Courses

TRAINING COURSE

Technical consultancy by the court and by the parties: theoretical models and operational practices

I Edition - AA 2024-25

In Partnership con:

Sede: LUMSA Human Academy


Duration: 150 hours


Start: September 2025


Cost: €816 in 2 installments


Registration status: closed

The course is a prerequisite for registration in the National Register of Technical Experts, as established by Ministry of Justice Decree No. 109 of August 4, 2023, which defines the criteria for accessing and maintaining registration in the Register of Technical Experts for all professionals, including those registered with the Order of Psychologists, who may provide consultancy services in Court and intend to register as technical consultants. The course aims to deepen the technical and scientific training in the psycho-legal field, essential for carrying out any expert activity. It will immediately allow students to assume positions as a Party-appointed Technical Expert and, if registered for at least five years with the respective professional associations, as a Court-appointed Technical Expert. The course also provides the opportunity to complete a practical internship through the shadowing of expert court-appointed technical consultants, which will allow them to experience real-world situations and apply the skills acquired.

Course presentation and objectives

  • Location, duration, calendar and times

    Site

    Lumsa Human Academy – Luigia Tincani Foundation, Via GG Belli n. 86


    Durata

    150 hours divided as follows:

    75 hours of face-to-face lessons, in synchronous distance learning mode

    75 hours of internship and supervision


    Updated calendar:

    - September 12-13, 2025

    - September 19-20, 2025

    - September 26 - 27, 2025

    - October 10 - 11, 2025

    - October 17-18, 2025

    - October 24-25, 2025


    Opening hours

    - Friday from 2.00 pm to 6.00 pm

    Saturday from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm and from 2.00 pm to 6.00 pm

  • Recipients, requirements and qualifications issued

    Requisiti di ammissione

    Bachelor's degree, Master's degree, Specialist degree, or Degree prior to Ministerial Decree 509/1999 (old system), or other university qualification obtained abroad and recognized as suitable, in Medicine or Psychology.


    Destinatari

    Psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, and physicians. Anyone interested in learning more about the course topics is also welcome to register.


    Certificate issued

    Certificate of Attendance at the Course "Executive and Private Technical Consultancy: Theoretical Models and Operating Practices" - 1st Edition - Academic Year 2024-2025

    Achievement is subject to attendance of at least 80% of lessons.

  • Structure and program

    Minimum number of participants: 25

    Maximum number of participants: 50


    Programma


    Module 1

    Legal form

    -The role and functions of the technical consultant in the trial: relationships with the judge, the parties and the lawyers

    - The training path for CTU/CTP in light of the Cartabia Reform

    - Compensation and valorization of technical consultants: transparency and sustainability in the profession

    Family law: the legal expertise of the technical consultant

    - Legal aspects of technical consultant and technical consultant responsibilities: from theory to practice

    Practical cases


    Module 2

    Role and functions of the forensic psychologist -

    - Legal Psychology and Law: What is the Relationship?

    - Classification of expert assessments

    - Role and functions of the court-appointed and party-appointed technical consultant

    - Best practices of the forensic psychologist

    - Guidelines

    - Conventions and regulations

    Listening to the minor

    - The minor's hearing carried out by the Judge and the Technical Consultant


    Module 3

    Technical consultancy in family law

    - The importance of analyzing and studying documentation: limitations and reservations

    - Technical communication procedures CTU - Court

    Psychodynamics of family relationships

    - Psychological criteria on parenting skills

    - Presentation and study of an expert case

    Network models, the network of models


    Module 4

    Clinical area of expert interest

    -Psychopathology and individual differences

    -Developmental psychopathology

    -Psychopathology of relational dynamics

    -The conflict and its characteristics


    Module 5

    Psychodiagnostic evaluation in the forensic field

    - Forensic Psychodiagnostics in Child Custody Technical Consultations

    - Forensic Psychodiagnostics in Criminal, Interdiction and Non-Patrimonial Damage Compensation Cases

    - LTPc - structured observation of family dynamics


    Module 6

    Alternative methods in conflict resolution

    - Family mediation

    - Parental coordination

    - Parenting support

    - Role of the Special Curator

  • Scientific Committee, Directors and Teachers

    Comitato Scientifico

    Prof. Marco Cacioppo, President of the Degree Course in Clinical Psychology - Full Professor of Dynamic and Clinical Psychology, LUMSA University.

