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Jacqueline Fonseca de Abreu Tome
President and Founder
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Biography:
She was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She has been living in the United States for more than 6 years.
Languages:
Portuguese, English, Spanish and French.
Professional Experience:
She has been working as an Intercultural Consultant for more than twenty years, serving national and international companies, hospitals, schools, governmental and non-governmental organizations . She had a private practice in Clinical Psychology and Psychoeducation in Brazil for more than 10 years. After moving to the United States, besides working as a Consultant, she also works as a Multicultural Marriage and Family Therapist, Researcher, Writer and Artist.
Other experiences include: Institutional/organizational psychologist, director of school and day care center, play therapist, supervisor of clinical and educational Psychology, international presenter, researcher, Teacher of: Psychology, Yoga, Brazilian Portuguese and ESL (English as a Second Language).
Educational Background:
Bachelors and Formation in Clinical Psychology (Universidade Santa Ursula) RJ- Brazil
Post graduation in “Psicopedagogia Diferencial” (Differential Psychoeducation) PUC - RJ - Brazil
Specialization in Special Education - UFF - RJ - Brazil
Masters of Science in Education in Community Counseling (WIU) - IL -USA
Post Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy (WIU) - IL- USA
Certificates:
Reiky levels 1 and 2 (Japanese Usui System), Shantalla (Indian Massage for Babies), Reflexology, Special Education, Human Resources: Valuing the Human Being, Specialization in Reading and Writing Teaching, and others.
Professional and Community Associations:
IFTA (International Family Therapy Association)
http://www.ifta-familytherapy.org/home.html
Sister Cities International http://www.sister-cities.org
World Community Institute
http://worldcommunityinstitute.org
Personal:
She is happily married (cross-cultural relationship), has two wonderful daughters (born in different countries and they are 18 years apart) and one dog (mixed Pointer and Lab). She loves spending time with her family and friends, hiking, mountain climbing, paragliding, reading, swimming, painting, sculpting, doing yoga, traveling and photographing.
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