Ercy José Soar Filho, Ph.D.

Av. Osmar Cunha, 126 sala 508
88015-100 Florianopolis, SC
Brazil

Phone: +55 48 32233285, +55 48 99727773
Email: ercysoar@gmail.com

Ercy is a medical doctor with specializations in Public Health, Psychiatry and Psychotherapy. He has a master degree in Psychology (1997) and Interdisciplinary doctorate in Social Sciences (2005). Has worked in public health contexts (Psychiatric hospital and outpatients services, Centro de Atenção Psicossocial and Liaison Psychiatry), and currently is psychiatrist in Centro de Pesquisas Oncológicas de Santa Catarina, with oncologic patients, and in private practice. Ercy was initially trained in psychodynamic psychotherapy, and afterwards in family therapy, which includes a specialization course at Family Center of the Berkshires, Pittsfield, MA. He has participated actively in the systemic movement, being a co-founder of the Associação Catarinense de Terapia Familiar. Former professor of Psychiatry and Mental Health in Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina and professor of Mental Health in Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina. Author of “Os outros que somos: dilemas da identidade contemporânea”, and of various contributions in books, such as “Para uma concepção ecossistêmica e interdisciplinar do self”; “Reflexividade e crise de confiança na sociedade contemporânea”; and “O médico e a família do paciente”. Some other papers include: “Psiquiatria e pensamento complexo”, “Novos paradigmas da psicologia e das terapias psicológicas pós-modernas”, “A etnografia como metáfora da terapia”, “Ethics and pragmatics of construccionist therapies”, “Espaço, identidade e saúde mental na sociedade contemporânea”, and “A interação médico-paciente”.

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