Trajectories

Project Introduction — Trajectories Traiettorie is the newsletter of The Developmental Library, a community-driven space for anyone navigating the world of developmental and life-course psychology. Every month we give a voice to professionals and scholars who tell their story with authenticity: the daily work, the tools they use, the resources they find valuable, the questions that still run through them. We don't look for linear careers or perfect answers — we look for situa

Introduction to the theme of the month This month, our library delves into territory made up of neurons, memories, and identities: the world of clinical neuropsychology. Talking about the brain means talking about ourselves — about how we construct reality, how we remember it, how we recognize ourselves over time. And when these functions falter, what is at stake is not just a diagnosis, but a life story. In this issue, we explore the neuropsychologist's work between acquired

One of the best things you can do for yourself is to check in with your body, it gives you so much information, you just have to give it space. Elisabeth Hutman, multilingual psychologist Hello to everyone reading this! My name is Elisabeth Hutman, and I'm a multilingual psychologist working in Madrid. I work with children, adolescents, and adults in German, French, Russian, and English. I use an integrative approach, so I combine DBT, CBT, Positive Psychology, and Psych

‘We live in a society where we want to be taken care of, but we don’t take care of those who take care of us.’ Personal reflection: Professional path, area, approaches/methods, recommendation Hi everyone! I’m Natalia, Spanish, 26 years old, and a psycho-oncologist in progress! Although I’m ’in progress’, I have been working in this field since I finished university in 2021. But before moving on, I think it would be useful to explain how I decided to get into this very unknown

Alessia Gioia, psychologist and psychotherapist in training. Introduction This month, we enter as fascinating as it is everyday territory: the storyline of relationships. Those that form us, pass through us, support us, and sometimes, complicate our lives. The systemic-relational approach invites us to look at the individual not as an island, but as part of a living network of bonds, dynamics, communications, and shared meanings. A lens that shifts focus from “what's wr

Martina Erba, Psychologist Introduction to the theme of the month This month, our library opens up to complex and often avoided territory: the look at the perpetrator. Talking about human development also means questioning difficult trajectories, stories that are not read only through the lens of judgment or guilt. In this issue, we cross the line between developmental psychology, criminology, and clinical practice to ask ourselves what it means to work with those who have co