2023 Programme
Event #14
Saturday 2 September, 05.00 pm
piazza Matteotti1 - euro 4,50
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Massimo Recalcati
The trauma of loss and the working-through of a bereavement
What happens inside us when we lose someone we have deeply loved? What kind of void is left? What effort is necessary to return to life? And what happens when this effort seems impossible, and we feel lost together with those we have lost? Working-through a bereavement is a way to stay close to what we have lost without being consumed by grief. While our time exalts future planning and resourcefulness, mourning reminds us that looking back is not always a sign of helplessness, but it can also be beneficial to find the resources we need to return to life, time after time. Can a wonderful light come from the past? Can there be a wonderful light in the dust?
Massimo Recalcati, is a member of Società Milanese di Psicoanalisi (Psychoanalytical Society of Milan). He is the founder of Jonas - Centre of Psychoanalytic Clinical Practice for New Symptoms, and the scientific director of a postgraduate school in psychotherapy at IRPA (Research Institute of Applied Psychoanalysis) in Milan. He teaches at the University of Verona and at IULM University of Milan. Since 2003, he has been director and lecturer of the postgraduate school in New Symptoms Clinic at the Jonas Onlus centre in Milan. He is currently a supervisor at the Gruber Centre in Bologna for serious cases of eating disorders. He contributes to the cultural sections of la Repubblica and La Stampa. Since 2014, he has directed the Eredi series for Feltrinelli. Since 2020, he has collaborated with Maurizio Balsamo and co-edited the journal Frontiere della psicoanalisi, published by Il Mulino. His numerous publications are translated into several languages.
ph. credits: Settimio Benedusi
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