Psy + Onlus and the partners of Nasa Kuca they carried out the project "A special life, special care for special needs"which involves volunteers selected by Psy + Onlus in the implementation of innovative activities in favor of users of the day center Nasa Kuca (Belgrade, Serbia).Patients with severe disabilities were thus able to benefit from the support of Psy + Onlus, committed to guaranteeing recreational and learning opportunities outside the hospitalization institutions. Furthermore, our presence is aimed at extending and improving the skills of family members in taking care of their loved ones with special needs.
On May 8, Psy + Onlus met its members and friends at Venetian space (via Reno 18 / a, Rome) to present the new edition of the "A special life: special care for special needs" project for the 2015-2016 academic year. During the morning the president Claudio Dalpiaz and the treasurer Giuseppe Tolve described to many present the project and its evolution during this first year of presence of our volunteers at the day center of Nasa Kuca in Belgrade. Paolo Azzolini and Monica Ranieri have created a video lesson on their experience, which is added to a short film on love made for Valentine's Day (Ljubav) and a video on the activity of the day center made on the occasion of International Day of People with Disabilities (December 2015). A special thanks for these audiovisual products goes to the volunteer Monica Ranieri, photojournalist, and to Borders News.
In a passage of "Terminable and Interminable Analysis" (1937) Freud said that the three impossible professions are, in order: governing, educating and analyzing, which are reflected respectively in the functions of the parent,teacher and the psychologist. All roles united by the presence of a great-expert who relates to a small-inexperienced.
Requirements: Enrollment in the Master's Degree in Psychology, in Educational Sciences or other disciplines related to helping relationships, or corresponding degrees obtained from no more than a year.
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General overview
Psy + Onlus supports the right to inclusion of people with special needs. In past years we have had the opportunity to confirm, through extensive research and observations, the well-known iatrogenic effect of hospitalization: long-term hospitalizations, despite improvements in clinical and organizational practices, negatively affect the development opportunities of young people and bring to a progressive involution in adults. With "Special needs" we refer to the needs that derive from strongly disabling conditions such as infantile cerebral palsy, autism, encephalopathies: these patients should be supported through complex multidisciplinary interventions, managed by adequately trained and supervised teams, able to program and provide support and care activities both at home and outside, in close collaboration and contact with family members.
The Clinical Counseling Center supervised by PsyPlus ETS was created with the aim of offering professional services in the field of psychology, psychotherapy and psychiatry, at low cost.After an analysis of the contexts of prevention and promotion of psychological well-being in the area, we considered it useful and necessary to set up a multidisciplinary team of professionals with previous experience in the public and private sectors in order to offer specialist consultancy at low costs for anyone who needs it.
To date, the request for access to psychological "cures" is only partially satisfied due to the few resources available to local services. The offer of the private sector, on the other hand, although rich and varied, is not economically affordable for everyone. Offering a solidarity service, capable of guaranteeing highly professional services at reduced rates, is therefore the mission of the Clinical Psychological Consultancy Center.
Access to the service is by reservation, by calling the toll-free number 800.91.04.89
In addition to psychological support and psychotherapy services, the clinical center offers the possibility of using professionals in the field of:
psychodiagnostics (Assessment of attitudes, resources, personalities and pathological manifestations)
expert psychology (Partial and Office Technical Consultancy)
psychiatry (Medical-psychological evaluation, monitoring of health conditions, drug therapies)
The team of the Clinical Psychological Counseling Center is made up of therapists who come from different training paths and who have gained significant experience in heterogeneous areas of the subject. Psy + Onlus carries out a supervisory function of the team, promoting the implementation of good practices and the integration of various approaches, also through experiences of continuous training of therapists.
Psychologist, integrated orientation psychotherapist (psychodynamic and systemic-relational).
Graduated in Psychology at the "Sapienza" University of Rome and enrolled in the Register of Psychologists of Lazio. Specialized in Psychotherapy at the four-year school of ITRI - Institute of Integrated Relational Therapy - in Rome, I practice a clinical approach which, in the understanding and interpretation of symptoms and the treatment of discomfort, takes into high consideration both the intrapsychic elements and the relational factors. In the clinical setting, it offers counseling, psychological support and psychotherapy for individuals, couples and families. Many years of experience in psychoeducational and first listening interventions, in school and socio-educational contexts. He gained experience in training and leading groups through interactive and participatory methodologies. With Psy + Onlus it carries out the psychological listening service for some Comprehensive Institutes of the city of Rome.
