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.

General Editor: Margherita Spagnuolo Lobb
Editorial Coordinator: Elisa Spini
Cura delle rubriche/Section Editors: Gestalt in azione/Gestalt in Action: Elisabetta Conte, Marilena Senatore – Relazioni/Presentations: Giuseppe Sampognaro, Alessandra Vela – Ricerche/Research: Federica Sciacca, Dario Davì – Studi e modelli applicativi/Studies and Application Models: Federica La Pietra, Francesco Lotta – Storia e identità/History and Identity: Angela Pegna – Recensioni/Reviews: Silvia Tosi – Congressi/Conferences: Fabiola Maggio
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); Eugenio Borgna, M.D. (Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy); 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); 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 –https://www.unipr.it/ugov/person/18110; Institute of Philosophy, School of Advanced Study, University of London, United Kingdom); Calogero Iacolino, Psy.D. (Università “KORE” di Enna, Italy – https://www.unikore.it/index.php/it/sc-tec-psi-persone/docenti-del-corso/itemlist/category/2195-prof-calogero-iacolino); Paolo Migone, M.D. (Rivista “Psicoterapia e Scienze Umane”, Parma, Italy); Donna Orange, Ph.D. (Institute for the Psychoanalytic Study of Subjectivity, New York, USA); 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: (tutti i membri fanno parte della Scuola di Specializzazione in Psicoterapia dell’Istituto di Gestalt HCC Italy): 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); 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); Francesco Saverio Chianello, Psy.D. (HCC Italy; IPAB di Alcamo); Sara Genny Chinnici, Psy.D (Società Italiana Psicoterapia Gestalt – SIPG); Marialuisa Grech, M.D. (Servizio per le dipendenze – Ser.D., APSS Trento); 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); 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).
Past Scientific Board Members: aniel Stern, Ph.D. (†); Erving Polster, Ph.D. (†).

Redazione/Contacts: Istituto di Gestalt HCC Italy, Scuola di Specializzazione in Psicoterapia, via San Sebastiano 38, 96100 Siracusa, tel.: 0931-465668/483646 E mail: info@gestalt.it
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