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MELTZER IN VENICE Working with Meltzer Series Forthcoming: Meltzer in São Paulo edited by Marisa Melega Meltzer in Paris edited by Didier Houzel and Bianca Lechevalier Already published by Karnac: Psychoanalytic Work with Children and Adults: Meltzer in Barcelona edited by Donald Meltzer The Simsbury Seminars edited by Rosa Castella, Lluis Farré, and Carlos Tabbia MELTZER IN VENICE SEMINARS WITH THE RACKER GROUP OF VENICE Edited by Maria Elena Petrilli, Hugo Màrquez, and Mauro Rossetti published for The Harris Meltzer Trust by KARNAC Published for The Harris Meltzer Trust by Karnac Books Ltd, 118 Finchley Road, London NW3 5HT Series editor Meg Harris Williams Case histories published in Italian in Lavorando con Meltzer by Armando, Rome, 1998 Copyright © 2017 The Harris Meltzer Trust Translation by Sema Postacioglu English editing by Meg Harris Williams The rights of the contributors to be identified as the authors of this work have been asserted in accordance with §§ 77 and 78 of the Copyright Design and Patent Act 1988. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A C.I.P. for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 1 78220 4664 Edited, designed and produced by The Bourne Studios www.bournestudios.co.uk Printed in Great Britain www.harris-meltzer-trust.org.uk www.karnacbooks.com CONTENTS About the authors vii Foreword: the Racker Group of Venice Hugo Màrquez and Maria Elena Petrilli xi Introduction: working with adolescents Maria Elena Petrilli xv 1 ‘Tender your dreams in a tent’: a workshop for 11–14 year olds Monique Pistolato 1 2 Not only homework: street educators of Venice Margherita Furlanetto and Monica Longhi, in collaboration with Maria Elena Petrilli 23 3 Avoiding the Oedipus complex Giuseppina Pavan 51 v vi CONTENTS 4 A potential terrorist: the conflict with anti-life forces Elena Pianezzola 65 5 Between aridity and hope Annamaria Mariuccia 83 6 Hysteria today Hugo Màrquez 101 7 An egocentric adolescent Mauro Rossetti 121 8 Sleeping at his mother’s breast: in the style of Oblomov Hugo Màrquez 149 9 A case of transvestism Valeria Mozzon 181 10 A boy with a gentle heart: inside and outside the father’s head Rudolfo Picciulin 209 11 On negative transference Donald Meltzer 233 12 Current considerations on autism Donald Meltzer 241 Index 249 ABOUT THE AUTHORS Margherita Furlanetto is a professional educator; from 1990 she has been in charge of school projects for Venice Town Council which help adolescents and their families in difficulty, and from 1994 she has directed relational and school support groups for adolescents. She also plans, organises, and carries out prevention projects for schools. Monica Longhi is a professional educator; from 1990 she has been in charge of school projects for Venice Town Council which help adolescents and their families in difficulty. Since 1990 she has also organised and conducted educational and relational groups for parents, provided consultation for individuals and couples, and participated in the implementation of local preven- tion projects. Annamaria Mariuccia is a psychologist (BSc Padua) and psycho- therapist, training at the International Institute for Analytical Social Psychology, Venice. She has had supervision from Donald Meltzer and Antonino Ferro. She lives and works at Bassano di Grappa as an independent psychologist, and as consultant and supervisor for various schools and community centres. vii viii ABOUT THE AUTHORS Hugo Màrquez is a psychologist and psychoanalytic psycho- therapist. He started his career in Rosario, Argentina, and after moving to Italy completed his psychotherapy training in Padua. In 1986, together with Mauro Rossetti and Maria Elena Petrilli, founded the Racker Study Group which organises seminars and training courses for psychologists and therapists working in social-psychological institutions in the Veneto region. He has worked with Meltzer since 1988 and together with Mauro Rossetti edited Lavorando con Meltzer – Clinca del Claustrum (1998). He lives and works in Venice as a psychotherapist and trains younger therapists. Donald Meltzer (d. 2004) was a British psychoanalyst, origi- nally from New York, who taught widely in many countries in both Europe and America. He is the author of many influen- tial books, including The Psychoanalytical Process (1967), Sexual States of Mind (1973), Explorations in Autism (1975), Dream Life (1983), The Apprehension of Beauty (1988; with Meg Harris Williams), and The Claustrum (1992). Giuliana Mozzon is a psychologist, psychotherapist of psycho- analytical training. She lives and works in Udine doing her main research with a clinical emphasis on child adoption. She trains individual therapists and supervises institutional services. She attended the activities of the Racker Group and Dr Meltzer’s supervisions there for fifteen years. Giuseppina Pavan is a psychologist and psychodynamic psycho- therapist. She lives in Pordenone and works there both privately and for public health institutions such as Family Consultation and Old People’s Homes. She is a regular member of the training seminars of the Racker Group. Maria Elena Petrilli is a clinical psychologist who graduated in psychology at Rosario, Argentina. She lives and works in Venice as a psychotherapist and consultant for Public Health Services. In 1986, together with Hugo Màrquez and Mauro ABOUT THE AUTHORS ix Rossetti, she founded the Racker Study Group, an association of psychotherapists from various fields of specialisation, in order to explore object relations theory in depth in the transference- countertransference. She has chaired numerous seminars with different authors, among which Dr Meltzer was a regular invited speaker for more than fifteen years. Elena Pianezzola is a psychotherapist (BSc Padua), training at the International Institute for Analytical Social Psychology, Venice. She is a founding member of the Bassano Association of Psychologists which promotes various training approaches and applications. She lives and works at Bassano del Grappa in individual psychotherapy and couple relationships as well as adolescent and child therapy. Rodolfo Picciulin is a psychologist and psychoanalytic psycho- therapist. He lives and works in Gorizia as a clinical therapist and trainer for health and social services. He is a former lecturer at the Institute of Social Analytical Psychology in Venice and a lecturer on the ‘Psychology of the Life-cycle’ at the training school in Trieste. From 1986 to 2002, as a member of the Racker Group, he attended the seminars and supervisions held by Dr Meltzer in Venice with particular emphasis on the clinical appli- cations of object relations. Monique Pistolato is an author, and an educator-animator, with training in the social psychology of groups. She has received vari- ous national and international awards for her short stories and many of her works have been adapted for the stage. Among her recent works are: Un’altra stanza in laguna (Another Room in the Lagoon) (Ibis, 2005); Un tempo necessario (Necessary Time), (La Meridiana, 2007); Venezia: Guida alla città invisibile. Dieci itinerary insoliti e curiosi per calli e canali (Venice: A Guide to the Invisible City. Ten Unusual and Wonderful Itineraries through Calli and Canals) (Ibis, 2012); Cari libri. La lettura condivisa come laboratorio di umanità (Cherished Books: Reading Shared as a Workshop of Humanity) (Paoline, 2014).
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