The aim of this paper is to empirically assess the reliability of the plan formulation method for couples, a procedure for formulating the case, planning, and monitoring the couple therapies according to control-mastery theory. We hypothesized that when couples are looking for couple therapy, they have an unconscious couple’s plan…
Dal Journal of Contemporary Psychotherapy: Psychotherapists’ emotional responses can refect important aspects of the therapeutic process (Gabbard, 2020; Hirsch, 2021). The nature or intensity of therapists’ feelings may change when the patient is engaged in testing behaviors, which may take various forms (Gazzillo, et al., 2019). Understanding these emotional states in…
La presentazione del piano del paziente e di come si sviluppa, rivolto in particolare ai clinici. Il caso in questione è una paziente della nostra socia Romana Cuomo, che ringraziamo. Il paper comparirà a febbraio nel numero di InSession del Journal of Clinical Psychology, curato da Francesco Gazzillo con Ulrich…
Quando lessi per la prima volta Fidarsi dei pazienti (Gazzillo, 2016; 2021) ebbi una reazione che mi colpì molto, un misto di curiosità ed entusiasmo da una parte e di dubbio e innumerevoli interrogativi dall’altra. La prima era riconducibile al mio entrare in contatto con concetti che spiegavano aspetti quotidiani…
All’interno della vasta gamma della sintomatologia post-traumatica, i disturbi del sonno occupano indubbiamente un posto di particolare rilievo (Forbes et al., 2001; Kilpatrick et al., 1998; Neylan et al., 1998; Aurora et al., 2010) e consistono in: difficoltà nell’addormentamento, mantenimento del sonno e persistenza di incubi notturni (Harvey et al,…
The concept of survivor guilt was first used to describe the feelings of guilt that people may experience when they survive loved ones, having escaped disasters or other traumatic events in which these people lost their lives (e.g., Hendin & Haas, 1991; Niederland, 1981; Wang, Wu, & Tian, 2018). More…
The impostor phenomenon, first described by Clance (Clance & Imes, 1978; Clance, 1985) on the basis of several clinical observations, refers to the psychological experience of intellectual phoniness. People who experience this feeling of fraudulence (Kolligian & Sternberg, 1991), despite outstanding academic and professional recognition and success, may secretly harbor…
The aim of this paper is to show how the Plan Formulation Method, an empirically validated and clinically useful assessment procedure, can be adapted to the therapy of adolescents. According to Control-Mastery Theory, patients come to therapy with an unconscious plan to achieve their goals, disconfirm their pathogenic beliefs, and master their…
Il conflitto coniugale è uno degli aspetti più studiati delle relazioni di coppia (Gottman, 2014) in quanto fattore che si associa a sentimenti, cognizioni e pensieri negativi per le coppie e le famiglie; gli affetti principali connessi al conflitto sono irritazione, delusione e risentimento (Sears, Repetti, Reynolds, Rebels & Krull,…
Dal Volume 30, 2021 di International Forum of Psychoanalysis This paper aims to emphasize the fundamental role of unconscious processes in our adaptation. We will point out how we are able to unconsciously perform higher mental functions such as setting goals and planning how to pursue them, dealing with complex data,…
