Specializzazione in Psicoterapia Biosistemica

What Specializzazione in Psicoterapia Biosistemica does

Società Italiana di Biosistemica S.r.l. (operating as "Biosistemica") is a privately held Italian limited liability company that operates the Scuola di Specializzazione in Psicoterapia Biosistemica, a postgraduate training school for psychotherapists. Founded in 1986 in Bologna by American psychiatrist Jerome Liss, the company received official recognition from the Italian Ministry of University and Research in 2002 (Ministerial Decree No. 509) under the direction of Prof. Maurizio Stupiggia, authorizing it to qualify graduates to practice psychotherapy under Italian Law No. 56/1989. The institution operates with a small team of approximately 9 employees from its headquarters on Via Parisio in Bologna.

The school's core offering is a single 4-year, 2,000-hour specialization program structured as 1,400 hours of theoretical, practical, and experiential training plus 600 hours of supervised internship at accredited institutions. The underlying methodology, the Biosystemic Method, is a body-mediated, integrated therapeutic framework combining biological (neurophysiological and embryological) and systemic components, drawing on the work of Le Doux, Damasio, Porges, and Siegel. The method employs both top-down (verbal) and bottom-up (body-oriented) techniques targeting emotional regulation and trauma treatment, with a curriculum capped at 20 students per cohort and delivered via 11 seminars per year (eight weekend seminars, a 4-day intensive, a 2-day meeting, a 4-day residential seminar, and supervision Fridays).

Revenue is generated primarily through annual tuition fees (€3,900–€4,200 per student per year depending on source) with a secondary revenue stream from continuing education events (conferences, workshops, seminars) open to graduates and external professionals. Distribution is direct enrollment at the Bologna headquarters, supplemented by an international footprint of affiliated institutes in Hungary, Turkey, Brazil, and Japan, where the biosystemic method is taught. The school maintains institutional memberships in five professional associations (AIPC, EAP, EABP, FIAP, CNSP) and supports its curriculum with a student portal and multimedia library of faculty lectures.

Name

Specializzazione in Psicoterapia Biosistemica

Legal name

Società Italiana di Biosistemica S.r.l.

Website

https://biosistemica.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Società Italiana di Biosistemica is a Bologna-based private psychotherapy training school operating a 4-year, MURST-accredited specialization program in Biosystemic Psychotherapy for psychology and medicine graduates, with affiliated institutes in five countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Postgraduate Psychotherapy Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAHAFAN

Laboratory / Demonstration Schools & Clinical Practice Centers

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Teacher Training Colleges (Education Schools)

Keywords

• Postgraduate psychotherapy training
• Biosystemic psychotherapy education
• Body-oriented therapy methods
• Clinical psychology specialization
• Trauma-focused psychotherapy

Headquarters

HQ city

Bologna

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Specialization Program Tuition: The school generates revenue through annual tuition fees for its 4-year Specialization in Biosystemic Psychotherapy program. The program qualifies graduates to practice psychotherapy in accordance with Italian law. Additional continuing education courses, conferences, meetings, seminars, and workshops provide supplementary professional services revenue.

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Core offering

The company operates a private postgraduate training school that delivers a four-year, 2,000-hour Specialization in Biosystemic Psychotherapy, officially recognized by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MURST Decree 509/2002), qualifying graduates to practice psychotherapy under Italian Law 56/1989. Instruction combines 1,400 hours of theoretical, practical and experiential classroom training with 600 hours of supervised internship at accredited institutions, supplemented by continuing education conferences, meetings, seminars, and workshops for graduates and mental health professionals.

Product overview

Specializzazione in Psicoterapia Biosistemica operates as a specialized educational institution offering a single core program — the four-year Scuola di Specializzazione in Psicoterapia Biosistemica (Biosystemic Psychotherapy Specialization School), officially recognized by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MURST Decree 509/2002). The program is structured across 2,000 hours comprising classroom training, experiential groups, and supervised internships, and qualifies graduates to practice psychotherapy under Italian law. Supplementary offerings include continuing education through annual conferences, meetings, seminars, and workshops, as well as a multimedia library (Area Multimediale) and a student portal (Area Riservata) for materials and administrative access.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Scuola di Specializzazione in Psicoterapia Biosistemica (Biosystemic Psychotherapy Specialization School) Four-year, 2,000-hour postgraduate specialization program (1,400 classroom hours plus 600 internship hours) qualifying graduates to practice psychotherapy under Italian Law No. 56/1989. Delivered through 11 annual seminars including experiential groups, with a final thesis defense, for graduates in Psychology and Medicine registered with the Professional Register of Psychologists.
• Convegni, Meeting e Seminari (Conferences, Meetings, and Seminars) Continuing education events including the annual Biosystemic Meeting, four-day intensive seminars, and four-day residential seminars offered to graduates and professionals in related mental health, psychosocial care, and education fields for ongoing training in biosystemic theory and clinical practice.

