Roberto Freire | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:ROBERTO_-1982618057.jpg) Freire in 2003 | |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
Roberto Freire (São Paulo, b. January 18, 1927; São Paulo, d. May 23, 2008) was a medical psychiatrist and Brazilian writer, who created somatherapy (Portuguese: somaterapia), also referred to as SOMA, an anarchist therapy based on the then radical new ideas of Wilhelm Reich, as well as the Brazilian martial art Capoeira Angola.