Dr André Maurício Monteiro is a world-renowned EMDR trainer and the coordinator of Espaço da Mente (Space of the Mind) in Brasília, Brazil. A leading expert in psychodrama and EMDR, Dr Monteiro has served as a supervisor and psychotrauma specialist for almost 40 years.

Distilling decades of wisdom, he helps therapists in many countries enhance their practice with teachings on EMDR basic training, dissociative disorders, transgenerational transmission of trauma and EMDR group psychotherapy.

Dr Monteiro is an EMDR Institute and EMDR Alliance for Latin-America and the Caribbean (ALAC) ‘trainer of trainers’. He is also an EMDR Europe senior trainer and the current president of EMDR Brazil Association. Dr Monteiro will be the 2024 vice-chair and 2025 upcoming chair of EMDR Global Alliance – The International Society of EMDR Therapy.