Dr Monica Luci
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Email
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Location
5A.122, Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
Dr. Monica Luci is a clinical psychologist, Jungian and relational psychoanalyst, and lecturer and team member within the MAs Refugee Care and Psychodynamic Counselling at the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, and member of the Centre for Trauma Asylum and Refugees at the 糖心Vlog. She is a consultant and supervisor for national and international organisations and agencies in the psychosocial and psychotherapeutic work with refugees, especially survivors of torture, women that suffered gender-based violence, unaccompanied minors and individuals and communities that experienced other kind of human rights violations. She is teaching internationally in professional courses, and to Jungian trainees within International Association of Analytical Psychology Developing Groups. She has authored, translated, and edited publications on the themes of trauma, torture, displacement, collective violence, human rights violations, gender, and psychoanalysis among which the monographs Torture, Psychoanalysis, Human Rights (Routledge, 2017), Torture Survivors in Analytic Therapy: Jung, Politics, Culture (Routledge, 2022), Lockdown Therapy: Jungian Perspectives on How the Pandemic Changed Psychoanalysis (Routledge, 2023), and Psychoanalytic, Psychosocial and Human Rights Perspectives on Enforced Disappearance (Routledge, 2024). She is member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Analytical Psychology.
Qualifications
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PhD Refugee Care 糖心Vlog,
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MA Clinical and Community Psychology University of Rome - La Sapienza,
Appointments
糖心Vlog
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Lecturer (R), Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, 糖心Vlog (2023 - present)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Psychodynamic understanding of the refugee experience
Refugees, trauma and body
Refugees, violence and human rights
Complex trauma
Complex and combined therapies for refugees
Psychodynamic understanding of collective violence at the crossroads between intrapsychic, interpersonal and social levels
Torture survivors' experience
Gender based violence among refugees
Accompanied and unaccompanied minor refugees
Interdisciplinary studies between psychoanalysis and law
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Law and the Unconscious: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue Between Psychoanalysis and Law (LW255)
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Contexts of Refugee Experience (PA931)
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Psychosocial Perspectives on Human Rights (PA932)
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Therapeutic Care for Refugees (PA937)
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Selected Applications of Analytical Psychology (PA974)
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Dissertation - MA Refugee Care (PA982)
Publications
Journal articles (24)
Luci, M., (2024). Trauma, flight and migration: psychoanalytic perspectives. Psychodynamic Practice. 30 (2), 202-206
Luci, M., (2024). . Journal of Analytical Psychology. 69 (5), 768-787
Luci, M., (2024). Zwangsverschleppungen und Folter heute aus Sicht der Analytischen Psychologie Folter眉berlebende und das Undenkbare: ein hyper-pr盲senter K枚rper im therapeutischen Prozess. Zeitschrift f眉r Psychotherapie und Psychoanalyse
Luci, M., Carpani, S. and Papi膷, T., (2024). Editorial of the Special Issue 鈥淎nalysis & Activism: Do We Really Have the Answer?鈥�. Journal of Analytical Psychology. 69 (2), 167-173
Luci, M., (2023). . British Journal of Psychotherapy. 39 (3), 611-628
Luci, M. and Juvin, C., (2023). . Revue de Psychologie Analytique. 12 (1), 59-70
Luci, M., (2023). . Journal of Analytical Psychology. 68 (2), 337-347
Luci, M., (2022). Papadopoulos, Renos K. Involuntary Dislocation: Home, Trauma, Resilience and Adversity鈥怉ctivated Development. London & New York: Routledge. 2021. Pp. 328. Hbk. 拢120. Pbk. 拢29.999. Journal of Analytical Psychology. 67 (4), 1186-1188
Luci, M., (2021). A complex treatment for complex trauma.. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. 35 (1), 76-77
Luci, M., (2021). Ginzburg, Alessandra and Carvalho, Richard. (2020). 鈥極nce and for all time, always the same?鈥� British Journal of Psychotherapy , 36, 3, 430鈥�44.. Journal of Analytical Psychology. 66 (4), 1021-1024
Zarbafi, A., (2021). Luci, Monica. Torture, Psychoanalysis and Human Rights. Abingdon, New York: Routledge. 2017. Pp. 278. Hbk. 拢130. Pbk. 拢29.59. Journal of Analytical Psychology. 66 (2), 362-366
Luci, M. and Kahn, M., (2021). . Psychoanalytic Inquiry. 41 (2), 103-114
Luci, M., (2021). . Journal of Psychosocial Studies. 14 (1), 33-45
Comitato di Redazione con, ML., (2020). Editoriale. STUDI JUNGHIANI (52), 5-12
Luci, M., (2020). . Journal of Analytical Psychology. 65 (2), 260-280
Luci, M., (2019). . Studi Junghiani (49), 17-37
