Scuola di Psicoterapia SAPP

What Scuola di Psicoterapia SAPP does

Scuola di Psicoterapia SAPP (legal entity Accademia Psicoterapia Psicoanalitica S.R.L.) is an Italian private limited company operating as a post-graduate psychoanalytic psychotherapy training school headquartered in Rome at Via Germano Sommeiller 40, with two additional training sites (Via Aurelia in Rome and a peripheral site in Ancona via the CPP Centro di Psichiatria e Psicoterapia partnership). Founded and recognized by the Italian Ministry of Education (MIUR) via D.M. del 2/08/2012 (G.U. n.194 del 21/08/2012), the school delivers a four-year specialization program organized in two biennia for licensed psychologists and physicians seeking clinical and extra-clinical psychotherapeutic competencies.

The school's core intellectual asset is PPM (Processo Psicoanalitico Mutativo), a proprietary psychoanalytic psychotherapeutic method developed by founders Piero Petrini and Annamaria Mandese that targets patient transformation from the first session, paired with a diagnostic precursor phase called IPM (Investigazione Psicoanalitica Mutativa). The product portfolio includes the four-year specialization program, ongoing seminars and congresses, clinical supervision sessions (Supervisioni Cliniche, launched September 2017), the Prolegomeni di Psicoanalisi scientific journal, the Casi Clinici e PPM editorial series, and the Centro Clinico Metamorfosi public-facing clinical center. Partnerships with Fondazione Progetto Uomo Onlus and Policlinico Nuovo di Napoli – Federico II extend the school's clinical training footprint.

Commercially, SAPP operates on a tuition-based, sales-led model: prospective students contact the school via phone, email, or website, undergo a selection interview, and enroll in a multi-year contract (specific fees not publicly disclosed). External professionals pay approximately €100 to attend congresses, and the school markets through its website, professional seminars, academic publications (with Franco Angeli and Alpes Italia), and word-of-mouth within the mental health professional community. Headcount is 5 employees, no external funding is recorded, and operating geography is concentrated in the Lazio region of Italy.

Name

Scuola di Psicoterapia SAPP

Legal name

ACCADEMIA PSICOTERAPIA PSICOANALITICA S.R.L.

Website

https://sappaccademia.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Scuola di Psicoterapia SAPP is a Rome-based, MIUR-recognized Italian post-graduate school that trains licensed psychologists and physicians in its proprietary four-year psychoanalytic psychotherapy specialization built around the PPM method.

Ownership category

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Headquarters

HQ city

Rome

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Training Program Tuition: The school generates revenue through tuition fees for its four-year psychoanalytic psychotherapy specialization program. Students pay for the comprehensive training that includes theoretical lessons, clinical supervision, seminars, and congress participation.

Pricing tiers

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Core offering

SAPP is a post-graduate specialization school that delivers a four-year program in psychoanalytic psychotherapy for psychologists and physicians, organized into two biennia covering personality organization diagnosis, clinical practice, and the proprietary PPM (Processo Psicoanalitico Mutativo) therapeutic method. The school supplements the core program with clinical supervision, seminars and congresses, academic publications, and operates Centro Clinico Metamorfosi as a public-facing clinical service.

Product overview

Accademia Psicoterapia Psicoanalitica (SAPP) is a post-graduate psychotherapy school offering a four-year specialization program in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, recognized by the Italian Ministry of Education (MIUR). The institution operates as a unified educational platform centered on its proprietary PPM (Processo Psicoanalitico Mutativo) method. The product portfolio includes the core four-year specialization program, the PPM methodology as the distinctive clinical approach, ongoing seminars and congresses for continuing education, two editorial products (the Prolegomeni di Psicoanalisi scientific journal and the Casi Clinici e PPM case study series), clinical supervision sessions, and the Centro Clinico Metamorfosi which serves as both a training facility and public-facing clinical service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Centro Clinico Metamorfosi: Clinical center operated by the academy for psychological services and training

