ISSUE 29

October 2026

ISSN 2241-6773

EditorKatia Charalabaki

PublisherNikos Marketos

Editorial BoardKia Thanopoulou, Katerina Theodoraki, Alexandros Kalpakis, Athanasia Kati, Dimitris Kokkalis, Nikos Marketos, Valeria Pomini, Evdokia Tagouli, Katia Charalabaki

THIS ISSUE'S ARTICLES

Article 1/ Issue 29
Introduction to 29th Issue
Athanasia Kati, Psychologist (Msc) – Systemic Psychotherapist The papers in this issue bring us face to face with a question we often encounter in our work and in our lives: what helps us stay connected to ourselves and to others when we struggle to express what we feel, when a relationship causes pain, when a loss leaves us without answers?
Article 2/ Issue 29
F.A.G.E. Family Genogram of Emotions: The development of a clinical Tool for working with Emotions in Systemic Therapy
Nicoletta Citterio, Psychotherapist and faculty member of the School of Systemic and Socio-Constructionist Orientation, Valentina Iori, Psychotherapist and faculty member of the School of Systemic and Socio-Constructionist OrientationIt often happens that you find yourself in a deadlock during therapy and realize that you are unable to "go beyond", to break the patterns of the session that seem to repeat themselves identically over time or to realize that you are unable to address certain issues.
Article 3/ Issue 29
Who Cares for the Therapist? The Impact of Loss in a Systemic Psychotherapy Training Group
Collective article of the Postgraduate Program in Systemic Family and Couple Psychotherapy of the University Research Institute of Mental Health, on the loss of a colleague
Article 4/ Issue 29
From Gorgo to Medusa. The Trajectory of Abuse: A Reflection on a Timeless Story
Christina-Konstantina Kalyva, Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist - Systemic Psychotherapist, Scientific Director of the Athens Child Mental Health Center , Thaleia Trakaki, Social Worker, Systemic Psychotherapist, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Centre of Athens, 1st Regional Health Authority of AtticaThis article offers a systemic and psychodynamic reading of the myth of Medusa as a narrative of the trajectory of abuse.
Article 5/ Issue 29
Couples’ Triangulation as a Central Element of Therapy
Katia Charalabaki, Psychiatrist – Systemic PsychotherapistA couple’s triangulation often, becomes the central theme one has to confront in couple’s therapy.
Article 6/ Issue 29
Moving from synthesis to differentiation
Ioanna Papaioannou, Social Worker, Psychotherapist It is widely recognized that human development and the formation of identity involve a movement from states of fusion toward differentiation.
Article 7/ Issue 29
Conflict as the Language of the Unspoken: Mythological Couples and Clinical Readings
Eirini Segredou, PsychiatristThis article approaches mythology as a metaphorical “clinical archive” and explores four mythological narratives—Gilgamesh and Ishtar, Cephalus and Procris, Kali and Shiva, and Eros and Psyche
Article 8/ Issue 29
A tribute to Paolo Gritti
Valeria Pomini, Dr., Clinical Psychologist – Systemic PsychotherapistPaolo Gritti was a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, psycho-oncologist, and former Assistant Professor at the University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli". He was the Past President of a couple of scientific associations in Italy, Vice President of the National Council of Systemic-Relational Psychotherapy Schools, a teaching member and supervisor of SIPPR (Societa’ Italiana di Psicologia e Psicoterapia Relazionale), and co-founder of the “ECOPSYS” School of Systemic Psychotherapy in Naples .
Article 9/ Issue 29
Book Review “Gaza Diaries” “Practicing Medicine amidst a genocide” Christos Georgalas
Dimitris Kokkalis, Child Psychiatrist - PsychotherapistIt is a shocking testimony, without embellishments or demonisations. It records the truth of a decent and very courageous man that … “just wants to do his job”

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ISSUE 29

October 2026

THIS ISSUE'S ARTICLES

Introduction to 29th Issue

F.A.G.E. Family Genogram of Emotions: The development of a clinical Tool for working with Emotions in Systemic Therapy

Who Cares for the Therapist? The Impact of Loss in a Systemic Psychotherapy Training Group

From Gorgo to Medusa. The Trajectory of Abuse: A Reflection on a Timeless Story

Couples’ Triangulation as a Central Element of Therapy

Moving from synthesis to differentiation

Conflict as the Language of the Unspoken: Mythological Couples and Clinical Readings

A tribute to Paolo Gritti

Book Review “Gaza Diaries” “Practicing Medicine amidst a genocide” Christos Georgalas

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