In 2014 it is commemorated the European Year of the Brain and Pontos de Vista magazine found pertinent to interview Doctor João G. Pereira, Clinical Director of the Casa de Alba.

As a Guest Lecturer of the Counselling Psychology Doctoral Program of the University of East London and the Metanoia Institute (Post-Qualification Doctorates Department) Doctor João G. Pereira presented the Casa de Alba project in London, this week.

Professor António Coimbra de Matos, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and prominent name in the Portuguese psychotherapeutic context has recently agreed to be one of the external supervisors of the Casa de Alba.

The European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling published a scientific article written by Doctor João G. Pereira and Doctor José Romão de Sousa on Casa de Alba on March 6^th.

Doctor João G. Pereira represented the Romão de Sousa Foundation at the XVII Annual Course of Schizophrenia – Inner Dialogue, Hallucinations, and Therapeutic Strategies – in Madrid where he presented the poster Casa de Alba – A New Therapeutic Community for Severe Mental Health Problems in Rural Portugal.

The Romão de Sousa Foundation President and Clinical Director of the Casa de Alba were invited to present the Casa de Alba project at the International Network of Democratic Therapeutic Communities (INDTC) Conference – Cosa Accade nel Mondo delle Comunità Terapeutiche – on November 22nd in Rome.