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

Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos
Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos
	Campos c. 2018
Born	08, 18, 1942; Irará, Bahia, Brazil
Alma mater	Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Psychology, 1968)
Known for	Founder 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
Fields	Paychotherapy, Gestalt Psychology
Website	www.verafelicidade.com

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Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos (born August 18, 1942) is a Brazilian psychologist^[1] who founded Gestalt Psychotherapy, a psychotherapeutic theory based on Gestalt Psychology.^[2] 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.^[3]

Gestalt Psychotherapy, a term coined by Campos to name her theory, is different from Gestalt Therapy (developed by Fritz Perls).^[4]^[5] The difference is in the methodology as well as in the theoretical basis, especially regarding the unconscious,^[i] a concept accepted by F. Perls and denied by V. Campos.^[6] The clinical practice is individual and based on dialogue between psychotherapist and client.^[7] Her eleven books expose the development of the theory's concepts, such as: to perceive is to know;^[8]^[9] psychological life is perceptive life;^[10]^[ii]^[iii] the human being is a possibility of relationship;^[iv] non-acceptance; autoreferencing^[11] etc.

Biography

Early life and education

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^[v] 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,^[12] and since then has been dedicated mainly to clinical practice and the development of Gestalt Psychotherapy theory as presented in her published books.^[13]^[14]

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.^[vi]^[15] 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,^[12] and due to her philosophical background and interest in theory studies,^[vii] 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.^[16]^[17] For V. Campos, the visions of man implicit in psychoanalysis (Freud) and in Gestalt Psychology are incompatible.^[18]^[19] Based on the research of Gestalt Psychology theorists,^[20] Koffka, Koehler and Wertheimer, especially their research on perception and sensation, laws of perception, and isomorphism,^[21]^[22] Campos started her theoretical reflections towards the development of Gestalt Psychotherapy.^[23] Another important topic of her studies was Kurt Lewin's research on Field Theory,^[24] and from that she was critical of what she calls the dualistic approach^[viii] and the Class Theory-based approach (Lewin's concept), which are characteristic of psychoanalysis, behaviorism, and other functionalist schools in psychology.^[25]^[26]

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.^[27] Since the beginning of her clinical practice, benefiting from both Gestalt concepts and Edmund Husserl's Phenomenology, she initiated the development of Gestalt Psychotherapy, ^[ix] a theory based exclusively on gestaltism, phenomenology, and dialectical materialism.^[28] At no time does she make use of psychoanalytic concepts, as does, for instance, Fritz Perls' Gestalt Therapy.^[29] 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.^[30] 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.^[31] 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").^[32]^[33]

Campos works in clinical psychology since the late 1960s^[34] and has been consistently developing her theory in books, articles, and research reports for decades.^[12] At the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA) she taught Extension Courses in Gestalt Psychotherapy in the beginning of the eighties^[12] 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).^[35] 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)^[36] and other public libraries.^[37] Her books are also found in Libraries of American Universities (Yale and Harvard),^[38] as well as in Libraries of Brazilian Universities (University of Brasilia – UnB and others^[39]) and in the National Library (Rio de Janeiro). In addition to books, she regularly publishes articles in magazines and journals.^[40]^[41]^[42]

Published books

Psicoterapia Gestaltista - Conceituações, Edição da Autora, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, 1972
Mudança e Psicoterapia Gestaltista, Zahar Editores, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, 1978
Individualidade, Questionamento e Psicoterapia Gestaltista, Editora Alhambra, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, 1983
Relacionamento - Trajetória do Humano, Edição da Autora, Salvador-BA, 1988
Terra e Ouro são Iguais - Percepção em Psicoterapia Gestaltista, Jorge Zahar Editor, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, 1993
Desespero e Maldade - Estudos Perceptivos - Relação Figura/Fundo, Edição da Autora, Salvador-BA, 1999
A Questão do Ser, do Si Mesmo e do Eu, Relume Dumará, Rio de Janeiro - RJ, 2002
Mãe Stella de Oxóssi – Perfil de uma Liderança Religiosa, Jorge Zahar Editor, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, 2003
A realidade da ilusão, a ilusão da realidade, Relume Dumará, Rio de Janeiro – RJ, 2004
Linguagem e Psicoterapia Gestaltista - Como se Aprende a Falar, Ideias & Letras, São Paulo - SP, 2015
Como Perceber e Transformar a Neurose - Psicoterapia Gestaltista, Simplíssimo (eBook), Porto Alegre-RS, 2017

Selected Publications

Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida (1994). "Paixão e Razão - Vivência e Significado" [Passion and Reason – Experience and Meaning]. BOCA BILINGUE (in Portuguese). Portugal. Retrieved March 27, 2023 – via verafelicidade.com.
Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida (2012). "Criação, questões e soluções da Psicoterapia Gestaltista" [Creation, Questions and Solutions of Gestalt Psychotherapy]. Revista E-PSI (in Portuguese). Portugal. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida (2006). "Vontade, Desejo e Psicoterapia Gestaltista" [Will, desire and Gestalt Psychotherapy]. SBEM Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia. Retrieved March 27, 2023 – via verafelicidade.com.
Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida (1999). "Sexualidade Humana - aspectos psicológicos" [Human Sexuality – psychological aspects]. SBEM Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 27, 2023 – via verafelicidade.com.
Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida (2001). "Dependência, hábito e medo" [Dependency, habit, and fear]. SBEM Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 27, 2023 – via verafelicidade.com.
Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida (1999). "Doença: onipotência e indisciplina" [Disease, Omnipotence, and Indiscipline]. SBEM Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 27, 2023 – via verafelicidade.com.
Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida (2002). "Drogas" [Addiction and Drugs]. SBEM Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 27, 2023 – via verafelicidade.com.
Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida (2000). "Impotência é a integração de limites" [Impotence is the integration of limits]. SBEM Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 27, 2023 – via verafelicidade.com.
Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida (2000). "Sobre a morte - Realidade e cogitação" [On death – reality and cogitation]. SBEM Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 27, 2023 – via verafelicidade.com.
Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida (2000). "Vergonha e síndrome de pânico" [Shame and panic disorder]. SBEM Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 27, 2023 – via verafelicidade.com.

