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Michela Gecele, MD, Psychiatrist and Gestalt Therapist, trained in Cultural Anthropology. International Trainer and Supervisor, she published books, articles and chapters on themes of psycho-therapy and psychopathology, exploring clinical suffering from a contextual, phenomenological and Gestalt therapy viewpoint. Another clinical and research topic is that of cultural and intercultural issues (risks, opportunities, trauma and post trauma, language, communication, connections between social and cultural context and forms of illness and care). She has been working for 27 years in public mental health services and she has coordinated, in Turin, a psychological and psychiatric service for immigrants. She is supervisor of public mental health services and of programs for immigrants. She is a member of the Human Rights & Social Responsibility (HR&SR) Committee of European Association for Gestalt Therapy (EAGT). She is co-director of the IPsiG - International Institute for Gestalt Therapy and Psychopathology. She has also published fiction and educational books.