QUADERNI DI GESTALT

The Gestalt Therapy Journal (Quaderni di Gestalt) has been the Italian journal of Gestalt psychotherapy since 1985. It has given voice to the constant dialogue that the Gestalt Institute HCC Italy has initiated with the Italian and international psychotherapy communities as well as contributing to the evolution of the original theoretical and clinical models, contributions which have since been translated abroad. The Journal is recognized by the Italian Society of Gestalt Psychotherapy (SIPG), is a member of the Italian Federation of Psychotherapy Associations (FIAP) and maintains scientific exchanges with other Italian and foreign psychotherapy journals. Since 2024, it has been published in Open Access. Since its inception, the Journal has been characterised by the spirit of a teaching/learning community, opening itself to multidisciplinary discussion on the role of the psychotherapist in treating new forms of relational suffering. Drawing on aesthetic values as the ethics of caring relationships and creative adjustment processes as the principle of health, the Gestalt Therapy Journal aims to keep science close to life and research close to clinical problems. Its intended audience is psychotherapists and professionals in helping relationships.

Editors in Chief
Margherita Spagnuolo Lobb (Istituto di Gestalt HCC Italy); Massimo Ammaniti (Dipartimento di Psicologia Dinamica e Clinica; Università di Roma “La Sapienza”; Italy); Santo Di Nuovo (professore emerito di Psicologia all’Università di Catania); Antonio Narzisi (IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Italy – Università di Pisa)

Editorial Office
Elisa Spini

Editorial Board
Dialogues: Luca Pino
Gestalt in Action: Elisabetta Conte, Noemi Rovetto
Research: Dario Davì, Brenda Cervellione
Studies and Applications: Francesco Lotta, Federica La Pietra
Presentations: Giuseppe Sampognaro, Alessandra Vela
History and Identity: Angela Pegna
Reviews: Silvia Tosi
Conferences: Fabiola Maggio
Memorials: Elisa Spini

Editorial Staff
Editorial Assistant: Piera Corriero
Editor Assistant: Serena Iacono Isidoro
English Texts: Ann Kunish
Cover Artwork: Elena Pellegrini
Formal Director: Giuseppe Sampognaro
Post Editorial: Federica Falco, Emanuele Caldarelli

Scientific Board
Massimo Ammaniti, M.D. (Dipartimento di Psicologia Dinamica e Clinica, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Italy); Dan Bloom, Ph.D. (New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy, USA); Bernd Bocian, Ph.D., PTG (Independent Researcher); Angela Maria Di Vita, Psy.D. (Dipartimento di Psicologia Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy); Anna Fabbrini, Ph.D. (Facoltà di Psicologia dell’Università Cattolica di Milano; Centro Alia – Milano); Elisabeth Fivaz-Depeursinge, Psy.D. (Research Unit of the Centre for Family Study, University Institute of Psychotherapy, University of Lausanne, Switzerland); Ruella Frank, Ph.D. (Center for Somatic Studies, New York); Thomas Fuchs, M.D. (Università di Heidelberg, Germany); Umberto Galimberti, Psy.D. (Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia, Italy); Vittorio Gallese, M.D. (Dipartimento di Medicina e Chirurgia, Unità di Neuroscienze, Università degli Studi di Parma, Italy; School of Advanced Study, University of London, United Kingdom); Calogero Iacolino, Psy.D. (Università “KORE” di Enna, Italy); Paolo Migone, M.D. (Rivista “Psicoterapia e Scienze Umane”, Parma, Italy); Jean-Marie Robine, Psy.D. (Institut Français de Gestalt-thérapie, Paris, France); Carmen Vázquez Bandín, Ph.D. (Centro de Terapia y Psicología – CTP, Madrid, Spain); Gordon Wheeler, Ph.D. (Esalen Institute, Big Sur, CA, USA); Gary Yontef: Ph.D. (co-fondatore del PGI Pacific Gestalt Institute, Los Angeles, California).

