AUTHOR DESCRIPTION

VALERIA SALADINO 

Valeria Saladino is a professor and researcher in Dynamic Psychology and Forensic Psychology at Magna Graecia University of Catanzaro (Italy), PhD in Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Cassino and Southern Lazio. 

She is a psychologist, criminologist and psychotherapist and works in Italian Correctional Facilities for adults, collaborating with the Ministry of Justice in projects related to sexual offending, stalking and juvenile deviancy.  

She coordinated clinical and criminological research on the following topic: behavioral and drug addictions, interpersonal violence, juvenile crimes, relapse prevention for youths and adults.

She is the Founder and President of IRPAM – Institute for Research in Psychology and Psychotherapy with a Multidisciplinary Approach – https://www.irpam.com.

She is editor in chief of Synapsis Journal. Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Psychology, Psychotherapy and Human Sciences – https://www.synapsis-journal.com

Guest Editor per il topic Emotional and Behavioral Outcomes of Adverse and Traumatic Experiences Among Justice-Involved Individuals: Future Directions for Treatment for Behavioral Sciences – https://www.mdpi.com/journal/behavsci

ANNA CHIARA SABATINO 

Anna Chiara Sabatino is an Adjunct Professor of Audiovisual Storytelling and Fellow Researcher in Visual Culture at University of Salerno. Her ongoing research is focused on cinematic agency, amateur authorship, self-representation through mobile media and methodological applications for therapeutic images. As Documentary filmmaker and MIUR certificated trainee in media education, she holds participatory workshops and masterclasses in Italy and across Europe. Among her most recent publications, Cinematic Psychotherapy. Audiovisual Languages, Therapeutic Strategies, and Autism Narratives, Routledge, London-NY, 2024 (with Valeria Saladino).