Psychologist, Psychotherapist, founding partner and Psy + Onlus Treasurer.
He graduated from the Faculty of Psychology of the "La Sapienza" University of Rome (March 2010). He carried out part of his specialist training at the "Rénè Descartes" University - Paris V (2006/2007) and at the University of Belgrade (2008/2009).
In Serbia he conducted research in the field of de-institutionalization and social inclusion of disabled people. Author of scientific publications on the subject, he spoke as a speaker at national and international conferences. He carried out psychological-clinical consultancy activities at the TSRMEE ASL RM-B (Rome) from 2011 to 2015. He received his specialization diploma from the European Research Institute in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (IREP), (June 2016). Currently engaged with Psy + Onlus in the following areas and with the following positions:
Administrative Manager and member of the Management Board.
Earthquake Emergency Central Italy - as a clinician at the Amatrice and Accumoli Health Services and at the crater schools; as coordinator of community Empowerment activities.
Psychological-Clinical Counseling Center - as clinical psychologist and psychotherapist.
"Casa dei Papà" (Residential parenting support service for separated fathers with socio-economic difficulties, promoted by the Social Policies, Subsidiarity and Health Department of the Municipality of Roma Capitale) - as clinical psychologist.
He carries out psychological counseling and psychotherapy as a freelancer.
Since 2010 he has collaborated with the Prompt Reception and Social Emergency circuits of the Municipality of Rome, covering different roles and functions, from coordination to direct support for the person.
Pierpaolo Nastasia
Psychologist, Psychotherapist specialized in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. Vice-president of Psy + Onlus.
He has collaborated as a specialist with the TSMREE Asl Roma B (Protection of Mental Health and Rehabilitation of the Evolutionary Age). On 11-12-2015 he held, as a speaker, the seminar on the topic: "Alexithymia and emotional regulation" at the IREP office, via Piave 7, Rome.
Giulia Laura
Psychologist, Ph.D., psychoanalytic psychotherapist. Psy + School Area Coordinator.
He graduated with honors in Clinical Dynamic Psychology of Childhood, Adolescence and Family at the University of Rome "La Sapienza".
In 2011 she was the winner of the admission competition for the PhD in "Psychology and Cognitive Science" at the Department of Psychology, in which she carried out basic and clinical research in the field of sleep psychophysiology. In 2016 he obtained the title of PhD by participating in the implementation of an experimental protocol, funded by MIUR in collaboration with the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, on the relationship between sleep and neurodegenerative dementias.
She has carried out psychological-clinical consultancy activities at the Mental Health Center of Palestrina (2015-2018) and Velletri (2018-2019) as a specialist, and in 2019 she obtained the title of psychoanalytically oriented psychotherapist at the IREP ( European Research Institute in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy).
Since 2016 he has been involved in the design, management and implementation of the educational programming of the educational farm "Terra del vento".
She has participated, as a speaker, in national conferences and is the author and co-author of articles and scientific publications in national and international journals.
With Psy + Onlus, he collaborated in the emergency psychology project "Reconstruct people" in support of people affected by the earthquake in central Italy, and is currently a member of the team of therapists of the Clinical Consulting Center.
Isabella Patrizia Perrone
Clinical psychologist, Systemic-relational psychotherapist, Psychodiagnostic.
Graduated in Rome from the Faculty of Psychology "La Sapienza", she specializes at the "Academy of Family Psychotherapy" (Rome). Master of legal psychology at the Campanian institute of legal psychology. She has worked for 7 years with the ASL RmE of Rome as a psychologist and psychotherapist. Expert in the prevention and treatment of pathological gambling and behavioral addictions. He has consolidated experience in parental mediation and in the management of conflictual separations, as well as in situations of social emergency that need to activate network resources. With Psy +, in addition to the coordination of the Psychological Clinical Counseling Center, she works in the school environment (at the Comp. Institute "De Curtis" and in the field of bullying in collaboration with Fondazione Mondo Digitale) and teaches volunteers on the project "A Special Life ".
Rita Fiorentino
Clinical and Health Psychologist, Psychodynamic psychotherapist with psychoanalytic orientation, Family Mediator. Psy + Onlus Operational Coordination Manager.
