Il processo mediativo secondo la prospettiva gestaltica : il caso di Elena e Giovanni

Scopo del presente articolo è illustrare un caso clinico di mediazione familiare a partire da alcuni concetti base della psicoterapia della Gestalt. Basandosi sull'esperienza clinica diretta e sugli apporti teorici esistenti, le autrici propongono una breve riflessione sull'esperienza di una coppia, con figlia in età prescolare, che attraversa il percorso separativo. Il metodo utilizzato è quello fenomenologico. I riferimenti concettuali a sostegno di questo lavoro sono: la formazione figura/sfondo e la teoria del sé, nelle sue tre funzioni principali; la conoscenza relazionale estetica intesa come la consapevolezza dei comediatori che emerge dal campo fenomenologico condiviso; l'intenzionalità di contatto sottesa al conflitto di coppia e l'emergere della funzione personalità genitoriale, come riconoscimento relazionale attraverso la valorizzazione reciproca delle diversità. [Testo dell'editore].

The purpose of this article is to illustrate a clinical case of family mediation from the per-spective of some basic concepts of Gestalt therapy. Drawing on their direct clinical experience as well as on some theoretical contributions, the authors propose a brief reflection on the expe-rience of a couple (Elena and Giovanni) with a preschool daughter, who is experiencing the separative path. The method used is the phenomenological one. The theoretical references supporting this work are: figure/background formation, the Gestalt therapy theory of self; the Aesthetic Relational Knowledge; the intentionality of contact underlying the capacity of mediators to identify with the couple's experience and couple's con-flict and the appearance of the Parental Personality Function. With regard to aesthetic relational knowledge, it is understood as the awareness of comediators that emerges from the shared phenomenological field.

It is formed by empathy and by the ability to resonate, that is the reaction of mediators to the experiential context. Empathy and Resonance are the two important tools which anable to understand Elena and Giovanni's relational suffering. A main part of the work in the mediation process consists in giving support to the Parental Personality Function with the aim of replacing the reference framework "being husband/wife of" with that of "being father/mother of". To achieve this goal, it is essential to free up the space occupied by the cou-ple conflict in order to increase the issues related to parenting. According to the Gestalt perspective, Aesthetic Relational Knowledge is the premise from which to promote the couple's "now-for-next". It is represented by the all-embracing experience of parenting, capable of restoring everyone's sense of self that emerges from relational recognition. [Publisher's text].