Giuseppe CRAPARO

Giuseppe CRAPARO, PhD, is a psychologist and psychoanalyst. He is also Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology and Deputy Director, MSc Course in Clinical Psychology (Kore University of Enna, Italy), Director of the Psychoanalytic Institute (IPP, Palermo), and a full member of the following associations: American Psychological Association, Italian Psychological Association, Italian Society of Psychological Assessment, Association of Psychoanalytic Studies, International Federation of Psychoanalytic Societies.

His scientific interests are focused on alexithimia, addictions, trauma, and dissociation. Among his books: Trauma e psicopatologia. Un approccio evolutivo-relazionale (co-edited with Vincenzo Caretti; Astrolabio Publisher, 2008), Memorie traumatiche e mentalizzazione (co-edited with Vincenzo Caretti and Adriano Schimmenti; Astrolabio Publisher, 2013), Il disturbo post-traumatico da stress (Carocci Publisher, 2013), Afterword to the italian edition of L’Automatisme Psychologique (L’automatismo Psicologico. Raffaello Cortina Publisher, 2013), Pierre Janet. Trauma, coscienza, personalità (co-edited with Francesca Ortu; Raffaello Cortina Publisher, 2016), Unrepressed Unconscious, Implicit Memory, and Clinical Work (co-edited with Clara Mucci, Karnac, 2017), L’enactment nella relazione terapeutica. Caratteristiche e funzioni (Raffaello Cortina Publisher, 2017), Inconscio non rimosso. Riflessioni per una nuova prassi clinica (FrancoAngeli Publisher, 2018), Rediscovering Pierre Janet: His Relevance for Psychology, Psychotraumatology, and Psychoanlysis (co-edited with Francesca Ortu and Onno van der Hart, forthcoming).