Products and services

• Corso di Specializzazione in Psicoterapia Psicoanalitica (Quadriennale) A four-year post-graduate specialization program in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, recognized by the Italian Ministry of Education (MIUR), organized into two biennial periods. The first biennium focuses on personality organization diagnosis and psychic functioning assessment; the second biennium covers psychoanalytic psychotherapeutic process management. Targeted at graduates in psychology and medicine seeking advanced specialization.
• PPM - Processo Psicoanalitico Mutativo (Method Training) A proprietary psychoanalytic psychotherapeutic method developed by SAPP founders that aims for patient transformation and change starting from the first session. The PPM is taught exclusively at SAPP and serves as the school's distinctive clinical approach integrated throughout the four-year training.
• Supervisioni Cliniche (Clinical Supervisions) Clinical supervision sessions conducted in closed groups where students present clinical cases for discussion and guidance using the PPM method. Targeted at SAPP students and external psychotherapists seeking case guidance.
• Seminari e Congressi (Seminars and Congresses) Ongoing educational events including theoretical-clinical seminars, workshops, and annual congresses covering psychoanalytic and psychotherapeutic topics such as narcissism, psychopathology, clinical supervision, and therapy for specific populations (adolescents, children). Available to students and external mental health professionals, with online and in-person formats.
• Prolegomeni di Psicoanalisi (Scientific Periodical) A thematic scientific journal published by SAPP containing in-depth articles on psychoanalytic psychotherapy topics, clinical cases, personality structures, psychopathological symptoms, therapeutic treatment, settings, and scientific research. Distributed through the academic press and website.
• Casi Clinici e PPM (Editorial Series) An editorial series dedicated to clinical cases treated using the PPM method, documenting step-by-step psychotherapeutic treatments and theoretical-scientific contributions from SAPP seminars, courses, and conferences, published through recognized academic presses such as Franco Angeli and Alpes Italia.
• Centro Clinico Metamorfosi (Clinical Center Services) A clinical center offering psychological and psychotherapeutic services to the public, providing supervised practical clinical experience for SAPP students while serving external patients.

Quantifiable outcome

• Four-year post-graduate specialization recognized by Italian Ministry of Education (D.M. 2/08/2012)

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Fondazione Progetto Uomo OnlusminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration for high-level training course in Psychopathology and Criminology, offering specialized education to psychologists, psychotherapists, lawyers, and educators on clinical and criminological topics.
• Policlinico Nuovo di Napoli - Federico IIminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerResearch collaboration involving training internships at the hospital, focusing on clinical work and professional development for SAPP trainees in psychiatric settings.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Scuola di Psicoterapia Cognitiva (SPC): Italy-based, MIUR-recognized post-graduate psychotherapy training school offering a four-year specialization program. Comparable in regulatory standing, training duration, and target student profile (psychologists and physicians), though methodologically focused on CBT rather than psychoanalytic psychotherapy.
• Istituto Hojbjerg: Milan-based psychotherapy training institute offering MIUR-recognized specialization programs in psychodynamic and psychoanalytic approaches. Comparable as another Italian psychotherapy training school competing for the same psychologist and physician cohorts with overlapping theoretical foundations.
• Istituto Italiano di Psicoterapia (IIP): Italian post-graduate institute providing MIUR-recognized psychotherapy specialization training to psychologists and physicians. Directly comparable as a competing MIUR-recognized psychotherapy school serving the same Italian professional cohort over a multi-year program.
• Scuola Mara Selvini Palazzoli: Italian MIUR-recognized school specializing in systemic-relational psychotherapy training. Comparable as a competing four-year psychotherapy specialization school for psychologists and physicians, though with a distinct systemic theoretical orientation rather than psychoanalytic.
• Istituto Erich Fromm: Italian post-graduate psychotherapy training institute offering MIUR-recognized specialization programs. Comparable as a similarly sized Italian psychotherapy training school serving the same professional customer base of psychologists and physicians seeking legally recognized psychotherapeutic qualifications.
• Scuola di Psicoterapia Psicoanalitica (SPP) - Milan: Italian post-graduate school focused specifically on psychoanalytic psychotherapy training, MIUR-recognized. The closest methodological peer given SAPP's psychoanalytic orientation, competing for the same psychoanalytically-inclined students in the Italian market.

Others

• International Psychoanalytical Association (IPA): Global professional organization that accredits psychoanalytic training institutes and certifies psychoanalysts worldwide. Relevant as the international credentialing and standards body whose affiliated institutes train clinicians in the same psychoanalytic tradition SAPP's PPM method is rooted in.
• COIRAG (Confederazione Italiana delle Associazioni di Psicoterapia): Italian confederation that aggregates and represents psychotherapy training schools and associations. Relevant as the umbrella ecosystem in which SAPP and its peers operate, providing shared regulatory advocacy and quality standards across the Italian MIUR-recognized training landscape.

Broad incumbents

• Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust: UK-based, NHS-affiliated mental health training institution offering post-graduate psychotherapy and psychoanalysis qualifications with a far larger scale. Comparable as a recognized training authority in psychoanalytic and psychodynamic psychotherapy, though operating across a much broader portfolio of mental health services and not in direct geographic competition with SAPP.
• Sigmund Freud University (SFU): Vienna-based private university offering degree programs in psychotherapy, psychology, and psychoanalysis. Comparable as an established post-graduate institution training psychotherapists with a psychoanalytic tradition, operating at a significantly larger scale and serving a different geography than SAPP.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Profiles3 records

Funding overview

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