TIRA

An Interview with Giovanni Crivellaro

VV: How long have you been a TIR trainer?

Giovanni: Since 1999.

VV: What inspired you to become a TIR trainer?

Giovanni: I like to share my knowledge of Metapsychology with others.

VV: What do you find rewarding about it?

Giovanni: The exchange and the richness I share with the participants. It's always a giving-and-receiving action. And also meeting interesting people. For me that's the richness of life.

VV: Are you willing to travel to deliver training, if so under what conditions?

Giovanni: I love to train people and I do that in different regions of Italy. I also love to travel, to get to know different people and breathe the culture of the place I'm visiting.

VV: Do you have a private practice?

Giovanni: I think that these two activities, a private practice (one-one sessions) and training (working with groups) are a very good mix for me. I have a private practice as a psychologist and CTS (Certified Trauma Specialist). I use all of the TIR and Metapsychology techniques.

VV: Besides TIR, what other things are you interested in?

Giovanni: I'm also interested in personal growth in general. In particular in the dynamics of the family. I also like to travel, to ski, and I like rock 'n roll.

VV: Describe your professional background?

Giovanni: Training in the Gestalt in the person centered approach (Rogers), Studying learning methods (Raffaella Landais), EMDR, Marshall Rosenberg's Non-Violent Communication, Focusing (Gendlin), Development of cognitive potential (Feuerstein Method), Learning Propensity Assessment Device (ICELP - Jerusalem), and I'm a trainer in (Gordon) Parent Efficiency Training (PET). As a trainer, in these last 20 years, I've worked in many different settings: schools, hospitals, companies, public institutions, Parents' Associations.

VV: What other courses are you currently teaching?

Giovanni: Nowadays I am very busy in the training of counselors, making use of TIR and all of the related techniques.