Vittorio Guidano, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Italian neuropsychiatrist
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Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
About Vittorio Guidano
- Vittorio Filippo Guidano (August 4, 1944, Rome, Italy – August 31, 1999, Buenos Aires, Argentina) was an Italian neuropsychiatrist, creator of the cognitive procedural systemic model and contributor to post-rationalist constructivist cognitive psychotherapy.
- His cognitive post-rationalist model was influenced by attachment theory, evolutionary epistemology, complex systems theory, and the prevalence of abstract mental processes proposed by Friedrich Hayek.
- Guidano conceived the personal system as a self-organized entity, in constant development.Among his published writings are the books Complexity of the Self (1987) and The Self in Progress (1991).
- He was the first president of the Italian Society of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy (SITCC) and he co-founded the Institute of Post-Rationalist Psychology and Psychotherapy (IPRA).
- Guidano's work has been called "the most important influence" on Jeffrey Young's schema therapy.
- He also influenced the elaboration of other constructivist psychotherapies such as coherence therapy.
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