Who we are

The Italian Centre of Adlerian Studies (C.I.S.A.) is an association founded under the act registered on May 26, 2004.

PURPOSE AND AIM
The Italian Centre of Adlerian Studies share the same purpose and aims as the North American Association of Adlerian Psychology which is affiliated with their constitution.
The association has as its aim to encourage and promote knowledge, training, research and application of individual psychology of Alfred Adler, conserve the principles and encourage their development (registered Act, Art. 3)
The association encourages and promotes training, research and application of individual psychology, upholding its principles and encourages the development which inspires the following principles: a) the coming together of consoling and therapeutic approach that share the Adlerian psychology to be applied to the person and the community; b) apply the Adlerian psychology to all organizations who value and attend this psychology; c) apply the Adlerian psychology to education who give important to this network along with the educators; d) help and develop psychosocial health to families by using the Adlerian method; e) encourages the clinical professional to develop and apply Adlerian psychology in clinic context; f) family mediation; juridical psychology; h) theory and research (Statute, Art. 3). All persons can become part of the association, the number is unlimited, all persons or public corporation that we recognize who intend to work together to arrive at these aims (Statute, Art 5).

2007 – 2009 TRIENNIUM
President: Ugo Sodini, Psy D.
Vice president: Massimo Melosi, Business Consultant
Secretary: Elisabetta Severi, Lawyer


FOR THE HISTORICAL AND SCIENTIFIC FRAMEWORK OF THE THINKING AF ADLER

ADLER, A. (1964), in The Individual Psychology of Alfred Adler, (The Ansbachers Eds.) Harper & Row, New York, edited and translated into Italian, by Sodini Ugo e Teglia Sodini Annamaria, as La psicologia individuale di Alfred Adler, G. Martinelli & C., Firenze, 1997;

- (1979), Superiority and Social Interest, A Collection of Later Writings, W. W. Norton & Company, New York – London;

- (1982), Co-operation Between the sexes, (The Ansbachers Eds.) W. W. Norton & Company, New York – London, edited and translated into Italian, by Sodini Ugo e Teglia Sodini Annamaria, as La cooperazione tra i sessi, Edizioni Universitarie Romane, Roma, 2001.


BIOGRAPHIES OF ALFERD ADLER THIS IS ADVISABLE READING

ORGLER, H. (1956), Alfred Adler Der Mann und Sein Werk, Urban & Schwarzenberg, Wien, translation into Italian as Alfred Adler e la sua opera, Astrolabio, Roma, 1970;

BOTTOME, P. (1957), Alfred Adler. A Portrait from Life, Vanguard, New York;

ELLEMBERGER, H. F. (1970), The Discovery of the Unconscious, Basic Books, New York;

HOFFMAN, E. (1994), The Drive for Self, Addison-Wesley, New York.


VOLUMES OF ALFRED ADLER PRESENTED IN ITALY IN SEVERAL REPRINTS

- Prassi e teoria della psicologia individuale, (Practice and theory of Individual Psychology), Astrolabio, Rome, 1947;

- Il temperamento nervoso, (The nervous character) Astrolabio, Rome, 1971;

- Psicologia del bambino difficile *, ( Die Seele des Schwerziehbaren Schulkindes) Newton Compton, Rome, 1973;

- Psicologia individuale e conoscenza dell’uomo, (Understanding human nature) Newton Compton, Rome, 1975;

- Psicologia dell’educazione *, (The education of children) Newton Compton, Rome, 1975;

- Cos’è la psicologia individuale, (What life should mean to you) Newton Compton, Rome, 1976;

- La psicologia individuale nella scuola *, (Individualpsychologie in der Shule) Newton Compton, Rome, 1979;

- Psicologia dell’omosessualità, (The problem of Homosexuality) Newton, Rome, 1994;

- Il senso della vita, (The meaning of life) Newton, Rome, 1997;

- La tecnica della psicologia individuale, (The techinique of Individual Psychology) Newton, Rome, 2005.