Luci, M. and Di Rado, D., (2019). . Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Studies. 18 (4), 405-420
(2018). Open Letter From A Group of Jungians on The Question of Jung's Writings on And theories About 鈥楢fricans鈥�. British Journal of Psychotherapy. 34 (4), 673-678
Luci, M., (2018). The mark of torture and the therapeutic relationship. International Journal of Psychoanalysis and Education
Luci, M., (2017). . Journal of Analytical Psychology. 62 (2), 227-246
Luci, M., (2016). . Quadrant: The Journal of the C.G. Jung Foundation. XLVI (2), 35-56
Codignola, C. and Luci, M., (2013). La sfida delle famiglie omogenitoriali. PSICOTERAPIA E SCIENZE UMANE. 47 (1), 23-54
(2011). 1. KEYNOTE ADDRESS AND INVITED PLENARY LECTURES 鈥� CONTENTS. European Journal of Psychotraumatology. 2 (1)
Capozzi, P., Lingiardi, V. and Luci, M., (2004). L'atteggiamento degli psicoanalisti italiani nei confronti dell'omosessualit脿: una ricerca empirica. Psicoterapia e Scienze Umane. 38 (3)
Books (5)
Bianchi, MG. and Luci, M., (2023). . Routledge. 9781032320588
Carpani, S. and Luci, M., (2022). . Routledge. 9781003266402
Luci, M., (2022). . Routledge. 0367426706. 9780367426705
Luci, M., (2022). Torture Survivors in Analytic Therapy. Routledge
Luci, M., (2017). . Routledge. 1317439236. 9781315694320
Book chapters (12)
Luci, M., I feel therefore We are: The body as an emotional map of the world in the interplay between individual and collective psyche.. In: I feel therefore I am: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Emotions and their Impact. Vol. 1. Editors: Brodersen, E.,
Luci, M., Trauma, Resilience and Forced Migration of Adolescent Unaccompanied Minors. In: Handbook of Resilience among Displaced People. Editors: Fernando, C., Alhosseini, F., Chen, X., Ferrari, M. and Shamim, A., . Springer
Luci, M., (2023). . In: Collective Structures of Imagination in Jungian Interpretation. Editors: Segal, RA., Blocian, I. and Kuzmicki, A., . Brill. 95- 114. 9789004468740
Luci, M., (2023). . In: Psychoanalytic, Psychosocial, and Human Rights Perspectives on Enforced Disappearance. Editors: Bianchi, MG. and Luci, M., . Routledge. 171- 187. 9781032320588
Bianchi, MG. and Luci, M., (2023). . In: Psychoanalytic, Psychosocial, and Human Rights Perspectives on Enforced Disappearance. Editors: Bianchi, MG. and Luci, M., . Routledge. 1- 15. 9781003312642
Carpani, S. and Luci, M., (2022). . In: Lockdown Therapy: Jungian Perspectives on How the Pandemic Changed Psychoanalysis. Editors: Carpani, S. and Luci, M., . Routledge. xxii- xxxviii. 9781003266402
Luci, M., (2022). . In: Individuation and Liberty in a Globalized World: Psychosocial Perspectives on Freedom after Freedom. Editors: Carpani, S., . Routledge. 195- 214. 9780367768966
Luci, M., (2020). . In: Political passions and Jungian Psychology. Editors: Carta, S. and Kiehl, E., . Routledge. 9780429291845
Luci, M., (2020). . In: Jungian Perspectives on Indeterminate States Betwixt and Between Borders. Editors: Brodersen, E. and Amezaga, P., . Routledge. 3- 27. 9780429323072
Luci, M., (2020). . In: A Psychoanalytical-Historical Perspective on Capitalism and Politics. Editors: Vianello, M., . Routledge. 65- 89. 9781000329582
Lingiardi, V. and Luci, M., (2012). Chapitre 1. L'homosexualit茅 en psychanalyse. In: L'homosexualit茅 dans les psychoth茅rapies. De Boeck Sup茅rieur. 15- 15. 9782804169206
Lingiardi, V. and Luci, M., (2006). L'omosessualit脿 in psicoanalisi. In: Gay e lesbiche in psicoterapia. Editors: Rigliano, P. and Graglia, M., . Raffaello Cortina Editore. 8860300312. 9788860300317
Conferences (13)
Luci, M., The search for soul: The contribution of analytical psychology to heal human rights violations
Luci, M., Il trauma tra solidificazioni e liquidificazioni collettive e individuali: la Storia e le storie
Luci, M., Binocular view into abhorrent realities: psychoanalysis and analytical psychology face violations of human rights
Luci, M., Jung on the Nature of the Psyche: Psychic and Physical Infections of our Times
Luci, M., Floating and taking roots: individuation in contemporary traumatic conditions
Luci, M., Disputed Boundaries of the Self, the Group, and their Environment: What We Learn from Refugees about our Psychic Functioning
Luci, M., Mapping change processes in psychodynamic psychotherapy
Luci, M., Trauma and Values
Luci, M., Borders, Immigration, Asylum: A Global Psychoanalytic Perspective on the Psycho-Political Meaning of State Borders
Luci, M., (2025). 鈥淚 feel, therefore We are鈥�: The body as an emotional map of the world between individual and collective states of mind
Luci, M., (2023). Torture survivors and the unthinkable: a hyper present body in the therapeutic process ( Second part of a Joint Presentation with Maria Giovanna Bianchi: "Enforced Disappearance and Torture Today: A View from Analytical Psychology")
Germani, M. and Luci, M., (2013). Early interventions in the treatment and rehabilitation of torture and extreme trauma survivors
Germani, M., Mosca, L., Luci, M. and Lai, C., (2011). Specificity of Dissociative Disorders in Survivors of Torture and Extreme Trauma: Identification of Some Specific "Clusters'' in the Dissociative Experience Scale
