Massimo Giliberto
	Education
	Psychologist
	Psychotherapist, Trainer & Supervisor
	Working Experience
	Massimo Giliberto is Director of the School of Constructivist Psychotherapy of the Institute of Constructivist Psychology (ICP) in Padua - recognised by the Italian Ministry of Education - and applies the constructivist approach to his teaching work with students. He privately practices Psychotherapy and acts as consultant for organizations of the ICP. He is also an Associate Trainer and Supervisor of the Serbian Constructivist Association and is particularly interested in creating a network between European constructivist schools.
	Professional Interests
	Interested in epistemology, he bases his work on the 'love' of the root of knowledge experience and of its ethical implications. In the Psychology of Personal Contructs of G. A. Kelly, he identifies a theoretical approach rigorously based on the awareness of this root. He goes into this with more depth linking it to Bateson's Systems Theory, to Phenomenology and to the Theory of Maturana and Varela. He uses this perspective in clinical work to understand the experience of people in difficulty, and to also comprehend the experience of people who live in "closed institutions" and those who live and work in organisations.
	Finally, he is involved in the development of new contexts of learning, experimentation and elaboration amongst which is Outdoor Training, with a specific focus on sailing. His hobbies also include sailing which he does regularly on the North Adriatic Sea.
	Associations’ Membership
	European Personal Construct Association (EPCA)
	European Constructivist Therapy Network (ECTN)
	Serbian Constructivist Association (SCA)

 

	Publications
	Giliberto M., Carcere e Tossicodipendenza: un’esperienzadi lavoro in ottica costruttivista, in Chiari G. e Nuzzo M. L. (a cura di), Con gli occhi dell’altro. Il ruolo dellacomprensione empatica in psicologia e in psicoterapia costruttivista. Padova:Unipress, 1998
	Giliberto M., Ognibeni M., The construction of"emotions", or the therapist's transitions: a relationship betweenpersonal and professional constructs, inScheer J. W. (Ed.) The Person in Society: Challenges to a ConstructivistTheory. Giessen: Psychosozial-Verlag, 2000
	Giliberto M., Corpo e carcerazione. Una costruzione monista e costruttivista dell'esperienza.Quaderni di Psicoterapia Cognitiva, 7, 86-101, 2000f a Profession in Constant Change. Journal of Mental Health and Counseling, U.S.A.: AMHA, Vol. 27, N° 2, 168-184, 2005
	Giliberto M., Prison and drug addiction: a constructivist analysis,in John M. Fisher and Nelarine Cornelius (eds) Challenging the Boundaries: PCP Perspectives for the New Millenium. Farnborough (GB): EPCA Publications, 2000
	Giliberto M., The ‘Body’ in Jail: Experiences, meanings and Identity, e-Journal - Personal Construct Theory and Practice, Vol.1, N°2, 2004
	Gemignani M., Giliberto M., Counseling and Psychotherapy in Italy: Historical, Training, and Cultural Aspects of a Profession in Constant Change. Journal of Mental Health and Counseling, U.S.A.: AMHA, Vol. 27, N° 2, 168-184, 2005

1993	Giliberto M., Ecstasy, effetti e percorsi psicologici: un’ipotesi di lettura, Giornata di studi su “Le nuove droghe. Ecstasy: attuali tendenze del consumo, del mercato e ipotesi di intervento” organizzata dall’Associazione AIRIS, Marghera, VEG
1994	Giliberto M. et al., L’esperienza della Struttura a Custodia Attenuata della Giudecca, Convegno su “Tossicodipendenza, Ser.T. e Carcere: strategie di intervento integrato tra U.S.L., struttura a custodia attenuata e territorio”, organizzato dal Dipartimento dell’Amministrazione Penitenziaria, Regione Toscana, Comune e Provincia di Firenze, U.S.L. 10/C di Firenze, Firenze
1995	Giliberto M., Carcere e Tossicodipendenza: un’esperienza di lavoro in ottica costruttivista, II Congresso Nazionale di Psicologia dei Costrutti Personali, S. Benedetto del Tronto, AP
1996	Giliberto M., Favaro A., Gasparini N., Turchi G.P., La dipendenza da droghe Up e Down: un’analisi costruttivista, VIII Congresso Nazionale della SITCC, Abano T., PD
1996	avaro A., Gasparini N., Giliberto M., Turchi G.P., La valenza della metafora in psicoterapia come espediente retorico e conoscitivo, VIII Congresso Nazionale della SITCC, Abano T., PDF
1996	Turchi G.P., Favaro A., Gasparini N., Giliberto M., La valenza della diagnosi in psicologia clinica:aspetti epistemologici e disciplinari, VIII Congresso Nazionale della SITCC, Abano T., PD
1998	Giliberto M., Drug and Prison: a costructivist analysis, IVth European Personal Construct Association Conference, Chester, UK
1998	Giliberto M., Ognibeni M., La costruzione delle emozioni ovvero le transizioni del terapeuta: relazione tra costruzioni personali e professionali, IX Congresso Nazionale della SITCC, Torino
1999	Giliberto M., Ognibeni Mara, The construction of emotions, that is, the therapist’s transitions: relation between personal and professional constructions, XIIIth International Congress on Personal Construct Psychology, Berlino, D
1999	Giliberto M., Corpo e carcerazione: un’analisi monista e costruttivista dell’esperienza, XVII Congresso Nazionale della Società Italiana di Medicina Psicosomatica (SIMP), Siena
2000	Giliberto M., Ognibeni M., The Therapist's Emotions: Understanding, Explication and Circularity in the Psychotherapeutic Process, 9th Congress of the European Association of Psychothetapy, Dublin, Ireland
2000	Giliberto M., Ognibeni M., Le emozioni del terapeuta tra vita quotidiana ed esperienza professionale: una prospettiva costruttivista, Workshop tenuto al I° Congresso Nazionale della Federazione Italiana delle Associazioni di Psicoterapia, Sorrento
2001	Giliberto M., Ognibeni M., The Imprisoned Body, 14th International Congress on Personal Construct Psychology, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
2002	Giliberto M. Ognibeni M., The Aesthetic Criteria in Psychotherapheutic Experience, 6th European PCP Conference, Firenze, Italia
2003	Cipolletta S., Giliberto M., Galieni N., Construing through the body: sailing and dancing experieces, XV International Congress on Personal Construct Psychology, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK
2003	Giliberto M, Iantaffi A., Constructivists constructivism: professional paradigm or construing of the social? XV International Congress on Personal Construct Psychology, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK
2004	Giliberto M., Galieni N., How to be shipwreked and live happily: constructivist experience in a not very constructivist world, VIIth European Personal Construct Association Conference, Stuttgart, Germany
2004	Giliberto M., Borioni M., The unbereable lightness of psychotherapy: burn-out in professional experience and private life, VIIth European Personal Construct Association Conference, Stuttgart, Germany
2006	Armezzani M., Giliberto M., Paduanello M., A journey between Constructivism and Phenomenology concerning Ethics: going beyond Relativism avoiding the temptation of Truth, VIIIth European Personal Construct Association Conference, Kristianstad, Sweden
2007	Giliberto M., Reed N., Moral Relativism: A Personal Construct Perspective, Workshop at the University of Hertfordshire, UK

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