He graduated with honors from the "G.d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara. In 2012 he collaborated with the Day Hospital of Psychiatry and Drug Addiction of the "A. Gemelli" Polyclinic in Rome, specializing in the clinic of pathological addictions with and without substance. In 2013 he served in the ordinary circuit of prompt reception of the Department of Social Services and Health of the Municipality of Rome, dealing with services aimed at mothers with minor and pregnant children. Between 2014 and 2017 he studied and practiced ethnopsychology concepts and practices in the Roman network of support and integration services for asylum seekers. With Psy + Onlus he works in the area of school psychology services, has coordinated projects aimed at combating the phenomenon of early school leaving and bullying and raising awareness on the issue of immigration and from 2016 to today coordinates the Emergency Psychology activities carried out by Psy + Onlus, first in partnership with INTERSOS and currently with ActionAid, aimed at people involved in the Central Italy earthquake. During these years he has participated in numerous conferences, presenting works on immigration, alcoholism and on catastrophes and psychosocial emergencies.
Clinical Psychologist, specialized in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. Secretary General of Psy + Onlus. He graduated in Psychology in Rome at the "La Sapienza" University and specialized at the European Research Institute in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (IREP) under the guidance of Prof. Edmond Gillièron.
He had the opportunity to train with GO Gabbard, M. Ammaniti, M. Baldassarre, M. Biondi, V. Lingiardi, MG Fava Vizziello, L. Janiri, M. Rossi Monti, G. Rugi. With Psy + Onlus he held the position of head of the International Cooperation project "A Special Life, Special Care for Special Needs" implemented in Belgrade and coordinator of psychological services and the scientific committee of the "Casa dei Papà" project in Roma Capitale. Again with Psy + Onlus, he worked in the area of school psychology services. He is part of the emergency psychology team intervened in the areas affected by the earthquake in central Italy, coordinated by INTERSOS, a humanitarian organization, and he is Senior Program Officer of the project "Reconstruct the People" created by Intersos and Psy + Onlus and funded by Mediafriends Onlus in same context.
As a freelancer, he works as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist in Rome and Avezzano (AQ).
From 2012 to 2015 he worked as a specialist at the ASL Roma B, in the service for the Protection of Mental Health and Rehabilitation in Developmental Age (TSMREE).
He worked in the research field in Belgrade (Serbia) carrying out studies on the impact of institutionalization in children with neurological pathology, these studies are published in international indexed journals (Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences - Psihologija).
As a collaborator of Prof. Viviana Langher's Chair in Verification of Interventions in Clinical Psychology (University of Rome La Sapienza), she has participated in numerous national and international conferences presenting research work in Serbia, Macedonia and Turkey. He is the author of popular psychological articles in the national press. Graduated from the conservatory of L'Aquila “A. Casella ”in Saxophone, performs concert activities with the ANEMOSquartet sax quartet with an international curriculum.
Ariadne Sirolli
Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Clinical and Legal Psychodiagnostic Expert, Dancer Therapist. AIR Ordinary Member of the International Society of the Rorschach Projective Method.
Graduated in Developmental Psychology at La Sapienza University (Rome), she obtained a two-year Masters in Art Therapy at SIPEA and a two-year Masters (Module I and II) in Clinical Psychodiagnosis and Legal Expertise at CIFRi.C. It deals with the psychological, psycho-physical well-being, and the balance of the person in his environment through individual, couple and family treatments. It deals with adults, adolescents and children. Psy + member since 2013, Psychotherapist of the Psy + Clinical Consultancy Center dealing with clinical and forensic psychology. He is a clinical supervisor at the Il Volo delle Aquile family home and the Eagles' nest, facilities that welcome: unaccompanied foreign minors, minors who are offenders; while the second structure welcomes women and children who are victims of violence and minors in temporary foster care sent by the TM. He is a Technical Consultant (criminal and civil CTU) for the court of Sulmona, Civil Section, Criminal Section with specificity in listening to child victims of crime (GIP / GUP Office). In the three-year period 2015-2018, subject expert at the University of L'Aquila, Faculty of Psychology: chair of Psychoanalytic Technique; Faculty of Investigative Science: chair of General Psychology and chair of Legal Psychology. For over 8 years he has been dealing with the third sector and actively collaborates with the Lazio and Abruzzesi territorial health companies. He has been carrying out research in the field of eating disorders and psychosomatic disorders collaborating with La Sapienza and Policlinico Umberto I for several years. Member of I.Me.Psi, Institute of Medicine and Psychology of Rome, she deals with psychotherapy, psychodiagnostic evaluation and actively collaborates in research in the field of obesity treatment. For Associazione 180 Amici L'Aquila Onlus he is in charge of internships for doctors in psychology and tutors of the same since 2014. He also deals with part-time technical consultancy, member of AIR Associazione Italiana Rorschach. He has been collaborating for over 7 years with the local ASL of Rome (ASL Roma C), and has collaborated with the ASL of Avezzano-Sulmona-L'Aquila.
