Vittorio Lingiardi
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Vittorio Lingiardi | |
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 photo by Anna Nadalig, 2021 | |
| Born | Milan, Italy |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy |
| Institutions | Sapienza University of Rome, Department of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Psychology |
Vittorio Lingiardi is an Italian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, Full Professor of Dynamic Psychology and past Director of the Clinical Psychology Specialization Program (2006-2013), Faculty of Medicine and Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.[1][2][3] He has coordinated with Nancy McWilliams the second edition of the Psychodynamic Diagnostic Manual, the PDM-2 (Guilford Press, 2017).[4][5]
He is member of the International Association for Analytical Psychology (IAAP), International Association for Relational Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy (IARPP), Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR), Italian Chapter (SPR-it), and of the Italian Psychological Association (AIP, Clinical and Dynamic Division).[6] He is also member of the Steering Committee to the Suitability Assessment of the Psychotherapy Training Programs, Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR, Italy) and of the Scientific Committee of the LGBT Portal of the Department for Equal Opportunities, Presidency of the Council of Ministers (UNAR, Office against Discrimination, Italy).[7]
Research topics
His scientific and research areas of interest are:
- Diagnosis, assessment and therapeutic treatment of personality disorders
- Process outcome research in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis
- Defense mechanisms
- Therapeutic alliance
- Gender identity and sexual orientation
