Matias Castagnola

I believe that suffering finds its origin and meaning both in an individual and collective way. Following this belief, and through working on substance abuse clinical treatments in group settings in Buenos Aires, Argentina, I trained to become a Therapeutical Theatre facilitator and developed a theatre workshop program. From that training, I took part in creating and performing a theatre play involving drug abuse patients and professional drama actors. Continuing this line of work, I‘ve trained and developed myself in Berlin, Germany, focusing on Transgenerational Psychodrama. These experiences have enriched my work perspective, in which an artistic point of view tends to offer new ways to look into oneself's symptoms: trauma, attachment, addictions or existentialist crises. I find these axes deeply representative of how I have shaped the construction of my group and individual practice.

2018 - 2023 Psychotherapist with private practice Berlin, Germany. 2016 Congressional Member International Congress of Substance Abuse: 'Public Society and Government Politics in Drug Abuse Issues'. Buenos Aires, Argentina 2015-2018 Individual Therapist and Therapeutic Group Coordinator. PROGRAMA SUR Drug Abuse Treatment, Argentina 2013-2018 Psychotherapist with private practice Buenos Aires, Argentina 2013-2018 Individual Therapist and Family Counselling. CETRAQ Drug Abuse Treatment, Argentina

2022 - 2024 Psychodrama-Institut für Europa Landesverband Deutschland e. V. Transgenerational Psychodrama Training Berlin 2023 – 2024 2022-2023 International Institute for Gestalt Therapy and Psychopathology and Gestalt Studia. PHENOMENOLOGICAL-GESTALT PSYCHOPATHOLOGY: ONLINE PROGRAM 2018 - 2020 Berliner Volkshochschule - Deutsch Niveau B.2 2015-2018 Training in Drama Acting - Hernán Grinstein @eneadrama.teatro Performer in a leading role - 'Kinstugi – or the art of resilience' @kintsugiobra 2015 - 2017 Clinical Approach in Drug Abuse and Addictive Practice. Psychotherapeutic Approach in Individual, group and family counselling. University of Buenos Aires, Argentina 2014-2015 Therapeutic Group Training in HIV Testing Protocols. AIDS HEALTH FOUNDATION Argentina 2013-2015 Community Assistance Intervention in Drug Abuse Prevention and Damage Reduction. University of Buenos Aires, Argentina 2010 - 2013 Estudio Superior de Português: B.2 2006-2013 Degree in Clinical Psychology - Licensed Psychotherapist. University of Buenos Aires, Argentina