The case of Giorgia

To describe and to explain a clinical case from a cognitive systemic perspective means to focus on "how" the different data were set in order and organized during the therapy. The theoretical and clinical experience that uses this approach is based upon the integration of two conceptual models: the cognitive postrationalist one and the relational systemic one. These two approaches are founded upon the concept of system. The first one addresses the internal dimension, focusing on something that is not directly observable, taking into account the development processes and the maintenance of identity, that is to say the self organization of personal meaning. On the other hand, the second approach considers the structure of relations, its path and boundary, focusing on the mode of communication. The cognitive systemic model springs out of the integration of these two different ways of observing our object of investigation, intending to better the knowledge of the individual and of its cont