Notes

^ 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)
^ 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
^ 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
^ 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). [1], chapter: "Possibilidade de Relacionamento" ["Possibility of Relationship"], p. 33 ISBN 8573162732
^ 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
^ 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 – Jornal A Tarde, Relationship – Human Trajectory
^ 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).
^ 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). 4. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. ISSN 1983-7429.
^ 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.

References

^ "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."
^ Malin, Betty (March 2010). "Por que Fisicalismo?" [Why physicalism?]. Revista Litteris (in Portuguese). 4. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. ISSN 1983-7429. the gestalt psychologist Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos, creator of Gestalt Psychotherapy
^ 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)
^ Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida in Gestalt Psychotherapy (in Portuguese)
^ Campos. (2012) [2] p. 43
^ 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.
^ 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
^ 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
^ Lobo, Sandro (1999). "Portas da Percepção" [Doors of Perception]. Correio da Bahia (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 27, 2023 – via verafelicidade.com.
^ Campos. (2012) [3] p. 47 – "Psychological life is perceptive life, consequently psychological problems are perceptive distortions..."
^ Campos. (1972). [4] chapter V, p. 90
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Autêntica Plenitude" ["Authentic Plenitude"]. Magazine of The Regional Council of Psychology CRP-3 (in Portuguese). Edition 8. April/June 2012 (in Portuguese).
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Campos. (1972) [5] Chapter III – "Dimensões Básicas Estruturantes" ("Basic Structural Dimensions"), pp. 55-66
^ Campos. (2012) [6] p. 36-37
^ Miranda, Nadja (1984). "Uma Visão do Mundo e do Homem" [A vision of the world and of mankind]. A Tarde (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 27, 2023 – via verafelicidade.com.
^ Campos. (1972). [7] Chapter IV, pp. 72-78
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida. (1988) Relacionamento Trajetória do Humano ("Relationship – Human Trajectory"), pp. 17-30, Salvador. – also available as eBook ISBN 9788582455531
^ Campos. (2012) [8] p. 37-41
^ Lewin, Kurt. Field Theory in Social Science, Livraria Pioneira, São Paulo, 1965.
^ 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
^ Santana, Rosane (1993). "O gestaltismo é um humanismo" [Gestaltism is a humanism]. A Tarde (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 27, 2023 – via verafelicidade.com.
^ Campos. (2012) [9] p. 36
^ Campos. (1972). [10] "Introdução: Fundamentantes Contextuais" ["Introduction: Contextual Background"]
^ "The Paychoanalytic Roots of Gestalt Therapy"", by Peter Philippson, British Gestalt Journal, August 26, 2014.
^ Campos. (1972). [11] "O Mito do Inconsciente" ["The Myth of the Unconscious"], p. 71
^ Campos. (1972). [12] 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."
^ Campos. (1972) [13] "O Mito do Inconsciente" ["The Myth of the Unconscious"], pp. 71–78
^ 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.
^ 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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade Federal da Bahia: UFBA [Psychology Institute of UFBA], Disciplinas Optativas do curso de Psicologia: Código: FCH397 Disciplina: Psicoterapia Gestaltista de Vera Felicidade – Pré requisito: FCH046 [Psychology course optional subjects: Code: FCH397 Discipline: Gestalt Psychotherapy of Vera Felicidade – Prerequisite: FCH046] (in Portuguese).
^ Catalog of the Library of Congress, Washington [14]
^ KATALOG DER DEUTSCHEN NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK on Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos [15]; at the INSI – OCLC [16]; at the VIAF [17]; at KB Nationale Bibliotheek [18]; the LOC has entries about Campos' work [19]; WorldCat Identities data shows Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos at 80 Library holdings [20].
^ Yale University Library Catalog [21] Harvard University Libraries [22]
^ Search by author's name in Central library of Unb
^ Meer Magazine – Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos has been publishing monthly articles in Portuguese, English and French in this online publication, based in Budva, Montenegro, since 2014. Link to V.Campos' articles in this magazine.
^ 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.
^ 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.

External links

Official website
Books released in digital format – eBooks
Library of Congress Catalog Record
Dr. Paulo Queiroz – Why do we kill our parents
Yale University Library, Catalog
Interview with Vera Felicidade in the newspapers: A Tarde, Correio da Bahia e Bahia Hoje – Salvador-BA
Institute of Psychology of the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Optional subjects of the psychology course: Código: FCH397 Disciplina: Psicoterapia Gestaltista de Vera Felicidade – Pré requisito: FCH046
Institute of Psychology of the Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Mandatory Subject Teorias e Sistemas Psicológicos II has in its programmatic content Psicoterapia Gestaltista-VeraFelicidade

Category:People associated with Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Category:Federal University of Rio de Janeiro alumni Category:Brazilian psychologists Category:Brazilian women psychologists Category:1942 births

[6] 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)

[12] 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

[13] 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

[14] 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). [1], chapter: "Possibilidade de Relacionamento" ["Possibility of Relationship"], p. 33 ISBN 8573162732

[16] 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

[20] 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 – Jornal A Tarde, Relationship – Human Trajectory

[22] 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).

[32] 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). 4. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. ISSN 1983-7429.

[36] 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.

[1] "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."

[2] Malin, Betty (March 2010). "Por que Fisicalismo?" [Why physicalism?]. Revista Litteris (in Portuguese). 4. Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. ISSN 1983-7429. the gestalt psychologist Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos, creator of Gestalt Psychotherapy

[3] 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)

[4] Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida in Gestalt Psychotherapy (in Portuguese)

[5] Campos. (2012) [2] p. 43

[7] 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.

[book1-8] 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

[9] 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

[10] Lobo, Sandro (1999). "Portas da Percepção" [Doors of Perception]. Correio da Bahia (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 27, 2023 – via verafelicidade.com.

[11] Campos. (2012) [3] p. 47 – "Psychological life is perceptive life, consequently psychological problems are perceptive distortions..."

[15] Campos. (1972). [4] chapter V, p. 90

[crp2012-17] "Autêntica Plenitude" ["Authentic Plenitude"]. Magazine of The Regional Council of Psychology CRP-3 (in Portuguese). Edition 8. April/June 2012 (in Portuguese).

[18] 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.

[19] 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.

