Scuola Asipse

What Scuola Asipse does

Scuola ASIPSE Srl is a privately held Italian postgraduate training institution, founded in 1980 as ASIPSE (Associazione per lo Studio e l'Insegnamento Psico Socio Educativo) and operating as a Società a responsabilità limitata with €10,000 share capital. Headquartered in Milan at Via Settembrini 2 with a secondary site in Sesto San Giovanni, the company holds legal recognition from the Italian Ministry of Education (MIUR) under D.M. 24.10.94 pursuant to Article 3 of Law 56/89, which authorizes it to issue state-recognized psychotherapy diplomas.

The company's single core product is a four-year, 2,000-hour postgraduate specialization program in Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy, structured across two biennial periods and covering first, second, and third-generation CBT modalities including ACT, Mindfulness, DBT, Schema Therapy, and Positive Psychology. The curriculum combines theoretical lessons, personal development training, seminar activities, clinical internships at a network of 80+ public and private healthcare facilities accredited with the Italian NHS, case supervision, and personal supervision by AIAMC-certified supervisors. Maximum annual intake is 20 students at the Milano Centrale location and 17 at Sesto San Giovanni.

Revenue is generated primarily through multi-year tuition contracts (payable in four annual installments), supplemented by registration fees for congresses, workshops, and continuing education events such as the AIAMC Congress and ACT workshops. The go-to-market is sales-led: prospective students — psychology or medicine graduates — must pass an admission interview before enrollment. Recruitment runs through Open Days, the annual Forum delle Scuole di Psicoterapia, AIAMC congresses, and the school's website and social media channels. The school has trained over 900 graduates since 1980 and is institutionally embedded in the AIAMC network, which chains it to EABCT, WCCBT, ABAI, EABA, and CIANS, enabling European accreditation of its diplomas.

Name

Scuola Asipse

Legal name

Scuola ASIPSE Srl

Website

https://asipse.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1980

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Scuola ASIPSE is a private Italian postgraduate training school founded in 1980, offering a MIUR-recognized four-year specialization in cognitive behavioral psychotherapy to psychology and medicine graduates, with operations across two Milan-area locations.

Ownership category

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Product category

Professional Psychotherapy Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Educational Services (61)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDAAALAD

Behavioral Health & Counseling (Social Work, Psychology, Substance Use CE)

Education/Adult & Continuing Education/Professional Licensure & Continuing Professional Education (CE/CPE)

Keywords

• Cognitive behavioral psychotherapy
• Postgraduate psychotherapy training
• Clinical psychology education
• Behavioral therapy specialization
• Mental health professional training

Headquarters

HQ city

Milano Marittima

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Tuition Fees: Annual tuition fees for the four-year psychotherapy training program. Fees can be paid in four installments per the contract established at enrollment.
2. Event Registration Fees: Fees charged for participation in congresses, workshops, and continuing education events. Examples: AIAMC Congress (240€ members, 120€ students), ACT workshop (120-180€), Digital natives conference (30€ + 22% VAT non-members).
3. Personal Supervision Fees: Separate fees for personal supervision (70 hours annually in second biennium) conducted by AIAMC-certified supervisors, not included in tuition.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Scuola Asipse delivers a legally-recognized (MIUR, D.M. 24-10-1994) four-year postgraduate specialization program in Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy, totaling 2,000 hours of training across two biennial periods. The program combines theoretical lessons, personal development, seminars, clinical internships at 80+ affiliated healthcare facilities, case supervision, and is open to psychology and medicine graduates seeking licensure as psychotherapists. The school also hosts scientific congresses, workshops, and continuing-education events for the CBT professional community.

Product overview

Scuola Asipse is a specialized training institution offering a single core product: the quadrennial School of Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy Training. This comprehensive program provides postgraduate education for psychologists and medical doctors seeking to become licensed psychotherapists. The offering includes theoretical coursework, personal development training, clinical internships at over 80 affiliated healthcare facilities, case supervision, and preparation for professional practice. The program is structured across four years (2000 total hours), with the first two years covering foundational behavioral and cognitive theories and techniques, and the second two years focusing on clinical training, personal supervision, and advanced psychotherapy methods.

Differentiator

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Functional benefit

Products and services

• Four-Year CBT Psychotherapy Specialization Program A four-year, 2,000-hour postgraduate training program in Behavioral and Cognitive Psychotherapy, open to graduates in psychology and medicine seeking licensure as psychotherapists. Delivered in two biennial periods, the program combines theoretical lessons, personal training, seminars, clinical internships at 80+ affiliated healthcare facilities, case approach, and personal and clinical case supervision.
• AIAMC Congress and Continuing Education Events Scientific congresses, workshops, and continuing education events (including the XX AIAMC Congress and ACT workshops) offered to licensed psychologists, psychotherapists, AIAMC members, and students for ongoing professional development in CBT techniques and ECM credits.
• Personal Supervision Services Personal supervision (approximately 70 hours annually in the second biennium) conducted by AIAMC-certified supervisors, billed separately from tuition, supporting students' clinical development.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 900 graduates have become practicing psychotherapists since 1980
• +3 more outcomes