Marika Nuti
Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Mindfulness Teacher.
He graduated in clinical and community psychology at the University of Florence, specializes in Gestalt psychotherapy with an existential phenomenological address at the Gestal Institute in Florence and ends the course for Mindfulness teacher at the CFM, Center for Mindfulness in medicine, health care, and society, Medical school University of Mass. He works by offering individual psychotherapy services to adults and minors, organizes workshops and mindfulness groups for stress reduction through the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Program.
Michele Corrias
Psychologist, cognitive-behavioral psychotherapist. Coordinator of the Psy + Onlus Communication Area. He graduated in Community Psychology with honors from the University of Padua. In 2014, in the same university, he obtained a 2nd level Master in Clinical Neuropsychology. He specializes in honored psychotherapy at the "AT Beck Institute" in Rome.
From 2009 to 2011 he carried out clinical and research activities at the Veneto Oncological Institute (IOV) of Padua, in the context of psychoncology. From 2012 to 2015 he carried out clinical and research activities at the "Sleep and Rhythms in Medicine" clinic of the Padua Hospital within a project financed by the Ministry of Health, for the study of sleep disorders in patients with internal pathologies. In 2014 he carried out a research period at the University of Surrey (UK), in one of the most important study centers on sleep and circadian rhythms. From 2012 to 2015 he attended the Clinic for Cognitive Disorders of Medical Clinic 5 (Department of Medicine - University of Padua), for the neuropsychological evaluation of the internist patient. From 2015 to 2017 he collaborated with the AT Beck Institute for the cognitive-behavioral treatment of insomnia. For 3 years she carried out counseling and psychological support at the Family Consultancy of the ASL Roma 2 Company, also dealing with group meetings of the accompanying courses at birth. Since 2016 he has collaborated with the ASSIREM association for the study, prevention and treatment of sleep disorders and is part of the Sonnorem team, Center for Sleep Medicine. In 2016, it obtained international certification for the practice of EMDR therapy (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing).
He collaborates with the IPAB Asilo Savoia in Rome for the "Game-Over" project aimed at preventing gambling in schools. Within Psy +, he worked for the intervention project for the population affected by the earthquake in central Italy; he is part of the team of therapists of the Clinical Psychological Counseling Center and of the area of school psychology services. It is part of the Save the Children "Fuoriclasse" program for schools in Aprilia, against early school leaving.
Claudia Notari
Psychologist, psychotherapist. Founding member of Psy + Onlus.
He graduated in Dynamic and Clinical Psychology of the Person, the Community and Organizations at the University of Rome "Sapienza". She is enrolled in the Register of Psychologists of the Lazio Region with order number 18227 and has subsequently obtained the Diploma of qualification in individual and group psychotherapy, at the School of Training in Dynamic Psychotherapy (SFPID) in Rome. In 2009 he carried out a psycho-social research in the city of Barcelona on the psychological distress of economic migrants and asylum seekers who are victims of political, racial, religious or gender persecution. Since then she has been involved in research and psychological support for refugees, victims of torture, victims of trafficking. In this regard, he first collaborated with the INMP (National Institute for the promotion of the health of migrant populations and the fight against the diseases of Poverty) and then with SAMIFO, dealing with psychological interviews in teams with ethnopsychiatrists, cultural mediators and anthropologists. She carries out activities of animation and social integration within a SPRAR Reception Center hosting asylum seekers and refugees.
