Odòn Associazione Culturale

What Odòn Associazione Culturale does

Odòn Associazione Culturale is a non-profit cultural association founded in 2005 and headquartered in Milan (via Carducci 32) with operations in Castellanza, VA. Founded and collectively governed by psychoanalysts, including president Luigi Campagner and founder Carlo Arrigone, the association's mission is to deepen and disseminate the culture of care through publishing, training, and community engagement. Its name derives from the Greek word for "road or path toward a goal," which signals its orientation toward sustained psychoanalytic and community-care work rather than commercial publishing.

The organization operates Casa Editrice Odòn, a publishing house with over 20 titles organized into five collections (Strumenti, Esperienze, Contributi, A mano libera, Il tempo per pensare) priced between €5 and €21, covering psychology, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, narrative medicine, social work, and community care. Proprietary intellectual property includes the registered Metodo Scarpante (therapeutic writing methodology led by Sonia Scarpante) and the Centri Snodi methodology for community intervention. Complementary offerings include conferences (convegni), creative writing workshops (laboratori) run by psychologists, professional training (formazione), and a blog with a curated letter-writing section (Lettere), plus a YouTube channel and email newsletter.

Revenue is generated through book sales (one-time purchases via own e-commerce shop and third-party e-book retailers IBS, Mondadori, Amazon Kindle), publication services for professional updating, and fees associated with training events and workshops. The customer base is segmented across four primary profiles: healthcare and social professionals (psychologists, psychotherapists, educators, social workers, doctors), community operators working in residential communities for vulnerable populations, individual readers and students, and social cooperatives/organizations. The geographic footprint is primarily Italy, with very limited international exposure through e-book distribution and select international projects (e.g., WaW).

Name

Odòn Associazione Culturale

Legal name

Associazione Odòn

Website

https://odon.it

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Odòn Associazione Culturale is a Milan-based non-profit founded by psychoanalysts in 2005 that operates a publishing house (Casa Editrice Odòn) plus training, workshops, and conferences, serving psychologists, social workers, educators, community operators, and individual readers in Italy.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural Publishing

NAICS

Book Publishers (51313)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731)

akta.pro primary industry

Open Educational Resources (OER) & Open Access Academic Publishing (MPAJABAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Literature & Book Clubs / Guided Reading Groups (EDAMAJAG)

Keywords

• Cultural publishing
• Psychoanalytic literature
• Book publishing
• Cultural events
• Academic training

Headquarters

HQ city

Milan

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. Book Sales: Sale of printed books and e-books through the online shop. Products include titles in collections: Strumenti, Esperienze, Contributi, A mano libera, Il tempo per pensare. Prices range from €5.00 to €21.00.
2. Publication Services: Publishing materials for updating, reflection and training of professionals engaged in care work, both in specialized and broader sense.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Odòn Associazione Culturale operates an editorial and cultural program through its publishing house, Casa Editrice Odòn, which publishes books across five collections in the psychoanalytic and humanities space. The association complements publishing with educational offerings such as conferences, workshops, and training, and sells its titles through an online shop that offers both printed books and e-books.

Product overview

Odòn Associazione Culturale is a cultural association and publishing house (Casa Editrice Odòn) founded by psychoanalysts. The organization operates as a platform offering cultural and educational services focused on spreading 'the culture of care.' The portfolio includes five book collections (Strumenti, Esperienze, Contributi, Il tempo per pensare, A mano libera) containing approximately 21 published titles covering psychology, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, social work, education, and community care. Additional services include conferences, workshops (laboratori), professional training (formazione), and a blog with a dedicated letter-writing section (Lettere). The e-commerce shop sells both physical books and eBooks through the company's own platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Esperienze: A book collection featuring experience-based writings and testimonial accounts in the tradition of narrative medicine
• Strumenti
• Contributi
• A mano libera
• Il tempo per pensare

Products and services

• Casa Editrice Odòn (Publishing House) Publishing house operated by the association that produces books across five collections in the psychoanalytic and humanities field, sold through the online shop and standard distribution channels.
• Printed Books Physical books published by Casa Editrice Odòn, available to individual readers, students, and professionals through the online shop and standard retail/distribution.
• E-books Digital editions of titles published by Casa Editrice Odòn, sold through the association's online shop to individual readers.
• Conferences and Workshops Cultural events delivered by the association on psychoanalytic and humanities topics, attended by individual members of the public, students, and professionals.
• Training Programs Structured training offered by the association in psychoanalytic and humanities subjects, attended by individual participants.

