
“I don’t know how a poem takes form, I take the mud of my life and feel like a great sculptor.”
– Alda Merini –


From Tradition to Growing Edges
The School offers an approach to psychopathology from a phenomenological and Gestalt therapy perspective. It represents an original and unique combination of the European tradition of phenomenological psychopathology and of contemporary Gestalt Therapy theory applied to clinical practice. Psychopathology is explored from the roots of these traditions and developed towards the edges of a radical relational perspective.
Field Theory and Process of Change
We consider psychopathology as a field phenomenon emerging in the session and aiming towards transformation in the process of therapy. Clinical sufferings and symptoms are expressions of different ways of being absent in the situation. Therapy, consequently, is the art of presence and supports the forces acting in the field and moving towards transformation.
New Directions in Clinical Practice and Social Commitment
This understanding deeply impacts the therapeutic work and opens up new ways of meeting the client and of approaching clinical situations, emerging feelings and the therapist’s interventions. Since individual suffering is indissolubly entangled with the wider field, the social dimension becomes the necessary ground to understanding the clinical phenomena and, conversely, therapy becomes the crucible to foster the social change.

PHENOMENOLOGICAL-GESTALT PSYCHOPATHOLOGY: ONLINE PROGRAM 2022-2024” Part 1 e Part 2
ONLINE PROGRAM
PHENOMENOLOGICAL-GESTALT PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
The program is organized in online monthly seminars: lectures followed by discussion in small groups and then by a Q&A (Questions and Answers) session. They critically address the topics from the historical, nosographic and diagnostic perspectives. The phenomenological and Gestalt understanding of every specific suffering is explored from a field theory perspective.
The first part of the program addresses the main psychopathological forms (that we call weathers), whereas the second part focuses on the personality dimensions and adjustments (that we call landscapes). The seminars of the second part are led by two trainers in order to enrich the presentation from different perspectives.
PROGRAM 2022-2024
PART 1: Weathers
FOUNDATIONS AND FORMS OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
The first part explores the fundamentals of psychopathology and the specific clinical sufferings. Each seminar is led by one trainer.
- FUNDAMENTS OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
Francesetti, Gecele, Roubal, September, 14th , 2022
- PANIC DISORDER
Francesetti, October 26th, 2022
- DEPRESSIVE EXPERIENCES
Roubal, November 10th, 2022
- MANIC EXPERIENCES
Gecele, December 1st 2022
- OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE EXPERIENCES
Francesetti, January 11th, 2023
- ADDICTIVE EXPERIENCES
Van Zelst, January 25th 2023
- EXPERIENCES OF SCHIZOPHRENIC SPECTRUM
Francesetti, February 15th, 2023
- ANOREXIA AND BULIMIA
Philippson, March 22nd 2023
- PHOBIAS
Gecele, April, 6th 2023
- LONG TERM POST-TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES
Roubal, May 11th, 2023
Duration of each seminar: 4 hours, 16.00 – 20.00 CET
COSTS of part 1:
Fee for all the seminars: 900 euros
Fee for each seminar: 120 euros




- PART 2: Landscapes
INTERSECTIONS OF SUFFERINGS, PERSONALITY DIMENSIONS AND CLINICAL COMPLEXITY
The second part explores the intersections of the main personality dimensions with specific clinical sufferings (for example the hysterical dimension and psychosomatics, depression, panic disorder, etc.) and some special clinical situations. When meeting the client, indeed, we find a very complex and unique combination of personality styles, symptoms, ways of being and suffering. It is important not only to recognize the forms of sufferings (weathers) but also the ways these forms appear in different situations and personalities (landscapes).
Each seminar is led by two trainers.
- FROM PERSONALITY FUNCTION TO PERSONALITY DIMENSIONS AND DISORDERS (AND BACK) 13th September , 2023
Gecele, Francesetti, Roubal
- NARCISSISTIC DIMENSION
Gecele and Francesetti, 18th October 2023
- HYSTERICAL DIMENSION
Gecele and Francesetti, 8th November 2023
- SCHIZOID DIMENSION
Francesetti and Gecele, 20th December 2023
- PSYCHOPATHIC DIMENSION
Francesetti and Gecele, 24th January 2024
- BORDERLINE DIMENSION
Gecele and Roubal, 28th February 2024
- LANDSCAPES OF FEAR: OBSESSIVE, PHOBIC, PANIC, HYPOCHONDRIAC, DEPENDENT DIMENSIONS
Francesetti and Gecele, 17th April, 2024
- WHEN SHAME IS A WEATHER
Roubal, Gecele, 15th May 2024
- SUICIDAL WEATHER
Roubal and Francesetti, 12th June, 2024
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Duration of each seminar: 4 hours, 16.00 – 20.00 CET.
COSTS of part 2:
Fee for all the seminars: 820 euros (+ VAT 22%)
Fee for each seminar: 130 euros (+ VAT 22%)
STRUCTURE OF THE ONLINE SEMINARS (4 hours)
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