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May 01-03, 2017 Toronto, Canada
17th World Summit on
Positive Psychology, Psychotherapy &
Cognitive Behavioral Sciences
Volume 7, Issue 2 (Suppl) J Psychol Psychother
ISSN: 2161-0487 JPP, an open access journal Positive Psychology 2017
May 01-03, 2017
Mara Fantinati, J Psychol Psychother 2017, 7:2 (Suppl)
The integration of public and private practice in grief treatment for adult and child cases: How can they
work together?
Mara Fantinati
Italian Association of EMDR, Italy
Bereavement and grief are perhaps the only traumatic event that is common to us all. Bereavement itself is a traumatic
event, sharing many of the broader features of disturbances related to trauma. Grief is a process, which requires careful
management at any age. Nowadays, there is a trend in psychotherapy of improving treatment outcomes whilst reducing
treatment times. An integrated approach helps practitioners work with this contemporary context. This research project aims
to assess how this integration can be achieved for adults and children, and the effectiveness of the treatment in a public day
hospital setting. Much importance has been given to the inclusion of group therapy as representative of positive psychology
and also to EMDR as an individual therapeutic protocol for the treatment of grief as a trauma.
Biography
Mara Fantinati completed her Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Bologna University of Psychology and the Cognitive-Behavioural Psychotherapy studies
at Studi Cognitivi Psychotherapy Training Institute and Research Centre. For 10 years, she worked at the Villa Igea Psychiatric Hospital in Modena, leading DBT
psychotherapy groups. She perfected the study of trauma and dissociation at the Trauma Unit (Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust, London-UK) and at
the Centre for Behaviour Research and Therapy (DABATEM, Istanbul-TR). She is a member of Trauma Research Group at Studi Cognitivi and Italian Company
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (SITCC) and Italian Association of EMDR.