Per una fondazione relazionale della psicologia clinica. Il caso dell'incontro con la coppia [For a relational grounding of clinical psychology. The consultation with the couple]

There have been various definitions of clinical psychology attempted by many authors. Among them we remember, in our country, those of Musatti (1953), Galimberti (1992), Lombardo and Foschi (1999), Sanavio and Cornoldi (2001), Carli and Paniccia (2005). The present contribution concerns the orientation that can be called "relational". We will do it by identifying two pillars: Action and Evaluation, focusing on the elective domain of the relationship of the couple in the clinical context. This is in fact a very important present (and a promising near future) of clinical psychology.