Since 2012 she has been carrying out clinical activities of individual and group psychodynamic psychotherapy. Since 2014 he has followed, in collaboration with the Psyplus team, several psychological helpdesk projects in some schools in Rome. Since July 2017, he has participated in a research project in collaboration with the Bambino Gesù Pediatric Hospital, in which he takes care of the psychological support given to families residing in the "Davide Ciavattivi" Hospitality House which hosts groups with children with oncohaematological diseases .
Psychologist, psychotherapist.
From 2016 to 2019 I lived an extraordinary professional experience, working in Pescara as a psychologist at two large Extraordinary Reception Centers for International Protection applicants and at a community for MNSA. I have carried out clinical activity aimed at guests and supervised multidisciplinary teams. In 2013 I graduated in Clinical and Health Psychology at the "G.d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, discussing an experimental thesis on the emotional condition of parents of preterm births. In 2019 I graduated in Psychoanalytic Oriented Psychodynamic Psychotherapy at the European Research Institute in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (IREP), under the guidance of Prof. Gilliéron, discussing a clinical case from the epistemological summit of the Theory of Complex Systems. Over the years, I trained as a specialist in the Oncological Psychology Service of the Spirito Santo Hospital of Pescara, at the Mental Health Center of Pescara North and as a conductor of Autogenic Training with Guided Views at the CSPP in Pescara. Weekly, I participate in a clinical supervision group with dr. Anthony Molino, psychoanalyst, anthropologist and translator for Italy, among others, of the works of Christopher Bollas. I carry out psychological counseling and psychotherapist activities as a freelancer.
Luke DiBernardo
Psychologist, psychotherapist.
He graduated with honors from the "G.d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, where he continued his studies as an expert on the subject at the chair of dynamic psychology and psychopathology with Professor G. Stanghellini. He specialized in administering the Rorschach Test. Over the years he has collaborated with the Mental Health Department of the Pescara ASL and has gained experience working in the field of educational communities for minors. Since 2017 he has collaborated with Psy + Onlus within the emergency psychology projects aimed at the populations involved in the earthquake in central Italy, in partnership with Intersos first and then with ActionAid, where he currently holds the role of coordinator of the community Empowerment area. He works privately in Pescara with children, adolescents and adults; collaborates with various bodies and associations in the area for the promotion and protection of mental health.
Melanie DiNardo
Psychologist, Psychodynamic Psychotherapist
He graduated with honors the Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology at the G. d'Annunzio University of Chieti, treating Eating Disorders as a thesis topic. He had direct study experience at the AIDAP Center for Eating Disorders in Pescara. He continued his university training with a research internship at the chair of Clinical Psychology dealing with the psychological aspects of infertile couples, working at the "Bernabeo" health district of Ortona, ASL Lanciano-Chieti-Vasto. She specialized with honors in Psychotherapy at the European Research Institute in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (IREP) based in Rome, directed by Prof. E. Gillièron. From 2015 to 2017 she worked as a trainee at the Mental Health Center, ASL Pescara Sud, dealing with psychiatric disorders and in 2018 at the Pathological Addiction Service, ASL Pescara, dealing with substance addiction and gambling. Since 2018 she has been collaborating as a Psychologist Psychotherapist at the CASA Psychological Listening Center in Chieti Scalo, where she deals with psychological-clinical counseling, in the same place she leads groups (support and accompaniment to parenting; infertility problems) and is interested in training of operators. Since 2015 he has been carrying out clinical activity in a free professional regime in Pescara.
Charles Elpidio
Psychologist, psychotherapist.
He holds a master's degree with honors in Clinical and Health Psychology at the “G. D'Annunzio ”of Chieti-Pescara (2015). In 2010 he worked as an educator and playful-organizational manager in summer camps for children with SLD with AID In 2011 at UniCH he participated in the research group on the multifactorial questionnaire on "Sickness in school", published in the journal Giunti, March - April 2011. After graduation, he carried out training internships at the Child Neuropsychiatry Departments (2014, 2015, 2016); Oncology (2014); Psychiatric Diagnosis and Treatment Service (2017); Family clinic of Spoltore (2018, 2019) at AUSL PE. In 2016-2017 he works with migrants and asylum seekers in various CAS of Chieti and Pescara, ARCI circuit. On March 18, 2017 he organized the seminar "Immigration, the state of the art: real risks or fears" at UniCH. With Psy + Onlus (2017, 2018) within the project "Let's reconstruct people", he monitored the families present on the coast before returning to their territories, consultancy and support activities at the PASS of Amatrice and vice contact school area in activities aimed at families and minors in Accumoli. Since September 2018 she has been carrying out clinical activities at the family clinic in Spoltore, collaborating with groups to accompany the birth. Organize meetings to raise awareness of the paternal role. He works privately in Pescara. Interested in theatrical art, he is an actor and theatrical trainer, he leads groups through the technique of emotional contact.
