Learning through the experience of psychoanalytic training. Metamorphosis from the Figurant to the Figured

Journal title PSICOTERAPIA PSICOANALITICA
Author/s Sarah Lo Cigno, Silvia Michelon, Laura Miele, Margherita Pinelli, Marilena Porcu, Eleonora Ricci, Silvia Spaggiari, Sara Trigiani, Costanza Virginio
Publishing Year 2026 Issue 2026/1
Language Italian Pages 11 P. 173-183 File size 63 KB
DOI 10.3280/PSP2026-001012
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The text faithfully reflects the work presented by the fourth-year students at the 2025 Closing Days of the Milan branch of the S.I.P.P. The title chosen for the Closing Days, “Learning in the Experience of Psychoanalytic Training,” evoked within the group a new learning approach, proposed throughout the training year and which has taken root in a very particular way. The objective was to identify what, on a sensorial level (auditory, eidetic, olfactory, tactile), evoked in each group member the perception and awareness of the transformative process, as therapists and, above all, as people. At the end of the training program, it was invaluable to come into contact with that Metamorphosis from figurative to figurative, which allowed us to look back and delve deeper. It was invaluable to experience, with all the senses, the creative threads and infinite potential of learning in psychoanalytic psychotherapy.

Keywords: psychoanalytic psychotherapy, learning, creativity, metamorphosis.

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Sarah Lo Cigno, Silvia Michelon, Laura Miele, Margherita Pinelli, Marilena Porcu, Eleonora Ricci, Silvia Spaggiari, Sara Trigiani, Costanza Virginio, Apprendere nell’esperienza della formazione psicoanalitica. Metamorfosi dal figurante al figurato in "PSICOTERAPIA PSICOANALITICA" 1/2026, pp 173-183, DOI: 10.3280/PSP2026-001012