About
I am a licensed clinical psychologist and my postgraduate specialisation is in Expressive Psychotherapy integrated with Dance Movement Therapy.
The approach I use in my work integrates the main psychodynamic developmental theories to the Laban-Kestenberg body method, studies on art and creativity, and also draws on the Jungian method of active imagination in authentic movement practice.
My professional experiences are in the field of pathological addictions and psychiatry, ethno-psychology, gerontology, as well as working with personality and eating disorders in developmental and mature age. I am also experienced in creating psycho-socio-health projects in various fields.
In private clinical practice, the creation of a safe space, in which it is possible to listen not only to words but also to what comes from the non-verbal, whether it is a gesture, a mark on a paper, a breath, a shape or a color, fosters a deeper contact with oneself, the re-discovery of one's potential, and the emergence of authentic emotions coming from the body. It is a work of exploration and discovery that, passing through body, image and word, leads toward a mature integration of the self.
From 2017 to 2020 I collaborated with Vivere Verde Onlus as ethno-psychologist within the SIPROIMI (former SPRAR) Ancona, province of asylum project. [Here a presentation of the work at the 2018 "Migrant Imaginaries" conference, Jesi https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yTZRqVlZqkNapOqnXHFs_543T_wC9jic/edit#slide=id.p1 ]
From 2010 to the present, I have had the opportunity to work as a research associate for the Center for Socioeconomic Research and Care Models for the Elderly (IRCCS-INRCA) in Ancona in the following projects: EWL (Extending Working Life), GestIncAge (study on incontinence), Careers@Work ( strategies for reconciling paid work and care for elderly family members), AgeWell (technology and transition to retirement) ,HERO (training for migrants on elderly care). I developed and co-ordinated the Erasmus+ DanceCARE project (Dance Movement Therapy and Conscious Movement as innovative tools in emotional education and support for long-term caregivers).
Publications can be seen on my Reserch Gate page: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Flavia-Galassi
I am a regionally/nationally recognised professional trainer and have conducted training courses for healthcare and non-healthcare personnel since 2013. I have been a promoter of the professional course of the INRCA 2021 training plan, entitled "Dancing in the Rain. Experiencing the Body and Managing Psychophysical Emotional States in the Time of Covid 19. Regulation of Arousal States and Work-Related Stress."
I have implemented and coordinated several national projects to foster social inclusion and personal growth also through body- mind expressive techniques, including:
-Art Made Man (European project coordinated by ATI, to foster the social inclusion of immigrant women in the Ancona office, 2011);
- "Integr-Action" project aimed at immigrant adolescents at Le Rondini Center in Senigallia (2012);
- E-MOTION project for the prevention of distress, aimed at adolescents with multiproblem families within the internship at the Chiaravalle Counseling Center (2013);
- project POINTS OF VIEW I and II Re-knowing each other in images and gestures to foster the resocialization of detained people (2015-2017 with Praxis a.p.s.),
