (2012) "Criação, questões e soluções da Psicoterapia Gestaltista" [Creation, Questions and Solutions of Gestalt Psychotherapy]. Portugal. Revista E-PSI (in Portuguese)
  5. “História da Gestalt Terapia no Brasil contada por seus primeiros atores: um estudo historiográfico no eixo São Paulo-Brasília” [History of Gestalt Therapy in Brazil told by its first actors: A historiographical study in the São Paulo-Brasília axis] Master's Thesis, Catholic University of Goiás, 2008, (in Portuguese).
  6. “Gestalt-Terapeutas do Brasil: formação e identidade”. 2019
  7. Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida in Gestalt Psychotherapy (in Portuguese)
  8. Campos. (2012)  p. 43
  9. Calbo, Iza (2002). "À Luz da Percepção" [In the Light of Perception]. Jornal A Tarde (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 27, 2023. Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos decided to develop her own theory because she disagreed with the explanation of human behavior from the conception of the unconscious.
  10. Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida. (1972). PsicoterapiaGestaltista Conceituações (Gestalt Psychotherapy – Conceptualizations), Introduction, page 15, Rio de Janeiro (in Portuguese) – also available as eBook ISBN 9788595130920
  11. Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida. (1999) Desespero e Maldade – Estudos Perceptivos (Despair and Evil – Perceptive Studies), chapter: Estruturação do Processo Perceptivo (Structuring the Perceptual Process), p. 35, Salvador. (in Portuguese) ISBN 8590118711
  12. Lobo, Sandro (1999). "Portas da Percepção" [Doors of Perception]. Correio da Bahia (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 27, 2023 via verafelicidade.com.
  13. Campos. (2012)  p. 47 – "Psychological life is perceptive life, consequently psychological problems are perceptive distortions..."
  14. Campos. (1972). chapter V, p. 90
  15. 1 2 3 4 "Autêntica Plenitude" ["Authentic Plenitude"]. Magazine of The Regional Council of Psychology CRP-3 (in Portuguese). Edition 8. April/June 2012 (in Portuguese).
  16. Library of Congress Catalog Record – http://lccn.loc.gov/75405332 – This same Library has 5 of Vera Felicidade's books https://search.library.yale.edu/quicksearch?q=vera+felicidade+de+almeida+campos – Yale Library has cataloged a book and magazine article https://search.library.yale.edu/quicksearch?q=vera+felicidade+de+almeida+campos – Search by author's name in the central library of the University of Brasília – UnB, there are several books by Vera Felicidade cataloged there -> https://consulta.bce.unb.br/pergamum/biblioteca/index.php?resolution2=1024_1 etc.
  17. Coutinho, Paulo Cesar (1993). "Psicologa desvenda alquimia do mundo" [Psychologist Unravels the Alchemy of the World]. O Globo (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 27, 2023 via verafelicidade.com.
  18. Campos. (1972) Chapter III – "Dimensões Básicas Estruturantes" ("Basic Structural Dimensions"), pp. 55–66
  19. Campos. (2012)  p. 36-37
  20. Miranda, Nadja (1984). "Uma Visão do Mundo e do Homem" [A vision of the world and of mankind]. Jornal A Tarde (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 27, 2023 via verafelicidade.com.
  21. Campos. (1972). Chapter IV, pp. 72–78
  22. Santana, Valdemir (1981). "Gestalt terapia a neurose sob nova ótica" [Gestalt Therapy – neurosis under a new light]. Correio da Bahia (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 27, 2023 via verafelicidade.com.
  23. Thadeu, Jose Luiz (1980). "Gestalt, Felicidade" [Gestalt, Happiness]. Rádice Revista de Psicologia (in Portuguese). Vol. 3, no. 11. pp. 32–38. Retrieved March 27, 2023 via verafelicidade.com.
  24. see the classics of Gestalt Psychology: A Source Book of Gestalt Psychology; article "Special Problems – Perception and Organization", pages 71 to 136, prepared by Willis D. Ellis, Routledge and Kegan Paul LTDA, London, 1969; Readings in Perception, chapter "Principles of Perceptual Organization", written by Max Wertheimer, organized by David C. Beardslee and Michael Wertheimer, D.Van Nostrand Company Inc. New York, 1964; Thinking: from Association to Gestalt, chapter: "The Unity of Thought", p. 222, organized by Jean Matter Mandler and George Mandler, John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York, 1964.
  25. Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida. (1988) Relacionamento Trajetória do Humano ("Relationship – Human Trajectory"), pp. 17–30, Salvador. – also available as eBook ISBN 9788582455531
  26. Campos. (2012)  p. 37-41
  27. Lewin, Kurt. Field Theory in Social Science, Livraria Pioneira, São Paulo, 1965.
  28. Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida. (1993) Terra e Ouro são Iguais – Percepção em Psicoterapia Gestaltista (Earth and Gold are Equal – Perception in Gestalt Psychotherapy), chapters "Globalização da Unidade" and "A Polarização Resulta da Unidade" ("Globalization of the Unit" and "Polarization Results from Unity"), pp. 17–39, Publisher: Jorge Zahar Editor, Rio de Janeiro. (in Portuguese) ISBN 857110249X
  29. Santana, Rosane (1993). "O gestaltismo é um humanismo" [Gestaltism is a humanism]. A Tarde (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 27, 2023 via verafelicidade.com.
  30. Campos. (2012)  p. 36
  31. Campos. (1972). "Introdução: Fundamentantes Contextuais" ["Introduction: Contextual Background"]
  32. Peter Philippson (August 26, 2014). "The Paychoanalytic Roots of Gestalt Therapy". British Gestalt Journal.
  33. Campos. (1972). "O Mito do Inconsciente" ["The Myth of the Unconscious"], p. 71
  34. Campos. (1972). p. 71: "Let us now approach one of the myths that has dominated psychology for almost a century, and that has been the a priori responsible for the fear and distrust of any explanation of the human that denies it. Let's talk about the unconscious."
  35. Campos. (1972) "O Mito do Inconsciente" ["The Myth of the Unconscious"], pp. 71–78
  36. Santana, Rosane (1988). "Relacionamento Trajetória do Humano" [Relationship – Human Trajectory]. Jornal A Tarde (in Portuguese). Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos, graduated in psychology from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, twenty years ago revolutionized psychology by denying the idea of the unconscious in the book Gestalt Psychotherapy Conceptualizations (now re-released) and created her own psychotherapeutic method, based on German gestalt and Husserl's Phenomenology.
  37. Revista do CRP-03, 5ª Edição (2022). "60 anos da Psicologia nos Territórios Baianos" [60 years of Psychology in the Bahian Territories] (in Portuguese). Conselho Regional de Psicologia. Retrieved March 27, 2023 via verafelicidade.com.
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  44. Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida (2004). "Nostalgia de um sujeito perdido" [Nostalgia of a lost subject]. A Tarde (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 27, 2023 via verafelicidade.com.
  45. Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida (1982). "Psicoterapia não se faz nos terreiros" [Paychotherapy is not to be done in religious houses]. Jornal do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 27, 2023 via verafelicidade.com.