Dr Vitor Rodrigues owns a PhD in Psychology magna cum laude from the University of Lisbon (2002) and teaches the disciplines of “Transpersonal Therapies” and “Ethics for Transpersonal Psychotherapy” in PHDC program at Sofia University. Psychotherapist and Writer, he has published 17 books on subjects including self-help (such as “Build your own Happiness”), sci-fi (Invasion of the Earthmen”), philosophy (The Book of Ignorance”) or social criticism (“General Theory of Human Stupidity”). A previous President of the European Transpersonal Association, and has taught Educational and Developmental Psychology at Portuguese universities for 17 years. He also published relevant articles in the field of consciousness studies, namely as main author to the chapter on Transpersonal Psychotherapies in the “The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Transpersonal Psychology”. Vitor has conducted hundreds of trainings and lectures pertaining to transpersonal psychology in many countries. He is also a regular practitioner of Meditation for almost 50 years.
University Email: vitor.rodrigues@sofia.edu
Program: PhD in Transpersonal Psychology (Chinese Language)
Education:
- Master’s equivalent and PhD in Educational Psychology, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
Educational Research:
PhD dissertation: The Voice of the Teacher (on the motivational influence of the voice characteristics of teachers on students)
Licensures & Certifications:
Clinical Psychology expert certified by the board of the Portuguese Psychology Association. Expert in Regression Therapy certified by the Earth Association for Regression Therapy. Member of several associations connected with the Transpersonal field, namely Stellar – International Observatory of Anomalous Phenomena.
Research & Training Interests:
Transpersonal Psychotherapy, Epistemology, Meditation, Esoteric traditions, Parapsychology, Reincarnation studies, Exopolitics and research on possible Alien contacts, psychological approaches to Healing.
Publications:
Rodrigues, V. (2025, January). Beyond karma. The International Journal of Regression Therapy.
Rodrigues, V. (2023). Consciousness, vampires, and mirrors: The dance of human identity. In V. Rodrigues (Ed.), Experiential consciousness and the nature of human identity (pp. 15–25). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Rodrigues, V., & Simões, M. (2021). Tomorrow’s transpersonal psychology. In D. A. MacDonald & M. Almendro (Eds.), Transpersonal psychology and science: An evaluation of its present status and future directions. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Rodrigues, V., & Simões, M. (2019). Psicologia transpessoal do futuro. In C. Lemos, E. Oliveira, I. Oliveira, & V. Sandanha (Eds.), Felicidade espiritual (pp. 139–149). Editora Espaço Académico.
Rodrigues, V. (2017). God and the little ego. In I. B. Jahrsetz, R. U. Hess, J. Miller, & R. Pervoltz (Eds.), The intimacy of consciousness exploration and transpersonal psychotherapy (pp. 84–97). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Rodrigues, V. (2016, March). The potency of regression psychotherapy: Illustrated with examples of sexual trauma. The International Journal of Regression Therapy.
Rodrigues, V., & Friedman, H. (2013). Transpersonal psychotherapies. In H. L. Friedman & G. Hartelius (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of transpersonal psychology (pp. 580–594). Wiley-Blackwell.
Rodrigues, V. (2010). On consciousness-modifying (transpersonal) psychotherapy. Journal of Transpersonal Research, 2(1), 44–61.
Rodrigues, V. (2008). Mind-killing fear, mind-resurrecting love. In I. B. Jahrsetz (Ed.), Forgiving and reconciliation: Towards an enlightened world culture (pp. 11–18). Holotropos Publishing.
Rodrigues, V. (2008). L’amour, la santé et l’éthique. Synodies, 36–45.