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Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• EABCT (European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1994Through AIAMC affiliation, Scuola ASIPSE is connected to EABCT. The diploma enables graduates to obtain European accreditation as CBT psychotherapists through EABCT.
• AIAMC (Associazione Italiana di Analisi e Modificazione del Comportamento e Terapia Comportamentale e Cognitiva)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1980National affiliation providing theoretical and didactic guidelines for the school. AIAMC is the authorizing body for the training program. School operates according to AIAMC criteria and its supervisors are AIAMC-certified. AIAMC is EABCT-accredited, member of WCCBT, Associate Chapter of ABAI, member of EABA and affiliated with CIANS.
• AIPP (Associazione Italiana per la Prevenzione e l'Intervento Precoce nella salute mentale)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClose collaborative relationship with AIPP for early intervention in mental health. School participates in AIPP scientific events including the IX Giornata Scientifica.
• SIPP (Società Italiana di Psicologia Positiva)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerClose collaborative relationship with SIPP for positive psychology training. School was instrumental in founding this society and is the first specialization school to introduce positive psychology training in Italy.
• CIANS (Collegium Internationale Activitatis Nervosae Superioris)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHistorical international relationship through which founders connected with Pavlovian tradition. School maintains active engagement with this international cognitive-behavioral association.
• WCCBT (World Confederation of Cognitive Behavioural Therapies)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConnected through AIAMC membership. Represents international network of CBT associations worldwide.
• ABAI (Association for Behaviour Analysis International)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConnected through AIAMC as Associate Chapter. International organization for behavior analysis.
• EABA (European Association for Behaviour Analysis)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerConnected through AIAMC membership. European organization for behavior analysis.
• Latini Dies - Associazione Internazionale cognitivo-comportamentale dei Paesi di lingua latinaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational cognitive-behavioral association of Latin-language countries with which the school maintains historical relationships.
• 80+ Healthcare Facilities NetworkcoreOthersPartnership network of over 80 public and private healthcare facilities accredited with the National Health Service (SSN) for student internships. Facilities are distributed across Milan, Lombardy region, and other Italian regions. These partnerships provide students with practical clinical experience in mental health services.
• Humanitas University and Hospital NetworkmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership with Humanitas University (Milano) and related hospitals. Professor Giampaolo Perna serves as Full Professor of Psychiatry at Humanitas University and Director of the Centro di Medicina Personalizzata per i Disturbi d'Ansia e di Panico at Humanitas SanPio X.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Istituto Italiano di Psicoterapia (IIP): Another MIUR-recognized Italian postgraduate psychotherapy school targeting the same psychology/medicine graduate pool via Open Days and the Lombardy Psychologists' Order Forum. Comparable four-year specialization structure and admissions interview-led GTM motion.
• Scuola Lombarda di Psicoterapia (SLOP): Milan-based MIUR-recognized postgraduate psychotherapy training school with a similar enrollment capacity model and Forum-based recruitment, competing for the same Lombardy student pool though with a systemic-family orientation rather than CBT.
• Scuola di Psicoterapia Cognitiva (SPC): Italian MIUR-recognized four-year postgraduate CBT training school with overlapping curriculum scope (classical and third-wave CBT) and identical psychology/medicine graduate target market. Closest direct competitor on modality, regulatory standing, and program length.
• Centro Terapia Cognitiva Interpersonale (CTCI): Italian CBT-aligned postgraduate training and clinical center run by an interrelated faculty community, with comparable EABCT-adjacent positioning and overlapping faculty network. Comparable on curriculum depth and accreditation pathway.
• Istituto di Gestalt HCC Italy: Another MIUR-recognized Italian postgraduate psychotherapy training institution in Milan; different theoretical orientation (Gestalt vs CBT) but identical regulatory category, target customer base (psychology/medicine graduates), and Lombardy-centered delivery model.

Broad incumbents

• Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy: U.S.-founded global CBT training organization offering certificate and supervision programs that overlap thematically with ASIPSE's third-wave CBT curriculum. Not a direct competitor on Italian licensure, but a benchmark for CBT training quality and an international reference point cited in ASIPSE's network (Tatiana Torti trained there).
• Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre: Leading UK CBT training and clinical research center that delivers postgraduate CBT instruction and supervision. Comparable on CBT modality and supervision structure but not on Italian regulatory licensure — useful proxy for understanding European CBT training best practice.

Others

• AIAMC (Italian CBT Association): National supervisory and accrediting body of which ASIPSE is a core member; AIAMC also coordinates training standards across multiple affiliated CBT schools. Acts as both ecosystem gatekeeper and indirect competitor organization, given other AIAMC schools run parallel CBT programs.
• Ordine degli Psicologi della Lombardia: Regional psychologists' regulatory body that runs the annual Forum delle Scuole di Psicoterapia — the primary comparative-recruitment channel ASIPSE uses to attract cohorts. Its credentialing decisions and Forum participation rules directly shape ASIPSE's competitive positioning.
• Consorzio Universitario Humanitas (Humanitas University): Named academic partner (Prof. Giampaolo Perna is Full Professor there); broader medical/postgraduate education player providing clinical and academic ecosystem reach. Not a direct training competitor but a strategic ally for psychiatric clinical training and research collaboration.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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