The war in the nest

Authors

  • Caterina Arcidiacono
  • Gabriella Ferrari Bravo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/1827-9198/2823

Keywords:

femicide, domestic violence, family law, Italian case-study, social changes.

Abstract

The article deals with the topic of domestic violence against women by describing the current state of affairs of the Italian social and cultural context as well as the dangerous influence of media and the actions of the welfare system. The need of disclosure and protection of the women victims of violence is also enlightened. A further aim of this contribution is to discuss some principles for the clinical and therapeutic listening and treatment directed to services and shelters since this form of violence is generally underestimated, silenced, and denied. It finally introduces some principles of institutional mediation and re-negotiation of emotional bonds that refer to the Neapolitan Centro per le Famiglie’s experience.

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Author Biographies

Caterina Arcidiacono

Caterina Arcidiacono is a Psychologist, IAAP (International Association for Analytical Psychology) Analyst, and Full Professor of Community Psychology. She is Coordinator of the PhD School in Psychology and Pedagogical Sciences, and Coordinator of the Ph.D in Gender Studies at the University of Naples Federico II. Her current research concerns migration and a critical approach to community psychology with reference to qualitative research. Her most recent research deals with the topic of violence against women and woman-man relationship, with special reference to wellbeing, power asymmetry and intercultural dialogue.

Gabriella Ferrari Bravo

Gabriella Ferrari Bravo is a psychotherapist who works for the local health authority of Naples Municipality. After she worked for the juvenile court she collaborated to an ONU project for ragged children living in the streets of Argentina and Uruguay. Since 2011 she has been heading the “Centro per le famiglie” (Family Centre), which was founded in 1996 by a partnership between the Council of the Council of Naples and the local health authority. With reference to this field of activity, she has been actively promoter of collaboration with the judicial arena, in particular with reference to legal separation, safeguard of children’s relational rights, and tackling domestic violence. She is a teaching assistant of Community Psychology at the University of Naples Federico II where she also worked as a university tutor with part-time contract.

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Published

2015-01-20

How to Cite

Arcidiacono, C., & Ferrari Bravo, G. (2015). The war in the nest. La Camera Blu, (11). https://doi.org/10.6092/1827-9198/2823

Issue

No. 11 (2014): Against gender-based violence: feminist perspectives

Section

The Topic

License

La camera blu is an open access, online publication, with licence  CCPL Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported

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