Gabriel Fernandez Borsot, PhD

Applied Programme Leader

Gabriel Fernandez Borsot is a philosopher and transpersonal psychotherapist. He is a certified gestalt therapist, and he lectures and serves as an applied programme leader at Alef Trust. 

He holds a PhD in transformative studies (specialising in transpersonal theories) from the California Institute of Integral Studies (CIIS) San Francisco, a master’s degree in philosophy from the University of Barcelona, and a master’s degree in industrial engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. 

His research is focused on transpersonal theories and transpersonal psychotherapy, and he is an expert in the transdisciplinary approach to otherness. He also studies and reflects on the relationship between technology and spirituality and the anthropological implications of technology.

He teaches at the International University of Catalonia, and he was a visiting scholar at the CIIS. In addition, he coordinates the 4-year Integrative Transpersonal Training (in Spanish, FTI) programme for transpersonal psychology and psychotherapy in Barcelona. He is also a singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Gabriel is committed to fostering personal and social transformation through spiritual development in academic and therapeutic settings, an effective and profoundly human way of addressing our urgent planetary challenges.