Julio Peres PhD

He is a Neuroscientist and Psychologist with over thirty years of clinical experience. Currently, he is a Researcher at the Institute of Psychiatry at the University of São Paulo (Brazil), within the Program of Health, Spirituality and Religiousness (ProSER). He also serves as a Professor responsible for training in Clinical Psychotraumatology for doctors and psychologists at Hospital Pérola Byington (Brazil). He is the author of the book “Trauma e superação: o que a psicologia, a neurociência e espiritualidade ensinam [Trauma and coping: What psychology, neuroscience and spirituality teach]” (2009). His main research interests include the neurobiological effects of psychotherapy, mediumship, psychotherapy and reincarnation, trauma, PTSD, resilience, coping, spirituality, and functional neuroimaging.

He earned a PhD in Neuroscience and Behavior from the Institute of Psychology at the University of São Paulo.

He was formerly a postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Spirituality and the Mind at the University of Pennsylvania and the Radiology Clinic/Diagnostic Imaging at Universidade Federal de São Paulo (Brazil).