[21] Campos. (1972) [5] Chapter III – "Dimensões Básicas Estruturantes" ("Basic Structural Dimensions"), pp. 55-66

[23] Campos. (2012) [6] p. 36-37

[24] Miranda, Nadja (1984). "Uma Visão do Mundo e do Homem" [A vision of the world and of mankind]. A Tarde (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 27, 2023 – via verafelicidade.com.

[25] Campos. (1972). [7] Chapter IV, pp. 72-78

[26] 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.

[27] 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.

[28] 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.

[29] Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida. (1988) Relacionamento Trajetória do Humano ("Relationship – Human Trajectory"), pp. 17-30, Salvador. – also available as eBook ISBN 9788582455531

[30] Campos. (2012) [8] p. 37-41

[31] Lewin, Kurt. Field Theory in Social Science, Livraria Pioneira, São Paulo, 1965.

[33] 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

[34] Santana, Rosane (1993). "O gestaltismo é um humanismo" [Gestaltism is a humanism]. A Tarde (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 27, 2023 – via verafelicidade.com.

[35] Campos. (2012) [9] p. 36

[37] Campos. (1972). [10] "Introdução: Fundamentantes Contextuais" ["Introduction: Contextual Background"]

[38] "The Paychoanalytic Roots of Gestalt Therapy"", by Peter Philippson, British Gestalt Journal, August 26, 2014.

[39] Campos. (1972). [11] "O Mito do Inconsciente" ["The Myth of the Unconscious"], p. 71

[40] Campos. (1972). [12] 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."

[41] Campos. (1972) [13] "O Mito do Inconsciente" ["The Myth of the Unconscious"], pp. 71–78

[42] 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.

[43] 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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[44] Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade Federal da Bahia: UFBA [Psychology Institute of UFBA], Disciplinas Optativas do curso de Psicologia: Código: FCH397 Disciplina: Psicoterapia Gestaltista de Vera Felicidade – Pré requisito: FCH046 [Psychology course optional subjects: Code: FCH397 Discipline: Gestalt Psychotherapy of Vera Felicidade – Prerequisite: FCH046] (in Portuguese).

[45] Catalog of the Library of Congress, Washington [14]

[46] KATALOG DER DEUTSCHEN NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK on Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos [15]; at the INSI – OCLC [16]; at the VIAF [17]; at KB Nationale Bibliotheek [18]; the LOC has entries about Campos' work [19]; WorldCat Identities data shows Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos at 80 Library holdings [20].

[47] Yale University Library Catalog [21] Harvard University Libraries [22]

[48] Search by author's name in Central library of Unb

[49] Meer Magazine – Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos has been publishing monthly articles in Portuguese, English and French in this online publication, based in Budva, Montenegro, since 2014. Link to V.Campos' articles in this magazine.

[50] 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.

[51] 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.

