PSICHIATRIA E CINEMA FOTOGRAFIA E TELEVISIONEModule CINEMA FOTOGRAFIA E TELEVISIONE
Academic Year 2025/2026 - Teacher: MICHELE CANNAVO'Expected Learning Outcomes
STUDENTS LEARNED BOTH THEORETICALLY AND PRACTICALLY THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE BASICS OF PHOTOGRAPHY, USE OF IMAGES AND FILM WITHIN A REHABILITATION PATHWAY.
HAVE PREPARED AND EXPERIMENTED WITH REHABILITATION PROJECTS USING AUDIO VIDEO TECHNIQUES. HAVE ALSO UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF SUCH REHABILITATIVE TOOLS THROUGH THE HISTORY OF CINEMA AND PHOTOGRAPHY ESPECIALLY IN REHABILITATION.
Course Structure
face to face / traditional teaching
Required Prerequisites
basic knowledge of photography and film history
basic knowledge of brain physiology
Attendance of Lessons
STUDENTS LEARNED BOTH THEORETICALLY AND PRACTICALLY THE FUNDAMENTALS OF THE BASICS OF PHOTOGRAPHY, USE OF IMAGES AND FILM WITHIN A REHABILITATION PATHWAY.
HAVE PREPARED AND EXPERIMENTED WITH REHABILITATION PROJECTS USING AUDIO VIDEO TECHNIQUES. HAVE ALSO UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF SUCH REHABILITATIVE TOOLS THROUGH THE HISTORY OF CINEMA AND PHOTOGRAPHY ESPECIALLY IN REHABILITATION.
Detailed Course Content
basics and fundamentals of photography and therapeutic photography
phototherapy techniques according to Judy Weiser's techniques
self-portrait techniques
body phototherapy
Neuroaesthetics applied to images
basics of neuroscience
film history
videocinetherapy
basics of building projects using images and video
clinical examples of using images, film and TV
Textbook Information
1) A.M. Acocella, O. Rossi, Le nuove arti terapie. Percorsi nella relazione d’aiuto, FrancoAngeli, Milano 2013.
2) R. Barthes, La camera chiara. Nota sulla fotografi a , Einaudi, Torino 2003.
3) M. Spagnuolo Lobb e N. Amendt-Lyon (a cura di), Il permesso di creare. L’arte della psicoterapia della Gestalt , FrancoAngeli, Milano 2007, pp. 295-309
4) Cannavò, M., Doric, Z et al. The use of images and photography in therapy. Neuroaesthetics, mirror neurons and body resonances. Quaderni di Gestalt, XXXIV, 2021-2. Milano: Franco Angeli.
5) Cannavò M. Scatti di luce. Viaggi e incontri di uno psicoterapeuta. Festamobile, Milano 2016.
6) G. Sampognaro, Lo psicoritratto in arte-terapia , «Quaderni di Gestalt», 32/33 (2001), pp. 80-89
7) G. Sampognaro, Scrivere l’indicibile. La scrittura creativa in psicoterapia della gestalt , FrancoAngeli, Milano 2008
8) Musacchi R. (2016). Fototerapia psicocorporea. Il lavoro con le fotografie in psicoterapia corporea. Milano: FrancoAngeli.
9) Gallese, Guerra. Lo schermo empatico (2015
10) Cinevideotherapy. Il cinema e il video nei percorsi di riabilitazione e terapia
1) A.M. Acocella, O. Rossi, The new arts therapies. Pathways in the helping relationship, FrancoAngeli, Milan 2013.
2) R. Barthes, The clear room. Note on photography , Einaudi, Turin 2003.
3) M. Spagnuolo Lobb and N. Amendt-Lyon (eds.), The permission to create. The art of Gestalt psychotherapy , FrancoAngeli, Milan 2007, pp. 295-309
4) Cannavò, M., Doric, Z et al. The use of images and photography in therapy. Neuroaesthetics, mirror neurons and body resonances. Quaderni di Gestalt, XXXIV, 2021-2. Milan: Franco Angeli.
5) Cannavò M. Shots of light. Travels and encounters of a psychotherapist. Festamobile, Milan 2016.
6) G. Sampognaro, The psycho-portrait in art therapy , "Gestalt Notebooks", 32/33 (2001), pp. 80-89
7) G. Sampognaro, Writing the Unspeakable. Creative writing in gestalt psychotherapy , FrancoAngeli, Milan 2008
8) Musacchi R. (2016). Psychocorporeal phototherapy. The work with photographs in body psychotherapy. Milan: FrancoAngeli.
9) Gallese, Guerra. The empathic screen (2015.
10) Cinevideotherapy. Cinema and video in rehabilitation and therapy pathwaysLearning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
How does the body react to images?
What is storytelling?
What patient can you use films or pieces of films with?
How do you prepare a project with videos/films?