Integrative Mental Health University

Explore Brazil’s Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals and Community Centers: 

Experience Spiritist Treatments

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For description of full fees go to: https://imhu.org/fee-brazil-trip/

Down load Registration Materials at: https://imhu.org/registration-for-brazil-seminar/

The Spiritist paradigm in mental health care addresses the spiritual aspects of illness and treatment in an ecumenical and dynamic way, unseen anywhere else in the world. The Spiritist paradigm also attends to the biological and emotional aspects of disturbances while taking a cautious approach to psychiatric medications. It is a forerunner in “Integrative Mental Health”.

Many have gotten a glimmer of this outstanding  paradigm through the extraordinary healing of some Brazilian healers; few have stepped into the full light of opportunities for both personal transformation and change that the 50 Spiritist hospitals and 13,000 Spiritist centers reveal.  A 30-minute documentary film, Spiritism: Bridging Spirituality and Health, will give you a taste of what we experience and why it is important in the field of mental health.

35 CEs & CMEs

This seminar is only open to healthcare providers and students who are becoming healthcare providers…and those who  pioneer initiatives in mental healthcare. All participants receive a Certificate of Completion.  Medical doctors can receive 35 CME.  Psychologists, social workers, and psychotherapists can also receive 35 Continuing Education credit.  Scroll below for links.

Lead instructor, Emma Bragdon, PhD, is the author of Kardec's Spiritism and Resources for Extraordinary Healing.  She is the Editor of Spiritism and Mental Health--a collection of chapters by Spiritist psychiatrists, psychologists and researchers from other countries, who evaluate Spiritist Therapies.

Small Group: Experiential Learning

We travel in a small group, no larger than ten.  Emma Bragdon, PhD is our guide, introducing each part of the journey. We have on-site tours, hear presentations, get updates on research, watch diagnosis and treatment via mediums and medical intuitives, and (if you wish) experience all of the Spiritist treatments individually. These include readings by medical intuitives as well as mediums practicing “disobsession”–a kind of exorcism. These are given by Brazilian psychiatrists and other MDs who are also highly trained mediums and work at the Spiritist Psychiatric Hospitals; as well as highly-trained intuitives who have been working effectively with patients for many years.

You will watch teams of 8-10 mediums working together in “syntonie” (Portuguese word that translates  into “oneness” or “exquisite harmony”).  Their work benefits patients who have seemed incapable of making positive change…this can include schizophrenics who are no longer bothered by symptoms of pathology.

The Spiritist hospitals are unique to Brazil, held in high regard, and offer an 90-year tested form of integrative health care involving body, mind and spirit.  Staff are attentive to diet and often use homeopathic remedies and herbs along with other kinds of micro-nutrients in a wholesome diet to assist patients trying to regain balance.

Fees and Inclusions

The weeklong seminar includes all hotel stay in Goiania and most meals as well as  one day of R&R at a colonial village with access to hiking, swimming and waterfalls.  We are served a delicious brunch at the farmhouse of a primal forest that includes 40 homemade items made from local ingredients.  The town boasts lovely restaurants by the river and excellent shopping for Brazil’s best handcrafts.

Full price for the Brazil seminar varies according to what type of rooming situation you prefer:  single is $3332 and shared room is $2772 for each person.  You can pay for the deposit of $750 on this site to reserve your space.  Balance is due 30 days before the trip begins.  For the application/registration materials, go to https://imhu.org/fee-brazil-trip/ 

Short videos describing one psychiatrist's transformation can be seeen at: https://imhu.org/brazil-spiritist-hospitals/

When we receive notice of your interest we will send you guidelines to prepare for the trip regarding visa, airfare, etc.

Translation Services

Alaine Ball’s relationship with Brazil spans almost 20 years, beginning with volunteer reforestation work in the Atlantic Forest after college. Upon completing her Master’s degree in forest science and environmental anthropology, Alaine moved to Brazil on a one-year research fellowship that turned into a nine-year residency in São Paulo. During this time, she was initiated into the Umbanda religion.  It has some of its roots in Spiritism and other forms of spirituality and shamanism. Alaine has also worked as an academic translator and editor and has provided Portuguese to English and English to Portuguese interpretation services in diverse settings to small groups of executives, researchers, and colleagues in the nonprofit sector. She is excited to support the Brazil Seminar this year and looks forward to contributing to a transformational experience for participants.