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EDITORIAL

Editorial
by Chiara Lui
Executive Director

ARTICLES

Journey into bereavement at the time of Covid-19. An arduous test of creativity
by Monica Venturi
AbstractThis work aims to create a space for reflection on what can happen to those who live or have experienced the loss of loved ones due to the Coronavirus, trying to bring to light the differences that characterize this peculiar type of bereavement compared to other forms of loss. The aim of this work is observing, constructing and recognizing possible experiences of grief that the recent pandemic has generated and, consequently, articulating some fundamental points and tools to be taken into consideration within the psychological clinical activity in front of these life experiences.Tooltip content

Keywords: bereavement, death, Coronavirus, psychotherapy, trauma.

Using the Perceiver Element Grid (PEG) to elicit intrafamily construal following parental Acquired Brain Injury
by Clare Coppock, David Winter, Scott Ferguson e Anna GreenAbstractConstruct systems are subject to reorganisation at points of transition, and adjusting to parental ABI is no exception. This paper presents an analysis of the construal processes of three families affected by parental ABI. In particular, aspects of perceived similarity, commonality, and sociality are explored. The findings highlight some of the difficulties faced by these families and the way in which interactional processes may be perpetuated. Affected families may benefit from systemic approaches to psychological support, whilst further research will offer further understanding of interpersonal relationships, families' construal throughout the recovery pathway, and changes to construal post-ABI.Tooltip content

Keywords: Perceiver Element Grid (PEG), Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), young people’s adjustment to parental ABI.

Articulating a Māori educator’s pedagogical constructs: a co-constructed case study.
by Willfred Greyling and Kiri Waitai
AbstractWe agreed, as a non-Māori manager and a Māori educator, to use personal construct theory (PCT) methods to articulate and reflect on the second author’s (SA’s) pedagogical meaning-making which she had intentionally aligned with a tikanga Māori approach to teaching a mixed group of non-Māori and Māori learners on a new – and by all accounts successful - foundation-level programme, Te Tuapapa Hauora (translated: firm foundation in health). We elicited SA’s pedagogical constructs, using four role titles she was positively disposed to, and four she viewed as opposites. We included SA’s choice of 10 constructs in a repertory grid. Her ratings allowed us to generate grid-based probes for reflecting on her pedagogy. We analysed post-grid interview data, identifying several key themes in her meaning-making which were consistent with key factors perceived as enabling Māori learners’ success (Chauvel & Rean, 2012). We arrived at a dual outcome: a co-constructed account of SA’s tikanga Māori pedagogy and an exemplar of how educators could use repertory grid analysis for reflective purposes.Tooltip content

Keywords: Māori values, constructs, elicitation, repertory grid.

INTERVIEWS

Learning to navigate the imponderable: interview with Massimo Giliberto
by Miriam Martinello, Giulia Piovan and Francesca Pistonesi
AbstractMassimo Giliberto, psychologist and psychotherapist, is Director and Professor of Institute of Constructivist Psychology (ICP) of Padua. Besides teaching, he works as private psychotherapist and counselor for companies. Previously he held the roles of prison psychologist, consultant at Padua Military Hospital and Honorary Judge at the Juvenile Court of Venice.
Author of several publications, he’s dedicated to spreading the constructivist approach both as a member of various e-journals (Journal of Constructivist Psychology and Personal Construct Theory & Practice) and as Editor-in-chief of Rivista Italiana di Costruttivismo. Furthermore, willing to create an international network among constructivist schools, he’s Trainer of the Serbian Constructivist Association (SKA) and co-founder of the European Constructivist Therapy Network (ECTN).
Interested in the development of new learning contexts, he identified sailing - one of his greatest passions - as a useful tool for training. Since then, he’s been a group trainer in Outdoor Training on a sailboat.Tooltip content

Parole chiave: sailing boat, outdoor training, steerage, metaphor, constructivist.

EXPERIENCES

Creative acts: Dialogues between PCP and Theatrical Improvisation
by Claudia Scalise
AbstractExploring and re-elaborating the meanings and implications of a personal experience of “improvisation” I arrived at Theatrical Improvisation, a discipline that I feel is close to the Personal Construct Psychology (PCP) approach and psychotherapy for some basic constructions. Starting from a quick introduction on the world of Theatrical Improvisation, I will try to bring out and dialogue the elements of commonality that can be traced between the qualities of the Improviser and those of the PCP Psychotherapist, as well as the further possible scenarios resulting from the encounter of these two contexts. I’m concluding my reflections with some research hypotheses for future explorations on the subject.Tooltip content

Keywords: improvisation, theatrical improvisation, psychotherapy, relationship, roles.

BOOK REVIEW

“Della gentilezza e del coraggio. Breviario di politica e altre cose” by Gianrico Carofiglio
by Francesca Distaso

GLOSSARY

Implicative Dilemmas
by Trevor Butt