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 '''Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos''' (born August 18, 1942) is a [[Brazilians|Brazilian]] [[psychologist]]<ref>[https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/regulamentação-da-psicologia-no-brasil "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."</ref> who founded Gestalt Psychotherapy, a psychotherapeutic theory based on [[Gestalt psychology|Gestalt Psychology]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Malin |first=Betty |title=Por que Fisicalismo? |language=pt |trans-title=Why physicalism? |journal=Revista Litteris |issn=1983-7429 |volume=4 |date=March 2010 |publisher=Federal University of Rio de Janeiro |quote=the gestalt psychologist Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos, creator of Gestalt Psychotherapy}}</ref> From gestalt and [[Phenomenology (philosophy)|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.<ref>Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida. (2012) [https://revistaepsi.com/artigo/2012-ano2-volume1-artigo2/ "Criação, questões e soluções da Psicoterapia Gestaltista"] [Creation, Questions and Solutions of Gestalt Psychotherapy]. Portugal. Revista E-PSI (in Portuguese)</ref>
-Gestalt Psychotherapy, a term coined by Campos to name her theory, is different from [[Gestalt Therapy]] (developed by [[Fritz Perls]]).<ref>Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida in [https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/psicoterapia-gestaltista Gestalt Psychotherapy] (in Portuguese)</ref><ref>Campos. (2012) [https://revistaepsi.com/artigo/2012-ano2-volume1-artigo2/] p. 43</ref> The difference is in the methodology as well as in the theoretical basis, especially regarding the unconscious,{{efn-lr|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 [https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/psicoterapia-gestaltista Gestalt Psychotherapy] (in Portuguese)}} a concept accepted by F. Perls and denied by V. Campos.<ref>{{cite news |last=Calbo |first=Iza |title=À Luz da Percepção |work=[[Jornal A Tarde|A Tarde]] (June 19, 2002). |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/à-luz-da-percepção|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=In the Light of Perception |language=pt}}''"Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos decided to develop her own theory because she disagreed with the explanation of human behavior from the concept of the unconscious."''</ref> The clinical practice is individual and based on dialogue between psychotherapist and client.<ref name="book1">Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida. (1972). ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/6196736 PsicoterapiaGestaltista Conceituações]'' (''Gestalt Psychotherapy – Conceptualizations''), Introduction, page 15, Rio de Janeiro (in Portuguese) – also available as eBook ISBN 9788595130920</ref> Her eleven books expose the development of the theory's concepts, such as: to perceive is to know;<ref>Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida. (1999) ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/1370945713 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</ref> psychological life is perceptive life;<ref>Campos. (2012) [https://revistaepsi.com/artigo/2012-ano2-volume1-artigo2/] p. 47 – "Psychological life is perceptive life, consequently psychological problems are perceptive distortions..."</ref>{{efn-lr| 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) ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/34193351 Terra e Ouro são Iguais - Percepção em Psicoterapia Gestaltista]'' [''Earth and Gold are Equal – Perception in Gestalt Psychotherapy''], p. 72, ISBN 857110249X}}{{efn-lr| 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). ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/53850633 A Questão do Ser, do Si mesmo e do Eu]'' [''The Question of Being, the Self and the I''], p. 23 ISBN 8573162732}} the human being is a possibility of relationship;{{efn-lr| 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). [https://www.worldcat.org/title/53850633], chapter: "Possibilidade de Relacionamento" ["Possibility of Relationship"], p. 33 ISBN 8573162732}} non-acceptance; autoreferencing<ref>Campos. (1972). [https://www.worldcat.org/title/6196736] chapter V, p. 90</ref> etc.
+Gestalt Psychotherapy, a term coined by Campos to name her theory, is different from [[Gestalt Therapy]] (developed by [[Fritz Perls]]).<ref>Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida in [https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/psicoterapia-gestaltista Gestalt Psychotherapy] (in Portuguese)</ref><ref>Campos. (2012) [https://revistaepsi.com/artigo/2012-ano2-volume1-artigo2/] p. 43</ref> The difference is in the methodology as well as in the theoretical basis, especially regarding the unconscious,{{efn-lr|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 [https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/psicoterapia-gestaltista Gestalt Psychotherapy] (in Portuguese)}} a concept accepted by F. Perls and denied by V. Campos.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=À Luz da Percepção |journal=Jornal A Tarde |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/à-luz-da-percepção |last=Calbo |first=Iza |year=2002 |language=Portuguese |trans-title=In the Light of Perception |quote=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. |access-date=2023-03-27}}</ref> The clinical practice is individual and based on dialogue between psychotherapist and client.<ref name="book1">Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida. (1972). ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/6196736 PsicoterapiaGestaltista Conceituações]'' (''Gestalt Psychotherapy – Conceptualizations''), Introduction, page 15, Rio de Janeiro (in Portuguese) – also available as eBook ISBN 9788595130920</ref> Her eleven books expose the development of the theory's concepts, such as: to perceive is to know;<ref>Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida. (1999) ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/1370945713 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</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lobo |first=Sandro |year=1999 |title=Portas da Percepção |work=Correio da Bahia |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/portas-da-percepção|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Doors of Perception |language=pt}}</ref> psychological life is perceptive life;<ref>Campos. (2012) [https://revistaepsi.com/artigo/2012-ano2-volume1-artigo2/] p. 47 – "Psychological life is perceptive life, consequently psychological problems are perceptive distortions..."</ref>{{efn-lr| 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) ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/34193351 Terra e Ouro são Iguais - Percepção em Psicoterapia Gestaltista]'' [''Earth and Gold are Equal – Perception in Gestalt Psychotherapy''], p. 72, ISBN 857110249X}}{{efn-lr| 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). ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/53850633 A Questão do Ser, do Si mesmo e do Eu]'' [''The Question of Being, the Self and the I''], p. 23 ISBN 8573162732}} the human being is a possibility of relationship;{{efn-lr| 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). [https://www.worldcat.org/title/53850633], chapter: "Possibilidade de Relacionamento" ["Possibility of Relationship"], p. 33 ISBN 8573162732}} non-acceptance; autoreferencing<ref>Campos. (1972). [https://www.worldcat.org/title/6196736] chapter V, p. 90</ref> etc.
 ==Biography==
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 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{{efn-lr| 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 [[:pt:Aristeu_Nogueira|Aristeu Nogueira Campos]] and sister of [[:pt:Diógenes_de_Almeida_Campos|Diógenes de Almeida Campos]]}} Campos and Odete de Almeida Campos, and at the age of three, the family moved to the capital, [[Salvador, Bahia|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]],<ref name="crp2012">[https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/reportagem-para-o-crp-03 "Autêntica Plenitude"] ["Authentic Plenitude"]. Magazine of The Regional Council of Psychology CRP-3 (in Portuguese). Edition 8. April/June 2012 (in Portuguese).</ref> and since then has been dedicated mainly to clinical practice and the development of Gestalt Psychotherapy theory as presented in her published books.<ref>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.</ref>
