ICI - Instituto de Ciências Integradas

ICI - Instituto de Ciências Integradas™ is a private Portuguese institute based in Lisbon that describes itself as integrating the best of various sciences and para-sciences to offer an approach adapted to the uniqueness of each human being. Founded and owned by Sandra Ramos and Jorge A. Ramos, the institute has organised events since 1998 and has grown into a multi-service brand active in training, clinical consultations, scientific research, book publishing, audio CDs and a shop. Its registered trademark, filed on 14 December 2015 with the Portuguese National Institute of Industrial Property under number 552923, covers the name ICI - Instituto de Ciências Integradas™. The institute's mission centres on scientific knowledge — its production, use, teaching and dissemination — delivered through high-quality services and a reference national brand with international ambitions. Its institutional vision is integrative, uniting conventional and non-conventional sciences, and it is governed by principles of humanity, scientific and technical competence, empowerment, responsibility, respect, inclusion and ethics. Values include innovation in health services and research, competence, integrity, meritocracy and cooperation. ICI offers three types of training: for practitioners, for classical psychotherapists, and for teachers (the latter only for those who complete the classical psychotherapist training). Consultations cover therapies such as Family Constellations, EFT, Psychointegrative therapy, Regression, Reiki, supervision of constellation facilitators and Transcultural Shamanism. The institute organises and runs events — in person and by videoconference — and maintains an activities calendar. Research in social and human sciences is a stated passion of the founders; their first study was published in 2019 and they continue to produce science. The institute has an independent Ethics Committee that issues ethical opinions on research conducted by its ad hoc research teams, reviewing only projects submitted by members of its research nucleus. Publishing is a significant part of the brand. After the success of the book Reiki: As Raízes Japonesas in 2005, Sandra Ramos and Jorge A. Ramos expanded their output to Art Therapy, Family Constellations, EFT and Positive Psychology. Since 1998 the institute has also offered more than 50 guided meditations and meditative audio CDs in response to course participants' requests. ICI is building a global network of partnerships with organisations and individuals sharing its vision, including Prenatal Alliance, a purpose-driven organisation based in Norway focused on awareness of the relevance of early life from conception through pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding.

ICI - Instituto de Ciências Integradas™ traces its operational origins to 1998, when it began organising and directing events. That same year it also started responding to course participants' requests for guided meditations, eventually making available more than 50 guided meditations and meditative audio CDs. The institute was founded and is owned by Sandra Ramos and Jorge A. Ramos, whose professional experience and academic and personal competences underpin its integrative vision. In 2005, Sandra Ramos and Jorge A. Ramos published Reiki: As Raízes Japonesas, a book that met with success and marked an expansion of their publishing activity into Art Therapy, Family Constellations, EFT and Positive Psychology. The institute's scientific research activity in the social and human sciences produced its first published study in 2019, and the founders have continued to produce science since then. On 14 December 2015, the name ICI - Instituto de Ciências Integradas™ was registered as a national trademark with the Portuguese National Institute of Industrial Property under number 552923. The institute has since developed an independent Ethics Committee that issues ethical opinions on research carried out by its ad hoc research teams, reviewing only projects submitted by members of its own research nucleus and not external projects. Over time ICI has grown into a multi-service brand offering training, consultations, events, research, books, audio CDs and a shop. It organises events both in person and by videoconference and maintains a public activities calendar. It is actively building a global network of partnerships with organisations and individuals that share its vision, including Prenatal Alliance, a purpose-driven organisation based in Norway focused on early life from conception through pregnancy, birth and breastfeeding. The institute states an ambition to affirm itself internationally as well as nationally.

• 2019

  First scientific study published by the founders in the social and human sciences.

• 2015

  ICI - Instituto de Ciências Integradas™ registered as a national trademark with the Portuguese National Institute of Industrial Property under number 552923 on 14 December.

• 2005

  Publication of Reiki: As Raízes Japonesas by Sandra Ramos and Jorge A. Ramos, followed by expansion into Art Therapy, Family Constellations, EFT and Positive Psychology.

• 1998

  ICI begins organising and directing events and starts offering guided meditations and audio CDs.

A reference national brand in integrative sciences that aims to bridge clinical practice and scientific evidence, ancestral wisdom and modern research, soul and science.

• Training for practitioners

  One of three training types offered by ICI.

• Training for classical psychotherapists

  Training for classical psychotherapists; prerequisite for the teacher training.

• Training for teachers

  Available only to those who complete the classical psychotherapist training.

• Family Constellations consultations

  Therapy consultation service.

• EFT consultations

  Emotional Freedom Techniques therapy consultation.

• Psychointegrative consultations

  Psychointegrative therapy consultation.

• Regression consultations

  Regression therapy consultation.

• Reiki consultations

  Reiki therapy consultation.

• Supervision of constellation facilitators

  Supervision service for constellation facilitators.

• Transcultural Shamanism consultations

  Transcultural Shamanism therapy consultation.

• Reiki: As Raízes Japonesas

  Book published in 2005 by Sandra Ramos and Jorge A. Ramos.

• Guided meditation audio CDs

  More than 50 guided meditations and meditative audio CDs available since 1998.

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2. 2Sobre o ICI - Instituto de Ciências Integradas™ici.org.pt
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