Paolo Bertrando

Scientific Director of the Systemic-Dialogical School of Psychotherapy

Paolo Bertrando MD, PhD, graduated in medicine and specialised in psychiatry in Milan. He was trained in systemic therapy by Luigi Boscolo and Gianfranco Cecchin in the 1980s, and used initially the Milan Approach for working with families with a member diagnosed with schizophrenia. His latest book published in 2014 is Emotions and theTherapist (Karnac Books). Dr. Bertrando has travelled widely holding workshops and seminars on several topics related to systemic therapy, in Italy, Europe, Latin America, Singapore, New Zealand, and Australia. His present interests concern the relationship between the social and political scenarios in present times and the theories and practices of systemic therapy He is currently the scientific director of the Systemic-Dialogical School of Psychotherapy in Bergamo, Italy, which he co-founded together with Claudia Lini.