Le molteplici forme della genitorialità: dalle ferite nei legami al “margine che cresce” nella relazione tra genitori e figli

Over the last ten years, the work of the Authors has focused on parenthood, with particular attention to forms of parenthood not necessarily linked to biological generativity. Their professional experience has mainly dealt with adoption and foster care, both in private practice and within family centers. The primary goal has been to support families in accompanying children and adolescents with traumatic family histories, addressing the related difficulties through processes of re-narration and re-elaboration of their origins. These processes are characterized by complex relational dynamics, between belonging and separation, involving children, biological families and foster/adoptive families. The therapeutic intervention adopted is based on relational complexity, focusing on the child’s needs as well as on the multiple relational networks around the child, including adoptive or foster families, biological families, and the broader social context. The aim is to keep a wide perspective, not only on lacks and limitations but also on possibilities, ensuring the child’s identity experience of having been generated and cared for. From this professional experience, the Authors developed a specific use of the genogram in adoption, conducted in order to intertwine biological and adoptive family histories within a context of co-constructed narration. This tool proved useful for fostering the understanding of multiple belongings and the construction of shared meanings, enhancing the adoptive narration as a moment of mutual recognition and transformation.

Keywords: parenthood, adoption, foster care, adolescence, genogram.

Flavia Alaggio, Emanuela Polverari, Le molteplici forme della genitorialità: dalle ferite nei legami al “margine che cresce” nella relazione tra genitori e figli in "RIVISTA DI PSICOTERAPIA RELAZIONALE " 62/2025, pp 61-68, DOI: 10.3280/PR2025-062008