Referee Committee
Ilenia Baldacchino, Psy.D. (Consulente per il Tribunale e la Procura di Siracusa); Stefania Benini, Psy.D. (Centro clinico e di Ricerca in Psicoterapia HCC Italy – Soc. Coop. Soc., Milano); Rosanna Biasi, Psy.D. (Società Italiana Psicoterapia Gestalt – SIPG); Teresa Borino, Psy.D. (Seminario Arcivescovile San Mamiliano, Palermo); Annalisa Burrasca, Psy.D. (Società Italiana Psicoterapia Gestalt – SIPG); Graziana Busso, Psy.D. (Centro clinico e di Ricerca in Psicoterapia HCC Italy – Soc. Coop. Soc., Siracusa); Antonio Cascio, Psy.D. (Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale Ragusa); Pietro A. Cavaleri, Psy.D. (Pontificia Facoltà di Scienze dell’Educazione “Auxilium”, Roma); Alessandro Cereda Psy.D (Casa Rosetta Onlus, Centro Clinico Palermo HCC Italy); Brenda Cervellione, Psy.D, Ph.D. (Università degli Studi di Enna “Kore” – Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Uomo e della Società); Francesco Saverio Chianello, Psy.D. (HCC Italy; IPAB di Alcamo); Sara Genny Chinnici, Psy.D (Società Italiana Psicoterapia Gestalt – SIPG); Maria Giovanna Delrio, M.D. (Rete Dafne Sardegna); Marialuisa Grech, M.D. (Servizio per le dipendenze – Ser.D., APSS Trento); Marco Iacono, Psy.D. (Società Italiana di Psicoterapia Funzionale – S.I.F.); Roberta Italia, Psy.D. (Istituto di Gestalt HCC Italy); Roberta La Rosa, Psy.D. (Centro clinico e di Ricerca in Psicoterapia HCC Italy – Soc. Coop. Soc., Milano); Salvo Libranti, Psy.D. (Servizio Dipendenze Augusta, Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale Siracusa); Michele Lipani, Psy.D. (U.O. di Neuropsichiatria infantile dell’Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale di Caltanissetta); Albino Macaluso, Psy.D. (Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale n. 6 di Palermo); Paola Maffi, Psy.D. (Centro clinico e di Ricerca in Psicoterapia HCC Italy – Soc. Coop. Soc., Milano); Luca Magani, Psy.D. (SSD psicologia clinica, SSD neuropsichiatria infanzia e adolescenza, ASL 2 Liguria); Teresa Maggio, Psy.D. (AIAS – Associazione Italiana assistenza Spastici, Palermo); Sebastiano Messina, Psy.D. (ONG CIES ONLUS, Roma); Rosanna Militello, Psy.D. (Pontificia Facoltà di Scienze dell’Educazione “Auxilium”, Roma); Maria Mione, Psy.D. (Società Italiana Psicoterapia Gestalt – SIPG); Giuseppe Mirone, M.D. (Direzione Medica del Distretto Ospedaliero CT1 – Ospedali di Acireale e Giarre dell’ASP Catania); Tatiana Pagano, Psy. D. (Centro clinico e di Ricerca in Psicoterapia HCC Italy – Soc. Coop. Soc.); Manuela Partinico, Psy.D. (Società Italiana Psicoterapia della Gestalt ‒ SIPG); Giancarlo Pintus, Psy.D. (Facoltà di Scienze dell’Uomo e della Società dell’Università “KORE” di Enna); Elisa Profeta, Psy.D. (Consultori della Fondazione Angelo Custode Onlus, Milano); Alessandra Roccasalva, Psy.D. (Hospice Presidio Ospedaliero Carlo Borella, ASST Vimercate); Martina Rossi, Psy.D. (Istituto Gift di Medicina Integrata, Pisa); Valeria Rubino, M.D. (Dipartimento di Salute Mentale dell’Azienda Sanitaria Provinciale di Siracusa); Rachele Sartorio, Psy.D. Ph.D. e AOUP (Ospedale “P. Giaccone” Palermo); Giovanna Triberio, Psy.D. (Società Italiana Psicoterapia Gestalt – SIPG); Paola Vianello, M.D. (Associazione di Psicoterapia InContatto, Roma).

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