Essere fratelli oggi : abitare il rapporto tra pari nella post-modernità : riflessioni sullo sfondo sociale e sulle implicazioni terapeutiche

Questo scritto nasce da un interesse per la dimensione clinica e comunitaria dell'esperienza umana e da uno sguardo alla psicopatologia vista nel riverbero del vivere sociale. L'esperienza del rapporto tra pari e la dimensione orizzontale sono considerati la chiave di lettura del paradigma fraterno e occasione per superare il paradigma narcisistico. Il fraterno è visto non solo come esperienza specifica della vita familiare ma come richiamo al vivere comunitario e sociale di un oggi bisognoso di nuovi strumenti dello stare insieme. Le autrici descrivono il contesto sociale in cui si inserisce il tema della fraternità approfondendone le numerose sfaccettature. Su questo sfondo, analizzano il tema dal punto di vista della psicoterapia della Gestalt, soffermandosi sul concetto di intenzionalità di contatto fraterno e sulla dimensione orizzontale nella clinica. [Testo dell'editore]

This paper stems from an interest in the clinical and community dimensions of human experience and consider the psychopathology in the reverberations of social living. The experience of the peer relationship and the horizontal dimension are considered the key to understanding the fraternal paradigm and an opportunity to overcome the narcissistic paradigm. The fraternal relationship is considered not only as a specific experience of family life, but as a call to the community and social life in a time that needs new tools for being to-gether. The authors describe the social context in which the theme of fraternity is placed, focusing on the fragility of today's vertical dimension and the need to find new ways of inhabiting the horizontal dimension, which is so widespread today.

They propose three main forms of fraternal relationship: between blood relatives, between acquaintances and between those who are unknown. The authors emphasize how the connection between these 3 different forms is the basis that anchors the harmonious fraternal experience. With this background, a reading of the topic from the perspective of Gestalt psychotherapy is proposed, introducing the concept of intentionality of fraternal contact and that of the horizontal dimension in the clinic. The aim is to develop, both in the therapist and in the patient, a fraternal experience as an anchor in the face of the new demands of today.

This experience t is a being-with-other that becomes a fertile root to go beyond narcissistic drifts to build belonging and community. For the authors some basic concepts of the gestalt clinical model, illustrated with clinical examples, are new forms of "horizontal" work in the here and now (Wollants, 2021), Aesthetic Relational Knowledge (Spagnuolo Lobb, 2017), Dance Steps (Spagnuolo Lobb, 2019). These concepts are consistent with a therapeutic vision based on the awareness of equal value with the patient, reciprocity, solidarity, belonging to the same human community. [Publisher's text]