Daniela Ferreira Araújo Silva

Vice-chair of The Center for Mindful Eating. Co-director at the Brazilian Center for Mindful Eating (2017 - 2023). Teacher trainer - Neurocognitive Foundations for Mindfulness Teachers (2019 - present). Narrative therapist trained at ITFCCamp (2008-2010) and Narrative Apprenticeship (2019-2022) Member of the board for The Center for Mindful Eating since 2022. Bachelor's in Social Sciences (2000), Master's in Social Anthropology (2004), and doctorate in Social Sciences (2011) from Campinas State University (Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Unicamp), Campinas, Brazil. Post-doc fellow at the Program in Collective Health of the Preventive Medicine Department at the Federal University of São Paulo - Brazil (Sep 2014 - April 2016). Certified mindfulness instructor and a pioneer in introducing Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training (MB-EAT) in Brazil, as a qualified teacher in 2015. Is also a certified teacher of the mindful eating protocol Eat for Life (Lynn Rossy - USA) and in Neurocognitive Foundations for Mindfulness Teachers and in the Body in Mind Training protocol (Mindfulness Centre of Excellence, UK). Mindful eating teacher ME-CL1 trained by Jan Chozen Bays and Char Wilkins. Member of the team that envisioned, implemented, and ran the outpatient eating disorders unit (Grupo Interdisciplinar de Assistência e Estudos em Transtornos Alimentares - GETA - Unicamp) at the Department of Psychiatry and Medical Psychology at the State University of Campinas' Hospital, where she worked until 2010. Lecturer at the Anthropology Department - University of Auckland (New Zealand) in 2011. Has experience in Anthropology, acting on the following subjects: gender, anorexia, bulimia, eating disorders, and embodiment. Has worked as a professional teaching fellow at the University of Auckland (New Zealand) in 2011, lecturing two papers in the Department of Anthropology. Worked as Eating Disorders Liaison for Flourish Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, between August 2011 and January 2012. Has worked as a volunteer collaborator at GETA - Interdisciplinary Group of Studies and Assistance in Eating Disorders at Campinas State University Hospital, from its inception in 2006 until de the end of 2010. Systemic family therapist, has worked at the Social Responsibility Clinic at the Family and Community Therapy Institute of Campinas (Instituto de Terapia da Família e da Comunidade de Campinas - ITFCCamp) in 2010. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)