Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Between Identity and Change

Luigia Cresti is a psychologist, adult and child psychotherapist. She is a Founder Member and former president of the Florentine Association of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (AFPP) and a former European Delegate for EFPP. She is also Editor in Chief of the scientific journal, Contrappunto. Isabella Lapi is a psychologist and child and adult psychotherapist, and president of AFPP. She is former chief Consultant of Mental Health Department, expert in training of medical staff, specialist in bioethics, perinatality and mourning.

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Author list

Rosa Romano Toscani

Presentation

Manuela Trinci

Foreword

Luigia Cresti, Isabella Lapi

Introduction

1. Luigia Cresti, Antonio Suman

Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy between identity and change

2. Luigia Cresti

Non-interpretive therapeutic factors: containing functions in the therapeutic relationship

3. Luigia Cresti (with clinical contributions by E.Di Mauro and G. Mercuriali)

The body in the therapeutic relationship

4. Isabella Lapi

Gestures that touch, actions that heal

5. Stefania Pampaloni, Cristina Pratesi

New territories for the patient. The therapist's dreams

6. Alfredina Fiori, Cristina Pratesi

Patients unable to dream

7. Corrado D'Agostini

Adaptations of technique in the psychotherapy of borderline patients

8. Cristina Diana Canzio

Psychotherapy and artistic expression.

9. Cristina Pratesi

“Directing our caravans to the West”. Distance Psychotherapy

10. Antonio Suman

And the door closes. Concluding reflections