Entries by @dmin

Disease and the Group

N.18 – Published in 2006 – Reprinted in 2008 – edited by Raffaella Girelli, Francesca N. Vasta. – Cover Darragh Henegan , Then and now

Time and Narration

N.17 – Published in 2006 – Reprinted in 2008 – edited by Stefania Marinelli, Marco Bernabei. Cover Paint – Giorgione, Three Philosophers , 1508-09 . Vienna, Kunsthistorische Museum

Practicing mediations in therapeutic groups

N.16 – Published in 2006 – Reprinted in 2007 –edited by Claudine Vacheret. – The editorial staff, the authors and the editor, Claudine Vacheret thank the photographers that took the photos which derive from the dossier used in the Photolangage method

Group Psychoanalytic Psychodrama

N.13 – Published in 2005 – Reprinted in 2007 –edited by Luisa Mele. – Rembrandt, The Painter in His Studio 1629 oil on panel, 25.1×31.9cm Boston Museum of Fine Arts

Narcissism and group

N.12 – Published in 2003 – Reprinted in 2006 –edited by Marcos Bernard. – Ink Painted Cover by Luigi Cappelli

Adult in the childs and adolescents group 2

N.11 – Published in 2002 – Reprinted in 2006 –edited by Angela Baldassarre, Marco Bernabei, Walter Iacobelli. – Cover paint’s by George Seurat: Une baignade, Asnieres, 1883-84 cm 200X300 LONDRA, NATIONAL GALLERY, olio su tela

Mith, Dream and group two

N.10 – Published in 2002 – Reprinted in 2006 –edited by Francesca Vasta, Walter Iacobelli. – Paint by Pablo Picasso, “Famiglia di saltimbanchi”, 1905 olio su tela, 224×234, Washington, National Gallery

Mith, Dream and Group

N.9 – Published in 2002 – Reprinted in 2006 –edited by Francesca Vasta, Walter Iacobelli. – The paint by Piero Della Francesca “Sogno di Costantino” 1452-1466 ; 329 x 190 Arezzo, Chiesa di San Francesco, Cappella Bacci

Groups for intellectually disabled persons

N.8 – Published in 2002 – Reprinted in 2005 – edited by Giuliana Galli Carminati. – Thanks to M.me Lucienne Quellet 10 Route de Menthon 74290 Veyrier du Lac Annecy France for the picture “Soleil”

Individual, Group and Nature

N.7 – Published in 2001 – Reprinted in 2005 edited by Martin Ringer, Francesca Vasta, Federica Giorgi, Walter Iacobelli. – The cover painting by Willie Gudabi ANCESTRAL STORIES-1 (part.) acrylic on canvas – 1990 – 800×400 cm Australia Private Collection

Bion and Foulkes

N.3 – Published in 2000 – Reprinted in 2004 – edited by Stefania Marinelli, Marco Tramonte, Walter Iacobelli. The cover painting by Bronzino

Dream and Group two

N.2 – Published in 1999 – Reprinted in 2004 – The cover painting by Pablo Picasso “Allegoria dello spazio e del tempo” – 1547 oil on canvas National Gallery – London

Dream and Group

N.1 – Published in 1999 – Reprinted in 2004 – Gustav Klimt “La vergine” – 190×200 cm olio su tela Praga Narodn Galerie

A reader’s guide

What does it mean to think about institutions? What is the relationship between functions of thought and institutions? In this special issue, we aim at developing possible answers to these questions. The real functioning of institutions is a complex phenomenon because it is a human one: it is rooted in the boundaries that people meet […]

The necessary institution

Abstract The institution which works well is the institution we become aware of only when it fails, like the air we breathe, so necessary but so little present to our conscience. Some psychoanalysts, in particular Bleger and Kaës, have theorized about this condition which is necessary for the psychic life of the individual in groups […]

From the organization-in-the-mind to the organization as subject: conceptual maps for psychoanalytic consultancy in institutions

Abstract Organizational consultancy has been using methods and approaches of psychoanalytic origin for several decades now, especially when the problems involved seem to imply significant emotional and inter-personal aspects, that leaders, key figures and often the involved subjects themselves appear mostly unaware of or visibly unwilling to know. A considerable amount of literature is now […]

Thinking the Institution

Abstract This essay focuses on three topics. The first is related to a particular aspect of the relationship between individuals and the institution. The institution may or may not provide the individual with an image (mirroring) suited to for his/her needs and responsibilities. This image and its possible failings have an impact not only on […]

Forms of institutions. Creative and Destructive Processes

Abstract This essay examines different aspects of the life of institutions. Through an analysis working on an anthropological and psychoanalytical level, contrasting yet coexisting aspects are brought to light. Beginning from an analysis of the recent film The Lobster, which describes an anguishing form of institutional Dystopia which favours conformist and destructive individual and group […]

Institutions and economic science: links between cognitive processes and the emergence of social rules

Abstract Standard economic theory has long underestimated the role of institutions in economic systems and in the processes of change, focusing on equilibrium and the mechanisms that determine it spontaneously. Equilibrium, once achieved, is only interfered by external shocks (exogenous shocks) and it is not disturbed by dynamics developing within the system. Institutions, in this […]

“Fare gruppo nelle istituzioni”. A review

Fare Gruppo Nelle Istituzioni, Lavoro e psicoterapia di gruppo nelle istituzioni psichiatriche, edited by Claudio Neri, Roberta Patalano e Pietro Salemme, and published by FrancoAngeli, is a book whose conception is cheerful and successful in its intent stated of being a practical and nimble tool […] something resembling a joiner’s manual for those who wish […]

Presentation – Research and clinical application of group therapy within mental health services

Since its creation in the forties, group psychotherapy has undergone various changes. Compared to its initial approach in fact, a variety of adaptations inspired by theoretical models and interventions have been implemented. Thus, we agree with Yalom (2005) who prefers to speak of group therapy sub-divided in various  settings: by illness (such as psychosis, eating […]

Reflections on psychoanalytic contributions to understanding (psychiatric) institutions

Abstract Personal experience of being a psychoanalyst in a standard and old-fashioned psychiatric service is reviewed to consider how psychoanalytic ideas may be presented as relevant to psychiatry. The difficulties are considered, and several forms of intervention by the psychoanalyst are reviewed – those forms are described under the headings Education and professional