Claudemir Oliveira is the founder and president of “Seeds of Dreams Institute”, founded in 2006 in Celebration, Florida, with a branch in Brazil since 2010. His company’s focus is on Positive Psychology applied to corporations.

He has extensive experience in the corporate world in companies like American Airlines, United Airlines and The Walt Disney Company. He is very thankful to all these companies which were the best schools for his growth. In 1995, he started up the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division in Brazil, and in 2000, he was invited to join the international team in Orlando, Florida, where he was responsible for global training strategies for Walt Disney World Resort (Florida), Disneyland Resort (California), Disneyland Resort Paris (France), and Disney Cruise Line. He was also a professor at Disney University and guest speaker at Disney Institute programs. In his career in sales, training, and marketing, Claudemir has trained over 200.000 people from Latin America, Europe and Asia.  

He has primary certification in REBT (Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy), by Albert Ellis Institute, New York. Additionally, he obtained certification in Play Therapy by University of Central Florida-UCF, and he is an active member of the American Association for Marriage & Family Therapy (AAMFT), American Psychological Association (APA), and International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA). He has presented in many conferences, including the most prestigious American Psychological Association (APA) with the topic “Corporations Need Psychotherapy”, and has published at “Counseling Today” from American Counseling Association (ACA). Claudemir has lifetime membership with Harvard Medical School PostGraduate Association, where he takes regular courses on the field of psychology.

Claudemir has published articles in Portuguese, English and Spanish. He is the story author of the award winning short “Once Not Far From Home” starring Erik Per Sullivan (Malcolm in the Middle, Unfaithful) and Skye McCole Bartusiak (The Cider House Rules, Patriot, Don't Say a Word).  At the moment, he works in two books: Seeds of Dreams (On Positive Psychology), and “Without Chemistry, there is no Physics” (Positive Psychology on relationships).