+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.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Coutinho |first=Paulo Cesar |year=1993 |title=Psicologa desvenda alquimia do mundo |work=[[O Globo]] |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/psicóloga-desvenda-alquimia-do-mundo|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Psychologist Unravels the Alchemy of the World |language=pt}}</ref>
 ==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.{{efn-lr| 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 – {{Citation |last=[[Jornal A Tarde]] |title=Relationship – Human Trajectory|url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/relacionamento-trajetória-do-humano}}}}<ref>Campos. (1972) [https://www.worldcat.org/title/6196736] Chapter III – "Dimensões Básicas Estruturantes" ("Basic Structural Dimensions"), pp. 55-66</ref> She had work experience in psychiatric hospitals in Brazil (Juliano Moreira Hospital) and courses in Moscow at the Department of Medicine of the [[Peoples' Friendship University of Russia|Patrice Lumumba University]] (The Peoples' Friendship University of Russia) in 1962,<ref name="crp2012" /> and due to her philosophical background and interest in theory studies,{{efn-lr| 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. [https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/reportagem-para-o-crp-03 "Autêntica Plenitude"] ["Authentic Plenitude"]. ''Magazine of CRP-3''. Edition 8. April–June 2012 (in Portuguese).}} 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.<ref> Campos. (2012) [https://revistaepsi.com/artigo/2012-ano2-volume1-artigo2/] p. 36-37</ref> For V. Campos, the visions of man implicit in psychoanalysis ([[Sigmund Freud|Freud]]) and in Gestalt Psychology are incompatible.<ref>Campos. (1972). [https://www.worldcat.org/title/6196736] Chapter IV, pp. 72-78</ref> Based on the research of Gestalt Psychology theorists, [[Kurt Koffka|Koffka]], [[Wolfgang Köhler|Koehler]] and [[Max Wertheimer|Wertheimer]], especially their research on perception and sensation, laws of perception, and isomorphism,<ref>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.</ref><ref>Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida. (1988) ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/1246351404 Relacionamento Trajetória do Humano]'' ("Relationship – Human Trajectory"), pp. 17-30, Salvador. – also available as eBook ISBN 9788582455531</ref> Campos started her theoretical reflections towards the development of Gestalt Psychotherapy.<ref> Campos. (2012) [https://revistaepsi.com/artigo/2012-ano2-volume1-artigo2/] p. 37-41</ref> Another important topic of her studies was [[Kurt Lewin]]'s research on Field Theory,<ref>Lewin, Kurt. ''Field Theory in Social Science'', Livraria Pioneira, São Paulo, 1965.</ref> and from that she was critical of what she calls the dualistic approach{{efn-lr|Betty Malin, when discussing dualism in psychology, quotes Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos as a successful author in facing the question of dualism. {{Cite journal |last=Malin |first=Betty |title=Por que Fisicalismo?|language=pt |trans-title=Why physicalism? |journal=Revista Litteris |issn=1983-7429 |volume=4 |date=March 2010 |publisher=Federal University of Rio de Janeiro}}}} and the Class Theory-based approach (Lewin's concept), which are characteristic of [[psychoanalysis]], [[behaviorism]], and other functionalist schools in psychology.<ref>Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida. (1993) ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/34193351 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</ref>
+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.{{efn-lr| 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 – {{Citation |last=[[Jornal A Tarde]] |title=Relationship – Human Trajectory|url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/relacionamento-trajetória-do-humano}}}}<ref>Campos. (1972) [https://www.worldcat.org/title/6196736] Chapter III – "Dimensões Básicas Estruturantes" ("Basic Structural Dimensions"), pp. 55-66</ref> She had work experience in psychiatric hospitals in Brazil (Juliano Moreira Hospital) and courses in Moscow at the Department of Medicine of the [[Peoples' Friendship University of Russia|Patrice Lumumba University]] (The Peoples' Friendship University of Russia) in 1962,<ref name="crp2012" /> and due to her philosophical background and interest in theory studies,{{efn-lr| 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. [https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/reportagem-para-o-crp-03 "Autêntica Plenitude"] ["Authentic Plenitude"]. ''Magazine of CRP-3''. Edition 8. April–June 2012 (in Portuguese).}} 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.<ref> Campos. (2012) [https://revistaepsi.com/artigo/2012-ano2-volume1-artigo2/] p. 36-37</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Miranda |first=Nadja |year=1984 |title=Uma Visão do Mundo e do Homem |work=[[Jornal A Tarde|A Tarde]] |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/uma-visão-do-mundo-e-do-homem|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com|trans-title=A vision of the world and of mankind |language=pt}}</ref> For V. Campos, the visions of man implicit in psychoanalysis ([[Sigmund Freud|Freud]]) and in Gestalt Psychology are incompatible.<ref>Campos. (1972). [https://www.worldcat.org/title/6196736] Chapter IV, pp. 72-78</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Santana |first=Valdemir |title=Gestalt terapia a neurose sob nova ótica|year=1981 | work=Correio da Bahia |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/gestalt-terapia-a-neurose-sob-nova-ótica|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Gestalt Therapy – neurosis under a new light |language=pt}}</ref> Based on the research of Gestalt Psychology theorists,<ref>{{cite news |last=Thadeu |first=Jose Luiz |title=Gestalt, Felicidade |work=Rádice Revista de Psicologia|volume=3|issue=11|pages=32-38|date=1980 |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/gestalt-felicidade|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com  |trans-title=Gestalt, Happiness |language=pt}}</ref> [[Kurt Koffka|Koffka]], [[Wolfgang Köhler|Koehler]] and [[Max Wertheimer|Wertheimer]], especially their research on perception and sensation, laws of perception, and isomorphism,<ref>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.</ref><ref>Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida. (1988) ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/1246351404 Relacionamento Trajetória do Humano]'' ("Relationship – Human Trajectory"), pp. 17-30, Salvador. – also available as eBook ISBN 9788582455531</ref> Campos started her theoretical reflections towards the development of Gestalt Psychotherapy.<ref> Campos. (2012) [https://revistaepsi.com/artigo/2012-ano2-volume1-artigo2/] p. 37-41</ref> Another important topic of her studies was [[Kurt Lewin]]'s research on Field Theory,<ref>Lewin, Kurt. ''Field Theory in Social Science'', Livraria Pioneira, São Paulo, 1965.</ref> and from that she was critical of what she calls the dualistic approach{{efn-lr|Betty Malin, when discussing dualism in psychology, quotes Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos as a successful author in facing the question of dualism. {{Cite journal |last=Malin |first=Betty |title=Por que Fisicalismo?|language=pt |trans-title=Why physicalism? |journal=Revista Litteris |issn=1983-7429 |volume=4 |date=March 2010 |publisher=Federal University of Rio de Janeiro}}}} and the Class Theory-based approach (Lewin's concept), which are characteristic of [[psychoanalysis]], [[behaviorism]], and other functionalist schools in psychology.<ref>Campos, Vera Felicidade de Almeida. (1993) ''[https://www.worldcat.org/title/34193351 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</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Santana |first=Rosane |year=1993 |title=O gestaltismo é um humanismo |work=[[Jornal A Tarde|A Tarde]] |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/o-gestaltismo-é-um-humanismo|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Gestaltism is a humanism |language=pt}}</ref>
