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Trajectories
Trajectories is The Developmental Library’s newsletter dedicated to pathways of human development, research, and psychological practice. Each month, professionals share how they work, the tools they use, and the questions that guide them, helping to build knowledge that is living, accessible, and grounded in real-world experience.


TRAJECTORIES # 3 - Caring when life feels most threatened - Psychooncology
‘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
23 hours ago9 min read


TRAJECTORIES #2: The Systemic-Relational Approach: When the symptom speaks of bonds and when the relationships heal
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
Feb 238 min read


TRAJECTORIES #1: Beyond the Crime: A Look at the Author
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 c
Jan 2311 min read
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