    Attorney Irma Conti, Supreme Court Lawyer, expert in criminal matters, Knight of the Republic since 2014, National President of the Association of Women Jurists in Italy (ADGI);

    Attorney Claudio Iovane, Supreme Court lawyer, expert in family and juvenile law, national president of Aletheia associati - professions for joint parenting;

    Professor Luigi Janiri, former Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the School of Specialization in Psychiatry at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome. Adjunct Professor at LUMSA University;

    Prof. Vincenzo Manna, Medical Surgeon, Specialist in Neurology, Specialist in Psychiatry, Psychotherapist;

    Prof. Paola Spagnolo, Director of the GEPLI Department and Full Professor of Criminal Procedural Law, LUMSA University;

    Attorney Francesca Sassano, President of the Keep On Association, former Vice President of the Basilicata District Criminal Court, and Regional Head of the Prison Observatory of the Union of Criminal Courts.


    Directors

    Dr. Alfredo De Risio, Psychologist specializing in Clinical Psychology. Adjunct Professor at LUMSA University. President of ACROSS (Association of Centers for Research and Observation of Health Systems);

    Dr. Rosj Guido, Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Technical Consultant for the Velletri Court, Expert Witness for the Public Prosecutor's Office, Family Mediator, InCoGe Parental Coordinator, EMDR Therapist.


    List of Technical Consultants for Internship and Supervision

    Dr. Elena Cagnacci, Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Technical Expert at the Court of Velletri, Family Mediator, Special Curator;

    Dr. Lorenzo Cristilli, Clinical - Forensic Psychologist, Criminologist, Technical Expert at the Court of Potenza;

    Dr. Annalisa De Luca, Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Technical Expert at the Court of Velletri;

    Dr. Tiziana Di Fazio, Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Technical Expert at the Court of Velletri;

    Dr. Rosanna Fortuna, Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Technical Consultant at the Velletri Courthouse, expert in clinical and forensic psychodiagnostic assessments. Head of the Neutral Space service at the "Liberamente Insieme" center in Guidonia;

    Dr. Anna Patrizia Guarino, Psychologist, Psychodiagnostician, Technical Expert of the Court of Velletri, Consultant to the Prosecutor's Office, Parental Coordinator InCoGe;

    Dr. Guido Rosj, Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Technical Consultant for the Velletri Court, Expert for the Public Prosecutor's Office, Family Mediator, InCoGe Parental Coordinator, EMDR Therapist;

    Dr. Francesca Lombardo, Legal and Forensic Psychologist, Technical Consultant at the Velletri Court, Family and Criminal Mediator;

    Dr. Matteo Katia, Forensic Psychologist, Technical Consultant at the Velletri Court;

    Dr. Perrini Laura, Forensic Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Technical Expert at the Court of Velletri;

    Dr. Fernanda Taruggi, Forensic Psychologist, Psychotherapist, Technical Consultant at the Court of Rome.

  • Costs and benefits

    Costo

    €816.00 including the virtual stamp duty of €16.00 (refundable only in the event of

    Failure to activate/not admitted to the Course. The virtual stamp duty will not be refunded), to be paid by bank transfer to: Lumsa Human Academy – Fondazione Luigia

    Tincani ETS Intesa San Paolo IBAN IT 72 W 03069 09606 100000 189585 (please specify your full name and the course title in the reason for payment). Up-to-date payment is a prerequisite for issuing a certificate of participation in the course.


    Concessions

    For students, former students and teachers of LUMSA, Lumsa Human Academy, Across and Keep-on the cost is €736.00 including the virtual stamp duty of €16.00 (refundable only in the event of

    Failure to activate/not admitted to the Course. The virtual stamp duty will not be refunded.

    To take advantage of the benefit, it is essential to produce the self-certification of

    be former students and teachers of LUMSA, Lumsa Human Academy, Across and Keep-on.

  • Partnership

    Keep-on; 

    Across;

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