Dr. Silvia Alaimo


Psychologist, psychotherapist, teacher Gestalt HCC Institute Italy, member EAGT (European Association of Gestalt Therapy)

About
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I am a psychologist and psychotherapist, trainer and supervisor at the Gestalt H.C.C. Italy Institute (a four-year specialization school in psychotherapy), and a member of the EAGT (European Association for Gestalt Therapy) since 2019.

I gained my clinical experience starting in 2001 as a volunteer at the LILT in Palermo (Italian League for the Fight against Cancer) and later, working for several years at the Psychology Service and then at the Medical Oncology DH for adults at the Policlinico-Vittorio Emanuele University Hospital in Catania (now Policlinico ‘G. Rodolico-San Marco’ University Hospital) which allowed me to refine my intervention skills, later choosing to dedicate my energies and expertise exclusively to private practice and the training of psychologists.

For 7 years, I conducted a psychotherapy group with patients from the Dietology and Nutrition Diseases Service of the U.O. Dietology, consisting of patients.

Over time, I integrated my Gestalt training with the Jungian and Hillmanian analytical model, through training workshops, supervision groups, and personal analysis.

I have presented several of my works at national and international conferences, delving into the topics of eating disorders, dream work and neuroscience, and spirituality within Gestalt psychotherapy.

In addition, I have held teaching positions in international programs at the MIGIP – Moscow Institute of Gestalt and Psychodrama (2018-2020), at the Kiev Gestalt University (2020), and finally at the Kharkiv Institute Gestalt and Psychodrama (2023).

I work with individual, couple, and group psychotherapy.

The psyche is incredibly fascinating, and every session forces you to the edge.
It continuously turns things upside down, demanding the most radical thoughts you can offer.
It disrupts your usual patterns, your usual feelings.
It wants things to be overturned, so it is inevitable to think of revolution.
J. Hillman