Carla Andrea Jaramillo (1964), Director and founder of the Integral Center Funcion Futuro, is a transgender woman. She pursued her studies at Gimnasio Moderno, Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.), Scuola Politecnica di Milano (Milan, Italy), and studied Psychology and Philosophy in Cuba, with further studies and updates at Harvard University and MIT. She is a therapist specializing in addiction, dual pathologies, mental health, and issues associated with personality and sexuality, with great national and international recognition. She is characterized by a high intellectual coefficient that has allowed her to achieve profound theoretical and practical knowledge, also as a self-taught student in the study and practical application of human psychology.
In her previous identity as a man, she was the director and founder of the Clinical Foundation Función Futuro IPS and the Spiritual & Integral Center Función Futuro, as well as the Foundation (Función Futuro) Nueva Alianza. Now, as a transgender woman, she directs the Integral Center and Integral Foundation Nueva Alianza. She has written several works read in different countries, including “The Mirror of God,” “Addiction and Eating Disorders,” “Spiritual Intelligence,” more than 14 self-help booklets on personality and addictions, and is the author of the psychological thesis of Bioethical Psychology (the book will soon be available), and creator of the theses on Spiritual Intelligence, Humanistic Existential Constructivism, and the therapeutic methodology of the Integral Approach. All these schools are based on deep humanism, the promotion of human dignity, respect and promotion of personal autonomy, and social inclusion, pluralism, and understanding for those in need of support, being one of the individuals with the most therapeutic results in addictions and mental health.
She has received training at Harvard University in addictions, addiction treatments, and psychopharmacology, as well as courses in impact evaluation in social programs at MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and has attended multiple congresses and seminars on mental health. She has pushed for the highest state instances to implement laws in favor of those with mental health disorders and addictive disorders, and is a permanent radio commentator on mental health topics with national coverage on RCN’s basic station with over 230 annual broadcasts. With over 30 years of experience in handling these problems from an innovative, original, and highly effective perspective, she also provides counseling and support for individuals with various mental health and sexuality disorders, both for themselves and their families, with the best results in suitability and effectiveness.