Ilaria Truglia
Psychologist, Ph.D., psychoanalytic psychotherapist
He graduated with honors in Clinical Dynamic Psychology of Childhood, Adolescence and Family at the University of Rome "La Sapienza". Since 2009, at the Department of Psychology of the same University, he has undertaken research in the field of sleep psychophysiology. In the same context, she was awarded two scholarships for research activities and an occasional self-employment assignment and in 2017 she received a PhD in Psychology and Cognitive Science, with honors. She was trained in the clinical and legal-expert psychodiagnostic framework at CIFRI.C. As a trainee, she collaborated with the Spoleto Mental Health Center (2015-2016) and with the Pescara Nord Family Counseling Center (2017-2018). Finally, he graduated with honors in Psychotherapy with a specialization in Psychotherapy, at the European Research Institute in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (IREP) in Rome. Author and co-author of articles and abstracts published in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Since 2015 he has been working as a freelancer in the field of clinical psychology and the promotion of mental and physical well-being.
Journey through the thought of the psychoanalyst Luigi Zoja Review of the book "The gesture of Hector"
In 2000 the psychoanalyst Luigi Zoja published the essay entitled "The gesture of Hector - Prehistory, history, current events and disappearance of the father" with the aim of bringing light onevolutionof the father figure throughout human history.
The author does not refer to father as to the male parent but he intends it as principle psychic (or, from the Jungian perspective that belongs to him, "archetype") active in the child's mind, and carries out the discussion by examining a vast series of testimonies such as historical finds, behaviors, artistic productions and scientific studies.
After nearly six months of closure due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the schools they are preparing to reopen the doors and there are many issues that need to be addressed in order to try to ensure a safe opening. Which implications from a point of view psychological e affective is it plausible to expect?
I Food disorders they affect an ever increasing number of people, especially young adolescent girls. They are disorders that occur in the area of nutrition and have in common a violent attack on the body and on the needs of nutrition and relationships. In severe cases, hospitalization and even death can occur.
Since ancient times man has been wondering aboutorigin and meaning of dreams, being attracted by its intimate and fascinating nature, but intimidated by the halo of mystery in which it has always been wrapped.
Anthropological studies report that some tribes believed that during dreams the soul left the body to travel the world, and that it would return only upon awakening. For this reason it was forbidden to wake people up suddenly, because the soul could be in another place. Even today the Masai tribes of Kenya and the Bedouins of the Nile use to wrap their heads with a turban during sleep to prevent the soul from flying away.
"When the sky is the roof and the teaching tools are the fields and nature ..."
Modern society has imposed a series of socio-cultural changes that have led to a progressive removal of man from his environment and made the necessary contact with nature more difficult.
A tragic episode has upset Colleferro, the Morandi town on the outskirts of Rome. The episode ofaggressioneviolencebrutal that led to the death of a 21-year-old young man, Willy Monteiro Duarte, by a group of boys slightly older than him, invaded the newspapers arousing anger,indignation, sense of unacceptable.
The video "Ljubav-The Words of Love" is a work by Monica Ranieri, Anthropologist, volunteer of Psy + Onlus, within the project "A Special Life - Special care for Special Needs". The international project, which started in October 2015 is in full swing. Monica and Paolo have been working in the field for about 4 months Nasa Kuca, Serbian workshop attended by young adults with mental disabilities. Their work, at times difficult, hampered by serious language barriers, is full of a very important added value: the relationship. Entering an unknown context, understanding its dynamics, being accepted, being experienced as emotionally central figures, is not always tangible but it is the best result that can be expected from a project.
Psychoanalyst Cyrulnik Boris defines the Resilience like "the art of navigating streams", a difficult and demanding but not solitary navigation because it is related to the external environment.