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-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.<ref> Campos. (2012) [https://revistaepsi.com/artigo/2012-ano2-volume1-artigo2/] p. 36</ref> Since the beginning of her clinical practice, benefiting from both Gestalt concepts and [[Edmund Husserl]]'s [[Phenomenology (philosophy)|Phenomenology]], she initiated the development of Gestalt Psychotherapy,{{efn-lr| 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." – {{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida |title=Relacionamento Trajetória do Humano |work=[[Jornal A Tarde|A Tarde]] |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/relacionamento-trajetória-do-humano|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com  |trans-title=Relationship - Human Trajectory |language=pt |year=1988 |location=Bahia, Brazil)}} a theory based exclusively on gestaltism, phenomenology, and dialectical materialism.<ref>Campos. (1972). [https://www.worldcat.org/title/6196736] "Introdução: Fundamentantes Contextuais" ["Introduction: Contextual Background"]</ref> At no time does she make use of psychoanalytic concepts, as does, for instance, Fritz Perls' Gestalt Therapy.<ref>[https://www.britishgestaltjournal.com/features/2014/8/26/the-psychoanalytic-roots-of-gestalt-therapy "The Paychoanalytic Roots of Gestalt Therapy"]", by Peter Philippson, ''British Gestalt Journal'', August 26, 2014.</ref>  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.<ref>Campos. (1972). [https://www.worldcat.org/title/6196736] "O Mito do Inconsciente" ["The Myth of the Unconscious"], p. 71</ref> 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.<ref>Campos. (1972). [https://www.worldcat.org/title/6196736]  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."</ref> 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").<ref>Campos. (1972) [https://www.worldcat.org/title/6196736] "O Mito do Inconsciente" ["The Myth of the Unconscious"], pp. 71–78</ref><ref>Santana, Rosane. (May 16, 1988) {{Cite book |last=[[Jornal A Tarde]] |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/relacionamento-trajetória-do-humano |title=Relacionamento Trajetória do Humano}} [Relationship - Human Trajectory]: ''"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."''</ref>
+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.<ref> Campos. (2012) [https://revistaepsi.com/artigo/2012-ano2-volume1-artigo2/] p. 36</ref> Since the beginning of her clinical practice, benefiting from both Gestalt concepts and [[Edmund Husserl]]'s [[Phenomenology (philosophy)|Phenomenology]], she initiated the development of Gestalt Psychotherapy, {{efn-lr| 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." – {{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida |title=Relacionamento Trajetória do Humano |work=[[Jornal A Tarde|A Tarde]] |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/relacionamento-trajetória-do-humano|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com  |trans-title=Relationship - Human Trajectory |language=pt |year=1988 |location=Bahia, Brazil}}}} a theory based exclusively on gestaltism, phenomenology, and dialectical materialism.<ref>Campos. (1972). [https://www.worldcat.org/title/6196736] "Introdução: Fundamentantes Contextuais" ["Introduction: Contextual Background"]</ref> At no time does she make use of psychoanalytic concepts, as does, for instance, Fritz Perls' Gestalt Therapy.<ref>[https://www.britishgestaltjournal.com/features/2014/8/26/the-psychoanalytic-roots-of-gestalt-therapy "The Paychoanalytic Roots of Gestalt Therapy"]", by Peter Philippson, ''British Gestalt Journal'', August 26, 2014.</ref>  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.<ref>Campos. (1972). [https://www.worldcat.org/title/6196736] "O Mito do Inconsciente" ["The Myth of the Unconscious"], p. 71</ref> 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.<ref>Campos. (1972). [https://www.worldcat.org/title/6196736]  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."</ref> 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").<ref>Campos. (1972) [https://www.worldcat.org/title/6196736] "O Mito do Inconsciente" ["The Myth of the Unconscious"], pp. 71–78</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |title=Relacionamento Trajetória do Humano |journal=Jornal A Tarde|url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/relacionamento-trajetória-do-humano |last=Santana |first=Rosane |year=1988 |language=Portuguese |trans-title=Relationship - Human Trajectory|quote=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.}}</ref>
-Campos works in clinical psychology since the late 1960s and has been consistently developing her theory in books, articles, and research reports for decades.<ref name="crp2012" /> At the [[Federal University of Bahia |Federal University of Bahia (UFBA)]] she taught Extension Courses in Gestalt Psychotherapy in the beginning of the eighties<ref name="crp2012"/> and from that time on the subject "Vera Felicidade's Gestalt Psychotherapy" is part of the program content of the mandatory discipline [https://ips.ufba.br/teorias-e-sistemas-psicologicos-ii 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).<ref>Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade Federal da Bahia: UFBA [Psychology Institute of UFBA], [https://14d950f6-d2ce-4144-9e2b-eb7310fe8924.usrfiles.com/ugd/14d950%20affef78c63764b3f8501a5c42597e517.pdf Disciplinas Optativas do curso de Psicologia: Código: FCH397 Disciplina: Psicoterapia Gestaltista de Vera Felicidade – Pré requisito: FCH046] [Psychology course optional subjects: Code: FCH397 Discipline: Gestalt Psychotherapy of Vera Felicidade – Prerequisite: FCH046] (in Portuguese).</ref> 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)<ref>Catalog of the Library of Congress, Washington [https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchArg=Vera+Felicidade+de+Almeida+Campos&searchCode=GKEY%5E*&searchType=0&recCount=25&sk=en_US]</ref> and other public libraries.<ref>KATALOG DER DEUTSCHEN NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK on Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos [https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&cqlMode=true&query=nid%3D13271261X]; at the INSI – OCLC  [https://isni.oclc.org/xslt/DB=1.2//CMD?ACT=SRCH&IKT=8006&TRM=ISN%3A0000000029183462&TERMS_OF_USE_AGREED=Y&terms_of_use_agree=send&COOKIE=U51,KENDUSER,I28,B0028++++++,SY,NISNI,D1.2,E00ea5b99-3c,A,H1,,3-28,,30-41,,43-59,,65-70,,74-75,R186.207.174.77,FY]; at the VIAF  [https://viaf.org/viaf/50841247/]; at KB Nationale Bibliotheek [http://data.bibliotheken.nl/doc/thes/p271541806]; the LOC has entries about Campos' work [https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90612221.html]; WorldCat Identities data shows Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos at 80 Library holdings [https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n90612221/].</ref> Her books are also found in Libraries of American Universities ([[Yale University|Yale]] and [[Harvard University|Harvard]]),<ref>Yale University Library Catalog [http://search.library.yale.edu/quicksearch?q=vera+felicidade+de+almeida+campos] Harvard University Libraries [http://hollis.harvard.edu/?itemid=%7Clibrary/m/aleph%7C009727884]</ref> as well as in Libraries of Brazilian Universities ([[University of Brasília|University of Brasilia]] – UnB and others<ref>[https://consulta.bce.unb.br/pergamum/biblioteca/index.php?resolution2=1024_1 Search by author's name in Central library of Unb]</ref>) and in the [[National Library of Brazil|National Library]] (Rio de Janeiro). In addition to books, she regularly publishes articles in magazines and journals.<ref>Reports in newspapers and magazines about Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos and her work in psychotherapy since the 1980s to the present, and some publications of her articles in newspapers.
