The meetings are attended by established professionals in order to provide a comprehensive and accurate overview of the variety of topics covered.
The lectures are intended for all and any professionals in the field, teachers, parents and all people who, in some way, are touched by the proposed topics and interested in learning more about them.
Participation is free and the evenings are held from 5:30 to 7 p.m., with an apero-network to follow.
Calendar of conferences
- Tuesday, October 22, 2024
Fluid adolescents: who are they?
Adolescents and sexual orientation, identity and fluidity
Speaker: Elena Buday
- Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Eating disorders in preadolescence and adolescence
Speaker: Elena Riva
- Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Full of anger
Transgressive behaviors and the developmental needs of adolescents
Speaker: Alfio Maggiolini
Registration
For organizational reasons, registration is required through the following online form.
Speakers
Elena Buday
Developmental psychologist and psychotherapist, lecturer and member of the scientific committee at the School of Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of Adolescents and Young Adults. He conducts clinical work with adolescents, parents, and adults and is involved in individual and group training and supervision with individual colleagues or teams of psychological or educational services aimed at adolescents. From 2010 to 2013 he collaborated with the therapeutic community of Brusson (AO) as an assistant to Prof. Pietropolli Charmet and responsible for psychodiagnostic activity in the area of eating disorders and body relationship. Previously, she was a member of the Crisis Center team for the care of adolescents recovering from suicide attempts. She has been cultrice of the subject for the course of Adolescent Psychology at the University of Milan Bicocca. In her publications she has mainly addressed issues related to psychological growth from a developmental perspective, such as thought development and identity construction. Author of numerous publications, including:
Adolescenti fluidi (Franco Angeli, 2023). Costruire l’identità, come aiutare gli adolescenti a diventare sé stessi (Franco Angeli, 2020).
Elena Riva
An adolescent psychotherapist, founding member of the Minotaur Institute and psychoanalyst of the Italian Psychoanalytic Society, he carries out clinical work with adults and adolescents. He has collaborated with several institutions, including the Center for Clinical Psychology of the Province of Milan and the Ministry of Justice for the juvenile penal area. He coordinates the team on eating behavior and body image disorders in adolescence. He is involved in psychodiagnostics, particularly the clinical use of projective tests in consultation with adolescents, and does teaching, training and supervision in this area. He is a lecturer and supervisor at the Minotaur Graduate School of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of the Adolescent and Young Adult and collaborates with other schools of psychotherapy. He has written numerous books and articles on adolescence, eating disorders and psychodiagnosis, including:
Il mito della perfezione (Mimesis, 2014); Ferite e ricami nella clinica dei disturbi alimentari: l’arte del kintsugi (Mimesis, 2015) e Fragili amazzoni. I nuovi disturbi alimentari delle adolescenti (Franco Angeli, 2022).
Alfio Maggiolini
Psychotherapist, is director of the Minotaur School of Specialization in Adolescent and Young Adult Psychotherapy in Milan. At Minotaur he coordinates the research and intervention team on transgressive and antisocial behavior and collaborates with the Juvenile Justice Services of Lombardy. He also conducts research on dreams, with a focus on the typical content of dreams. Author of numerous publications, he does which:
Pieni di rabbia (Franco Angeli, 2023). Adolescenti trasgressivi. Le azioni devianti e le risposte degli adulti (Franco Angeli, 2013).
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