In psychology, the Resilience it is configured as a process of mutation that allows hostilities to be transformed into opportunities for renewal and to structure alternative paths, avoiding or canceling those that have become impracticable and enemy. Resilience to adverse situations therefore depends on a cumulative and interactive combination of risk factors e protective factors genetic, personal and environmental.
Immerse yourself in reading Haruki Murakami and how to overlook the window ofhuman experience: the complexity of emotional experiences, the most archaic needs and the deepest anxieties.
A simple comment to a Facebook post, born of a misunderstanding, offers the opportunity to reflect on the phenomenon of hatred on social networks from a psychological summit.
Research "Zaboravljena deca Srbija"Of June 2021 returns a worrying image of residential institutions for people with disabilities or special needs in Serbia, a country in which the human rights of children and adults with disabilities are not observed, which manifests itself in poor care, inappropriate use of pharmacological approach, violation of reproductive rights, deprivation of the right to live in the family and segregation. Furthermore, people with disabilities are subject to stigma and psychosocial obstacles which negatively affect their social inclusion.
the project will be implemented with our Serbian partners
with whom we have collaborated in the past for the realization of a first project to support de-institutionalization:
"A special life for special needs".
OBJECTIVE: to contribute to the increase of the well-being and social inclusion of people with special needs and their families.
capacity building of local authorities
training dedicated to Naša Kuća parents on project management and mission development skills; training of socio-health personnel, round tables and supervision meetings for the exchange of good practices and the dissemination of the concepts of Orientation to Recovery, PDTA (Diagnostic Therapeutic Assistance Path), PTI (Individual Therapeutic Plan).
forms of prevention and protection
a workshop will be held for parents of people with disabilities to encourage forms of positive support in the family context. The beneficiaries of the Naša Kuća center will participate in a music therapy course.
thematic tables and final workshop
the involvement of socio-medical and academic staff from the two countries will allow the Italy - Serbia exchange of up-to-date clinical and social assistance tools and models.
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For the success of the de-institutionalization process currently underway in Serbia, it is very important to work on the empowerment of day centers, care associations for people with disabilities to ensure and strengthen the presence of these alternative models. At the same time it is necessary to spread the exchange of innovative practices within the services themselves to support the social inclusion of people with special needs.
Are you interested in developing inclusive support models for people with disabilities and want to spend a volunteer period in Belgrade?
The SNEG Project is looking for two volunteers to offer support to the Naša Kuća Day Center. We ask for continuity, interest in the topic, ability to adapt, good knowledge of the English language, basic computer skills.
For each volunteer we will guarantee training, food, accommodation, return tickets, field support.
After Rome, too Pescara will host PsyPlus. The new Abruzzo headquarters will see the Clinical Consultancy Center as the first of a series of projects designed specifically to respond to the specific needs of the area. With this activity, in particular, it is intended to facilitate access to psychology services e psychotherapy of high professionalism also to people who have a disadvantaged socio-economic condition, thanks to sustainable rates. The team is made up of psychologists and psychotherapists, PsyPlus members from Pescara.
The psychological services provided at the Clinical Counseling Center are manifold and range from individual psychotherapy to that couple and family, From taking charge of minors to the psychodiagnostic evaluation.
Access to the service is possible by calling toll free number 800.91.04.89. For more information visit the section of Clinical Consulting CenterPsyPlus.
The appointment for the inauguration is for Saturday July 6 at 18:00, in via Passolanciano n. 3 in Pescara.
because psychological well-being is a right of every person
Ukraine emergency
since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, PsyPlus collaborates with other partners for the creation of services dedicated to people fleeing the conflict. Children and their families are at the center of the interventions we have prepared. For information or collaborations, write to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
SNEG project
il SNEG project. aims to contribute to the increase of the well-being and social inclusion of people with special needs and their families, in the context of the day center run by our partners, Naša Kuća, in Belgrade (Serbia)
Psy + Onlus and the partners of Nasa Kuca they carried out the project "A special life, special care for special needs"which involves volunteers selected by Psy + Onlus in the implementation of innovative activities in favor of users of the day center Nasa Kuca (Belgrade, Serbia).Patients with severe disabilities were thus able to benefit from the support of Psy + Onlus, committed to guaranteeing recreational and learning opportunities outside the hospitalization institutions. Furthermore, our presence is aimed at extending and improving the skills of family members in taking care of their loved ones with special needs.