+Campos works in clinical psychology since the late 1960s<ref>{{cite news |last=Revista do CRP-03, 5ª Edição |title=60 anos da Psicologia nos Territórios Baianos |publisher=Conselho Regional de Psicologia |date= 2022 |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/reportagem-do-conselho-regional-de-psicologia-bahia|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=60 years of Psychology in the Bahian Territories |language=pt}}</ref> and has been consistently developing her theory in books, articles, and research reports for decades.<ref name="crp2012" /> At the [[Federal University of Bahia |Federal University of Bahia (UFBA)]] she taught Extension Courses in Gestalt Psychotherapy in the beginning of the eighties<ref name="crp2012"/> and from that time on the subject "Vera Felicidade's Gestalt Psychotherapy" is part of the program content of the mandatory discipline [https://ips.ufba.br/teorias-e-sistemas-psicologicos-ii 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).<ref>Instituto de Psicologia da Universidade Federal da Bahia: UFBA [Psychology Institute of UFBA], [https://14d950f6-d2ce-4144-9e2b-eb7310fe8924.usrfiles.com/ugd/14d950%20affef78c63764b3f8501a5c42597e517.pdf Disciplinas Optativas do curso de Psicologia: Código: FCH397 Disciplina: Psicoterapia Gestaltista de Vera Felicidade – Pré requisito: FCH046] [Psychology course optional subjects: Code: FCH397 Discipline: Gestalt Psychotherapy of Vera Felicidade – Prerequisite: FCH046] (in Portuguese).</ref> 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)<ref>Catalog of the Library of Congress, Washington [https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchArg=Vera+Felicidade+de+Almeida+Campos&searchCode=GKEY%5E*&searchType=0&recCount=25&sk=en_US]</ref> and other public libraries.<ref>KATALOG DER DEUTSCHEN NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK on Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos [https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&cqlMode=true&query=nid%3D13271261X]; at the INSI – OCLC  [https://isni.oclc.org/xslt/DB=1.2//CMD?ACT=SRCH&IKT=8006&TRM=ISN%3A0000000029183462&TERMS_OF_USE_AGREED=Y&terms_of_use_agree=send&COOKIE=U51,KENDUSER,I28,B0028++++++,SY,NISNI,D1.2,E00ea5b99-3c,A,H1,,3-28,,30-41,,43-59,,65-70,,74-75,R186.207.174.77,FY]; at the VIAF  [https://viaf.org/viaf/50841247/]; at KB Nationale Bibliotheek [http://data.bibliotheken.nl/doc/thes/p271541806]; the LOC has entries about Campos' work [https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90612221.html]; WorldCat Identities data shows Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos at 80 Library holdings [https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n90612221/].</ref> Her books are also found in Libraries of American Universities ([[Yale University|Yale]] and [[Harvard University|Harvard]]),<ref>Yale University Library Catalog [http://search.library.yale.edu/quicksearch?q=vera+felicidade+de+almeida+campos] Harvard University Libraries [http://hollis.harvard.edu/?itemid=%7Clibrary/m/aleph%7C009727884]</ref> as well as in Libraries of Brazilian Universities ([[University of Brasília|University of Brasilia]] – UnB and others<ref>[https://consulta.bce.unb.br/pergamum/biblioteca/index.php?resolution2=1024_1 Search by author's name in Central library of Unb]</ref>) and in the [[National Library of Brazil|National Library]] (Rio de Janeiro). In addition to books, she regularly publishes articles in magazines and journals.<ref>[https://www.meer.com/en Meer Magazine] – Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos has been publishing monthly articles in Portuguese, English and French in this online publication, based in Budva, Montenegro, since 2014. [https://www.meer.com/en/authors/254-vera-felicidade-de-almeida-campos Link to V.Campos' articles in this magazine].</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida|year=2004 |title=Nostalgia de um sujeito perdido |work=[[Jornal A Tarde|A Tarde]] |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/nostalgia-de-um-sujeito-perdido|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Nostalgia of a lost subject |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida |year=1982 |title=Psicoterapia não se faz nos terreiros |work=[[Jornal do Brasil]] |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/psicoterapia-não-se-faz-nos-terreiros|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Paychotherapy is not to be done in religious houses |language=pt}}</ref>
-# {{cite news |last=Revista do CRP-03, 5ª Edição |title=60 anos da Psicologia nos Territórios Baianos |publisher=Conselho Regional de Psicologia [Regional Council of Psychology]|date=22 August 2022 |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/reportagem-do-conselho-regional-de-psicologia-bahia|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=60 years of Psychology in the Bahian Territories |language=pt |work=Magazine of CRP-03 |edition=5}}
-# {{cite news |last=Revista do CRP-03, 8ª Edição (April/June 2012) |title=Autentica Plenitude |work=Conselho Regional de Psicologia [Regional Council of Psychology] |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/reportagem-para-o-crp-03|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Authentic Plenitude |language=pt}}
-# {{cite news |last=Thadeu |first=Jose Luiz |title=Gestalt, Felicidade |work=Rádice Revista di Psicologia|volume=3|issue=11|pages=32-38|date=1980 |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/gestalt-felicidade|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com  |trans-title=Gestalt, Happiness |language=pt}}
-# {{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida |title=Paixão e Razão - Vivência e Significado |work=BOCA BILINGUE |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/paixão-e-razão-vivência-e-significado|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Passion and Reason – Experience and Meaning |language=pt}} (publishing date: BOCA BILINGUE magazine, octuber 1994, pp.80-83, Lisbon)
-# {{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida |title=Criação, questões e soluções da Psicoterapia Gestaltista |work=Revista E-PSI |url=https://revistaepsi.com/artigo/2012-ano2-volume1-artigo2/|access-date=27 March 2023 |trans-title=Creation, Questions and Solutions of Gestalt Psychotherapy |language=pt}} (Portugal)
-# {{cite news |last=Santana |first=Valdemir |title=Gestalt terapia a neurose sob nova ótica |work=Correio da Bahia |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/gestalt-terapia-a-neurose-sob-nova-ótica|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Gestalt Therapy – neurosis under a new light |language=pt}} (publishing date: Correio da Bahia, 1981, Bahia, Brazil)
-# {{cite news |last=Miranda |first=Nadja |title=Uma Visão do Mundo e do Homem |work=[[Jornal A Tarde|A Tarde]] |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/uma-visão-do-mundo-e-do-homem|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com|trans-title=A vision of the world and of mankind |language=pt}} (publishing date: A Tarde, 1984, Bahia, Brazil)
-# {{cite news |last=Santana |first=Rosane |title=O gestaltismo é um humanismo |work=[[Jornal A Tarde|A Tarde]] |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/o-gestaltismo-é-um-humanismo|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Gestaltism is a humanism |language=pt}} (publishing date: A Tarde, 1993, Bahia, Brazil)
-# {{cite news |last=Coutinho |first=Paulo Cesar |title=Psicologa desvenda alquimia do mundo |work=[[O Globo]] |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/psicóloga-desvenda-alquimia-do-mundo|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Psychologist Unravels the Alchemy of the World |language=pt}} (publishing date: O Globo, 1993, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
-# {{cite news |last=Lobo |first=Sandro |title=Portas da Percepção |work=Correio da Bahia |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/portas-da-percepção|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Doors of Perception |language=pt}} (publishing date: Correio da Bahia, 1999, Bahia, Brazil)
