Editor: Katia Charalabaki
Publisher: Nikos Marketos
Editing Committee: Kia Thanopoulou, Katerina Theodoraki, Athanasia Kati, Dimitris Kokkalis, Nikos Marketos, Valeria Pomini, Theodora Skali, Evi Tangouli, Katia Charalabaki
In this introduction I will try a synthesis by choosing two concepts, the concept of resonance and the concept of metaphor. I describe the concept of transition both in its pragmatic meaning (transform) and also it’s metaphorical as a form of discourse.
We are in the middle of a storm, at least as far as Italy is concerned. Here in Greece it’s possibly only the beginning… I came back from my country four weeks ago. Until then the corona virus was a threat that was not very close to us
This article introduces newer applications of the double bind in broader contexts, such as institutions. This is an approach put forward by a group of mainly French-speaking writers and was linked to the movement of constructivism in systemic family therapy.
Phenomenology often looks at psychosis as a defined pathological state. In this paper, psychosis is not seen as a (pathological) state but as a way to respond in extreme stress. It is psychological functioning of the embodied and relational mind, and psychotic experience can be seen as one form of affective arousal among any other affects.
The following text is an enriched version of the presentation at the 10th EFTA European Conference in Naples, 13/9/2019, at a roundtable on “A Psychotherapeutic Reading of Ancient Greek Literature: Content, Context and Modern Reflections” organized by HESTAFTA.
Very recently, on the last days of January, a large part of humanity paid tribute to the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, 75 years on. Almost three generations.
Living with a child from its birth, by its side, as it grows we live with its little shouts, its crying, but also smiles. Αt the same time, we live with an expectation that is sometimes agonizing: that of the first word, the first phrase, the emergence of speech.
Motivated from the book “The Act of Transference” written by S. Manolopoulos, the use and application of transference from therapists working with systemic approach is questioned. Consideration and reflection upon therapeutic relationship and especially its application on individual systemic psychotherapy was a bit delayed.
This is a speech in the debate on "Loss: Hope or Acceptance?" organized on 12/1/2020, at the Greek Film Archive following the screening of French director’s Marco Gastine documentary film "AS FAR AS THE SEA" on the issue of the rehabilitation of seriously injured patients, hospitalized in KAT hospital. In the discussion participated as a speaker the psychotherapist of KAT Theodoros Angelopoulos.
It is a very original book, which in short, is about “play therapy”. It combines theory with psychotherapeutic practice and, above all, with experiences - of children, of the elderly, of men, of women, of patients and therapists.