Quantifiable outcome

• Graduates qualify to practice psychotherapy professionally in Italy
• +1 more outcomes

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Hungarian Institute for Body Psychotherapy (HIBP), BudapestcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational institute where the biosystemic method is present. The Hungarian Institute represents the biosystemic approach in Central/Eastern Europe.
• Maltepe University, Istanbul, TurkeycoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOffers a Master program in Body Psychotherapy where the biosystemic method is integrated into the academic curriculum.
• IPS - Instituto de Psicologia Somàtica, Natal, BrazilcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational institute in Brazil where the biosystemic method is taught, contributing to the spread of the approach in Latin America.
• Instituto Lumen, Riberao Preto, BrazilcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAffiliated institute in Brazil offering training in the biosystemic method.
• BIPS - Bio Integral Psychotherapy School, Tokyo, JapancoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorInternational institute representing the biosystemic method in Japan, part of the Asia-Pacific expansion of the approach.
• AIPC - Associazione Italiana Psicoterapie CorporeecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerItalian Association of Body Psychotherapies. Società Italiana di Biosistemica is a member and plays significant roles within the association.
• EAP - European Association of PsychotherapycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean-level association. Membership provides recognition and integration within the broader European psychotherapy community.
• EABP - European Association for Body PsychotherapycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean body psychotherapy association. The school maintains active membership and relevant roles within this body.
• FIAP - Federazione Italiana delle Associazioni di PsicoterapiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerItalian Federation of Psychotherapy Associations. Membership provides institutional recognition within Italy's psychotherapy landscape.
• CNSP - Coordinamento Nazionale Scuole di PsicoterapiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational Coordination of Psychotherapy Schools in Italy. The school participates in this coordination body representing specialized psychotherapy training institutions.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• European Association for Body Psychotherapy (EABP): EABP is the European umbrella body of which Biosistemica is a member, with EABP-recognized training standards across many body psychotherapy schools. It is comparable as a shared institutional ecosystem that shapes accreditation, faculty mobility, and student choice across competing body-psychotherapy schools.

Direct peers

• Hakomi Institute: Hakomi Institute is a long-established somatic/body-based psychotherapy training school that, like Biosistemica, blends mindfulness and body-awareness techniques with psychotherapy training for clinicians. It targets the same end-customer — licensed mental health professionals seeking a body-oriented specialization — and competes for limited continuing-education budgets in the same European clinical ecosystem.
• Istituto di Psicoterapia Relazionale (IPR): IPR is an Italian MURST-recognized psychotherapy specialization institute offering multi-year training programs to psychology and medicine graduates. It is directly comparable as another recognized school competing for the same student segment and operating under the same regulatory framework.
• Scuola di Specializzazione in Psicoterapia Sistemica (SIPS): SIPS is an Italian recognized postgraduate psychotherapy training school whose systemic-relational orientation and 4-year specialization structure is functionally comparable to Biosistemica. Both compete for the same licensed pool of psychologists and physicians seeking postgraduate psychotherapy credentials under Italian Law 56/1989.
• Bodynamic International: Bodynamic International is a body-oriented psychotherapy training organization closely linked to the Biosystemic school — the Bodynamic International Conference is co-promoted by Biosistemica — and it teaches overlapping body-based, trauma-focused methodology to comparable international cohorts. It serves the same intersection of psychotherapy training, body-based intervention, and international faculty certification.
• Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute: Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute trains licensed clinicians in a body-oriented, trauma-focused psychotherapeutic model with comparable bottom-up intervention techniques. It addresses a substantially overlapping audience of mental health professionals seeking specialization in somatic/trauma approaches, competing for the same European and international student segment.
• Centro Studi di Psicoterapia (CSP): CSP is an Italian MURST-recognized four-year psychotherapy specialization school with a comparable legal mandate, annual tuition, and admission model, and competing for the same cohort of psychology/medicine graduates entering the Italian psychotherapy training market.

Others

• Associazione Italiana Psicoterapie Corporee (AIPC): AIPC is the Italian Association of Body Psychotherapies in which Biosistemica plays a significant role. It is a peer-set organization that defines standards and visibility for body-psychotherapy training institutions competing for recognition and student demand in Italy's psychotherapy market.
• Coordinamento Nazionale Scuole di Psicoterapia (CNSP): CNSP is the Italian coordinating body of psychotherapy training schools of which Biosistemica is a member. It is comparable as the institutional counterpart that aggregates peer institutions, shapes national policy debates on psychotherapy recognition, and routes prospective students to member schools.

Emerging players

• Psychosynthesis Trust: Psychosynthesis Trust offers psychotherapy training and continuing education in the UK with a body-mind, transpersonal orientation, comparable in serving professional mental health practitioners seeking development beyond mainstream models. Both compete for European clinicians willing to invest in specialty training outside standard CBT/EMDR offerings.

Market position

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Customer concentration

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