-# {{cite news |last=Santana |first=Rosane |title=Violência, desespero e ética |work=[[Jornal A Tarde|A Tarde]] |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/violência-desespero-e-ética|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Violence, despair and ethics |language=pt}} (publishing date: A Tarde, 1999, Bahia, Brazil)
-# {{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida |title=Nostalgia de um sujeito perdido |work=[[Jornal A Tarde|A Tarde]] |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/nostalgia-de-um-sujeito-perdido|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Nostalgia of a lost subject |language=pt}} (publishing date: A Tarde, 2004, Bahia, Brazil)
-# {{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida |title=Psicoterapia não se faz nos terreiros |work=[[Jornal do Brasil]] |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/psicoterapia-não-se-faz-nos-terreiros|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Paychotherapy is not to be done in religious houses |language=pt}} (publishing date: Jornal do Brasil, 1982, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
-# {{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida |title=Vontade, Desejo e Psicoterapia Gestaltista |work=SBEM Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/vontade-desejo-e-psicoterapia-gestaltista|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Will, desire and Gestalt Psychotherapy}} (publishing date: Bulletin of the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabology, 2006)
-# {{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida |title=Sexualidade Humana - aspectos psicológicos |work=SBEM Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/sexualidade-humana-aspectos-psicológicos|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com|trans-title=Human Sexuality – psychological aspects |language=pt}} (publishing date: Bulletin of the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabology, 1999)
-# {{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida |title=Dependência, hábito e medo |work=SBEM Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/dependência-hábito-e-medo|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com|trans-title=Dependency, habit, and fear |language=pt}} (publishing date: Bulletin of the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabology, 2001)
-# {{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida |title=Doença: onipotência e indisciplina |work=SBEM Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/doença-onipotência-e-indisciplina|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Disease, Omnipotence, and Indiscipline |language=pt}} (publishing date: Bulletin of the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolog, 1999)
-# {{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida |title=Drogas |work=SBEM Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/drogas|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Addiction and Drugs |language=pt}} (publishing date: Bulletin of the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolog, 2002)
-# {{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida |title=Impotência é a integração de limites |work=SBEM Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/impotência-é-a-integração-de-limites|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Impotence is the integration of limits |language=pt}} (publishing date: Bulletin of the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolog, 2000)
-# {{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida |title=Sobre a morte - Realidade e cogitação |work=SBEM Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/sobre-a-morte-realidade-e-cogitação|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=On death – reality and cogitation |language=pt}} (publishing date: Bulletin of the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolog, 2000)
-# {{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida |title=Vergonha e síndrome de pânico |work=SBEM Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/vergonha-e-síndrome-de-pânico|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Shame and panic disorder |language=pt}} (publishing date: Bulletin of the Brazilian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolog, 2000)
-# [https://www.meer.com/en Meer Magazine] – Vera Felicidade de Almeida Campos has been publishing monthly articles in Portuguese, English and French in this online publication, based in Budva, Montenegro, since 2014. [https://www.meer.com/en/authors/254-vera-felicidade-de-almeida-campos Link to V.Campos' articles in this magazine].
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 ==Published books==
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 *''Linguagem e Psicoterapia Gestaltista - Como se Aprende a Falar'', Ideias & Letras, São Paulo - SP, 2015
 *''Como Perceber e Transformar a Neurose - Psicoterapia Gestaltista'', Simplíssimo (eBook), Porto Alegre-RS, 2017
+==Selected Publications==
+* {{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida |year=1994 |title=Paixão e Razão - Vivência e Significado |work=BOCA BILINGUE |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/paixão-e-razão-vivência-e-significado|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Passion and Reason – Experience and Meaning |language=pt|location=Portugal}}
+* {{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida |year=2012 |title=Criação, questões e soluções da Psicoterapia Gestaltista |work=Revista E-PSI |url=https://revistaepsi.com/artigo/2012-ano2-volume1-artigo2/|access-date=27 March 2023 |trans-title=Creation, Questions and Solutions of Gestalt Psychotherapy |language=pt |location=Portugal}}
+* {{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida  |year=2006 |title=Vontade, Desejo e Psicoterapia Gestaltista |work=SBEM Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/vontade-desejo-e-psicoterapia-gestaltista|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Will, desire and Gestalt Psychotherapy}}
+* {{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida |year=1999 |title=Sexualidade Humana - aspectos psicológicos |work=SBEM Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/sexualidade-humana-aspectos-psicológicos|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com|trans-title=Human Sexuality – psychological aspects |language=pt}}
+* {{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida |year=2001 |title=Dependência, hábito e medo |work=SBEM Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/dependência-hábito-e-medo|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com|trans-title=Dependency, habit, and fear |language=pt}}
+* {{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida |year=1999 |title=Doença: onipotência e indisciplina |work=SBEM Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/doença-onipotência-e-indisciplina|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Disease, Omnipotence, and Indiscipline |language=pt}}
+* {{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida |year=2002 |title=Drogas |work=SBEM Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/drogas|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Addiction and Drugs |language=pt}}
+* {{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida |year=2000 |title=Impotência é a integração de limites |work=SBEM Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/impotência-é-a-integração-de-limites|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Impotence is the integration of limits |language=pt}}
+* {{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida |year=2000 |title=Sobre a morte - Realidade e cogitação |work=SBEM Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/sobre-a-morte-realidade-e-cogitação|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=On death – reality and cogitation |language=pt}}
+* {{cite news |last=Campos |first=Vera Felicidade de Almeida |year=2000 |title=Vergonha e síndrome de pânico |work=SBEM Boletim da Sociedade Brasileira de Endocrinologia e Metabologia |url=https://www.verafelicidade.com/post/vergonha-e-síndrome-de-pânico|access-date=27 March 2023|via=verafelicidade.com |trans-title=Shame and panic disorder |language=pt}}
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