* From the following works we underline the introductions by Gastone Canziani for their historical and scientific value.


NEWS ON FOUNDATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF ITALIAN ADLERISM

SODINI, U. (2001), Introduction to Italian edition of ADLER, A. (1982), Co-operation Between the sexes, (The Ansbachers Eds.) W. W. Norton & Company, New York – London, edited and translated into Italian by Ugo Sodini and Annamaria Teglia Sodini, as La cooperazione tra i sessi, Edizioni Universitarie Romane, Roma, 2001, pp. 7-21;

- (2004), Adlerism in Italy according to the Ansbacher’s systematization, NASAP Newsletter, 37, 5 : 5-8;

- (2004), Alfred Adler, La nascita di una psicologia per tutti, Attualità in Psicologia, 19, 3-4 : 205-220;

- (2005), Alfred Adler a Ponte Buggianese, Il Ponte InForma, Periodico d’informazione del Comune di Ponte Buggianese, Dicembre, p. 6;

- (2005) First Annual Conference of Italian Centre of Adlerian Studies, NASAP Newsletter, 38, 6 : 1;

SODINI, U., TEGLIA SODINI, A. (1996), Un ricordo di Gastone Canziani, il primo adleriano d’Italia, a dieci anni dalla sua scomparsa, Attualità in Psicologia, Edizioni Universitarie Romane, XI, 2 : 195-208;

- (1999), L’adlerismo italiano tra monismo e dualismo, Attualità in Psicologia, Edizioni Universitarie Romane, 15, 3-4 : 314-22;

- (2000), Dualism: The Difficult in Italian Individual Psychology, The Canadian Journal of Adlerian Psychology, 30, 2 : 26-33;

- (2000), L’adlerismo italiano tra monismo e dualismo. Il sentimento comunitario, Attualità in Psicologia, Edizioni Universitarie Romane, 15, 1 : 16-26;

- (2001), Gastone Canziani: The First Modern Adlerian in Italy, The Canadian Journal of Adlerian Psychology, 31, 2 : 66-73;

- (2003), The Italian Adlerism: Terminological and Conceptual Matters, Adlerian Society (of the United Kingdom) and the Institute for Individual Psychology, Year Book 2003, pp. 59-70.


HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHY NEWS

SODINI, U. (1985), Alfred Adler e la nascita della psicologia individuale (Alfred Adler and the birth of Individual Psychology) Psicologia contemporanea, Firenze, XII, 71 : 60-2;

- (1997), Alfred Adler parla di Benito Mussolini (Alfred Adler speaks about Benito Mussolini), Attualità in Psicologia, Edizioni Universitarie Romane, XII, 2 : 201-3;

- (2001), Alexandra Adler (1901-2001). La nascita dell’Associazione Internazionale di Psicologia Individuale (Alexandra Adler 1901-2001, The foundation of the Association of International Individual Psychology), Attualità in Psicologia, Edizioni Universitarie Romane, 16, 3-4 : 229-30;

SODINI, U, TEGLIA SODINI, A, (1997), Prendeva il tè con Alfred Adler parlando di psicologia. Ricordo di Rowena Ripin Ansbacher (1906-1996) (Tea with Alfred Adler, speaking of psychology. Memories of Rowena Ripin Ansbacher, 1906 -1996), Babele, II, 6 : 22-3.


FOR ANA DLERIAN APPROACH IN SEVERE CONFLICT COUPLES INTERESTING CUSTODY OF UNDERAGE CHILDREN

- SODINI, U., (2205), From Bachofen to Adler to nowadays: female power versus male power into the courtroom, 23th International Association of Individual Psychology Congress, www.iaipwebsite.org;

- SODINI, U., TEGLIA SODINI, A. (2003), An Adlerian Approach to Court-Ordered Custody of Underage Children, The Canadian Journal of Adlerian Psychology, 33, 2 : 49-56.