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• La cura di sécoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCultural and educational association pursuing cultural and educational purposes supporting people experiencing fragility, pain, psychological suffering, or those undertaking a path of self-knowledge. Psychiatrist Eugenio Borgna and psychotherapist Massimo Recalcati are honorary members. Referent: Sonia Scarpante.
• Cultura è salutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPromotes and enhances cultural practice as a powerful ally in care and rehabilitation. Works to promote cultural fruition in hospitals and psycho-socio-health facilities. Activities where Arts are integrated into care and rehabilitation processes. Referent: Ester Dominici.
• Il Sentiero CooperativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial cooperative founded in 1992 with residential reception as its vocation. Manages communities for mothers with children (La Bussola in Merate, Casa la Vita in Lecco), Kirikù community (2003), and L'Incoronata community (2006). Since 2016, experimental project for adolescent girls with borderline personality disorder with Alda Merini community in Castellanza. Referents: Carlo Arrigone and Luigi Campagner.
• La Clessidra CooperativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSocial cooperative founded in 2005 on impulse of Il Sentiero. Manages parent-child educational community Santa Teresa in Casale Monferrato, L'Incoronata community in Lodi, and Artemisia Junior for girls 14-18/21 years in Cavenago D'Adda. With Snodi project, obtained accreditation for psychiatric community Frida Kahlo for borderline personality disorder treatment in Gerenzano. Referents: Luigi Campagner and Carlo Arrigone.
• WaW - Women at WorkminorGTM or Marketing PartnerInternational project for which Odòn is stakeholder, presented at Meeting di Rimini. Project focused on women and work, with Il Sentiero cooperative as lead organization.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Il Mulino: Bologna-based Italian academic publisher with strong catalogs in social sciences, education, and psychology. Comparable to Odòn for Italian academic and professional readers, particularly in social-work methodology.
• FrancoAngeli: Major Italian academic and professional publisher with deep catalogs in social work, education, psychology, and sociology. Directly comparable to Odòn's Strumenti and Contributi collections aimed at social operators and educators.
• Erickson: Italian publisher specializing in education, special educational needs, psychology, and social work, with conferences and training programs. Comparable to Odòn in combining publishing with training/workshops for educators and care professionals.
• Bollati Boringhieri: Italian publisher with a long-standing catalog in psychoanalysis, psychology, and science (originally founded as a Turin imprint connected to the psychoanalytic tradition). Comparable to Odòn's Esperienze and Strumenti collections for psychology and care-work professionals.
• Raffaello Cortina Editore: Milan-based Italian publisher specializing in psychology, psychoanalysis, neuroscience, and humanities. Closely comparable to Odòn because it serves the same Italian professional and academic reader base with books on psychoanalytic and clinical topics that compete for the same bookshelf and library budgets.
• Alpes Italia: Italian publisher focused on psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, and clinical psychology titles. Directly comparable to Odòn as a niche Italian-language publisher serving psychologists, psychotherapists, and mental-health practitioners.

Broad incumbents

• Giunti Editore: Large Italian publishing group with broad humanities, psychology, and education lists plus training services. Overlaps with Odòn's professional publishing and training offerings but operates at much greater scale and breadth.
• Feltrinelli Editore: Major Italian general-interest publisher with significant humanities and social-science titles. Adjacent to Odòn's professional and cultural publishing space but with broader trade orientation and far larger distribution.

Emerging players

• Franco Cesati Editore: Italian publisher active in psychology, psychoanalysis, and social sciences with an academic and professional orientation. Comparable to Odòn as a mid-sized Italian publisher serving psychoanalytic and care-work professionals.
• Zephiro Edizioni: Small Italian independent publisher focused on psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic culture. Comparable to Odòn as a similarly-sized niche Italian publisher targeting the same professional reader base in psychoanalysis.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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