Alberto Stefana serves as a psychotherapist for adolescents and adults in conjunction with his role as an academic researcher. He published over one hundred articles on clinical psychology, psychoanalysis, and psychiatry in international journals.Alessio Gamba is a child, adolescent, and couple psychotherapist. He worked in the developmental psychology unit and the neuropsychiatry clinic of San Gerardo Hospital in Monza, Italy, and currently is an adjunct professor at the Milano-Bicocca University and at the ASNEA School of specialisation in psychotherapy in Monza.

• Introduction 1. The artistic process as a basis for a model of clinical psychoanalytic process 2. Emotional development of the subject: the passage from the primary to the secondary object 3. Keywords 4. Creativity and play in the consulting room 5. From clinical practice to theory 6. Contemporary pliability

Alberto Stefana serves as a psychotherapist for adolescents and adults in conjunction with his role as an academic researcher. He published over one hundred articles on clinical psychology, psychoanalysis, and psychiatry in international journals.Alessio Gamba is a child, adolescent, and couple psychotherapist. He worked in the developmental psychology unit and the neuropsychiatry clinic of San Gerardo Hospital in Monza, Italy, and currently is an adjunct professor at the Milano-Bicocca University and at the ASNEA School of specialisation in psychotherapy in Monza.

• Introduction 1. The artistic process as a basis for a model of clinical psychoanalytic process 2. Emotional development of the subject: the passage from the primary to the secondary object 3. Keywords 4. Creativity and play in the consulting room 5. From clinical practice to theory 6. Contemporary pliability

Alberto Stefana serves as a psychotherapist for adolescents and adults in conjunction with his role as an academic researcher. He published over one hundred articles on clinical psychology, psychoanalysis, and psychiatry in international journals.Alessio Gamba is a child, adolescent, and couple psychotherapist. He worked in the developmental psychology unit and the neuropsychiatry clinic of San Gerardo Hospital in Monza, Italy, and currently is an adjunct professor at the Milano-Bicocca University and at the ASNEA School of specialisation in psychotherapy in Monza.

• Introduction 1. The artistic process as a basis for a model of clinical psychoanalytic process 2. Emotional development of the subject: the passage from the primary to the secondary object 3. Keywords 4. Creativity and play in the consulting room 5. From clinical practice to theory 6. Contemporary pliability