About

WHAT?
THINKING BIG is the result of a mix between research in the Psychology field (namely in Positive Psychology) and continuous practice with other professionals (from Body Expression to Theatre, Communication, Marketing, Creativity...).

WHAT'S THE PAST?
THINKING-BIG is the natural way another project - Jogos de Corpo e Voz (Body and Voice at Play) - evolved. A new approach was born by putting together the past and creating new futures. With the same passion and will: thinking big.

HOW?
Through training projects that put into practice Positive Psychology vision, by communicating with people, sharing ideas, using group dynamics, paying attention to body language and its expression and by creating close relationships in every process.

WHO?
Creating and coordinating all the activities involved is Edite Amorim, a Portuguese Psychologist who likes to take theory into practice.

THINKING-BIG = Research + Practice

Learning from...

Psychology degree in Health Psychology, Porto, Portugal

Masters degree in Groups Managment, Barcelona, Spain

Train the trainer course, Porto, Portugal

Integrative Body Work course, Barcelona, Spain

Contact Improvisation, New York, USA

Laboratory of Physical Theatre, Leibnitz bei Leitring, Austria

Positive Psychology Coaching course, with Robert Biswas-Diener, USA

Research presented

Poster presentation "Body Expression, Flow & Happiness: the three magnets" at the IPPA 2011 2nd World Congress, Philadelphia, USA, July 2011. (Download).

Hands-on presentation 'Hear, touch and create - the role of body expression in Creativity' at the American Creativity Association International Conference of Creativity, Philadelphia,
USA, March 2010. (Download).

Participation in the Positive Psychology Symposium with the presentation "Expressive body work in health promotion", Lisbon, Portugal, Feb. 2010. (Download)

Presentation "Health promotion and emotional expression intervention through group work using expressive body techniques", XI National Congress of Social Psychology,
Tarragona, Spain, Oct. 2009. (Download)

Poster presentation "Health promotion through expressive body work in group: intervention on alexithymia and anxiety", EHPS Congress, Pisa, Italy, Sept. 2009. (Download)

"Listening to your body and playing with your voice", EHPS SYNERGY Workshop about "Emotional processes and Health: The Role of Emotional Disclosure", Galway, Ireland,
Aug. 2005. (Download)

Poster presentation "Body and Voice at Play (Un)dramatize Psychology and the self", on the 1st National Congress of Health and Behavior - “Interdisciplinarity, prevention and health promotion", Braga, Portugal, 2005. (Download)