Scientific excellence
in integration
body-mind.
Training, supervised clinical practice, and applied research for mental health professionals who want to transform knowledge into safe, ethical, and evidence-based intervention.
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FOUNDING PILLARS
6
AREAS OF RESEARCH
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SERVICES OFFERED
For years, mental health training followed a predictable path: concepts, models, techniques, and theory. But clinical reality rarely fits into a textbook.
In the first session with a real client – facing trauma, anxiety, burnout, or nervous system dysregulation – many professionals are confronted with a silent question:
“"Why do I know so much... but still not feel ready?"
The problem is not a lack of knowledge. There is no shortage of courses, theories, or approaches.
What is often lacking is real clinical context, Structured supervision and the ability to work with the body—not just with the narrative.
NIPS was born from a question demanding:
What if training was designed based on real-world practice?
NOT ONLY
based on theory.
NOT ONLY
from isolated techniques.
NOT ONLY
from the mind.
But from Integration between body, science, clinical experience and applied research.
Here, learning is designed so that the professional can:
Scientific, clinical and initiative formative.
The Research Center in Somatic Psychotherapy is dedicated to the study, development, and application of somatic psychotherapy. Its purpose is to integrate body, mind, and scientific evidence to promote advances in mental health, clinical practice, and human well-being.
mission
Develop. Train.
To develop clinical protocols based on scientific evidence and to train highly qualified professionals, integrating science, clinical practice, and research in somatic psychotherapy.
VISION
National and international benchmark.
To become a national and international reference in the research and application of somatic psychotherapy, contributing to the evolution of clinical practices and mental health through body-mind integration.
Four pillars
that support everything.
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Training
Specialized teaching in somatic psychotherapy, focusing on the integration of theoretical knowledge, the body, the nervous system, and clinical intervention.
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Clinical Application
Supervised practice in real-world settings, allowing professionals to develop confidence, clinical discernment, and intervention skills.
03
Investigation
Collection and analysis of scientific data to develop protocols, evaluate impact, and contribute to the validation of somatic psychotherapy.
04
Professional Development
Training for ethical, sustainable, informed clinical practice aligned with high quality standards.
Designed for professionals who refuse superficial interventions.
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Psychologists
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Psychotherapists
03
Psychiatrists
04
Professionals
mental health
Especially
relevant
For professionals interested in trauma, anxiety, burnout, and nervous system regulation.
Learn. Apply.
Investigate. Consolidate.
The program integrates theory, supervised clinical practice, and applied scientific research. Four interconnected phases that transform knowledge into safe practice.
Acquisition of clinical protocols and integration.
Participation in supervised clinical settings.
Data collection and analysis before, during, and after.
Development of structured, ethical, and safe practices.
Five fronts performance.
Training and Supervision
Training and Supervision
Investigation
Evaluation and Consulting
Knowledge Transfer
Where the science Find the clinic.
The center develops applied research in areas essential to the evolution of somatic psychotherapy and mental health.
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Effects of somatic interventions
02
Body-mind integration
03
Somatic psychotherapy in specific populations
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Trauma, anxiety, and burnout
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Development of evidence-based protocols
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Innovation in mental health and applied neuroscience
Scientific, clinical, and human principles.
Scheduled training
Founding team of NIPS.
The core team combines clinical science, training, practice with individual clients, and intervention in corporate settings. The structure includes external consultants and specialists in areas such as neuroscience, psychiatry, integrative medicine, and clinical psychology.
Three circles of impact.
mission
For Somatic Psychotherapy
To contribute to the scientific validation, methodological development, and consolidation of the field as a recognized clinical discipline.
VISION
For professionals
To create learning pathways that bring together theory, clinical practice, and applied research in a single, coherent training context.
VISION
For society
To promote more effective, accessible, humane, and evidence-based therapeutic interventions – available to those who need them.
It wants to integrate science, body and clinical practice real?
Discover how NIPS can support your professional development and contribute to a safer, more integrated, and evidence-based clinical practice.
luis.ferreira@mentara.eu
Mentara · Lisbon
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