A Conversation with Gianni Nebbiosi and Susanna Federici and Alessandro Gigante

ABSTRACT

Alessandro Gigante, 48, teacher of Italian and Latin at a high school in Rome: I took my degree in psychology after undertaking an 8-year psychoanalysis as a patient with Gianni Nebbiosi. I was fascinated by psychoanalysis and I remained very attached to Gianni who, together with Susi, were my teachers during the 4 years of specialization school in psychotherapy at Isispé. I became a psychoanalyst to try to offer others the same opportunities for awareness, freedom, relationship, listening, affection and understanding that I have received.

KEYWORDS:

• Kohut
• motivational systems
• infant research
• relational
• intersubjective

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Gianni Nebbiosi

Gianni Nebbiosi, Ph.D., is president, founding member, supervising and training analyst, of ISIPSÉ (Institute for Self Psychology and Relational Psychoanalysis, Italy); Founding and Board Member of IARPP (International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy); Member, International Council of IAPSP (International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology); Member, Editorial Board of the journal Psychoanalytic Dialogues; Member, Editorial Board of the journal Psychoanalytic Inquiry; and Corresponding Editor of the journal Contemporary Psychoanalysis.

Susanna Federici

Susanna Federici, Ph.D., is executive, founding member, supervising and training analyst, of ISIPSÉ (Institute for Self Psychology and Relational Psychoanalysis, Italy); President of IARPP (International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy); and past member, International Council of IAPSP (International Association for Psychoanalytic Self Psychology).

Alessandro Gigante

Alessandro Gigante, Ph.D., M.D., is a psychologist and a psychotherapist, member of ISIPSÉ (Institute for Self Psychology and Relational Psychoanalysis, Italy); and Teacher of Italian and Latin Literature in a high school in Rome.