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Learning From Action – LFA 2026
16th edition
DECISION MAKING, ACCOUNTABILITY AND LIVING TOGETHER
October 16–18, 2026
Casa del Sacro Cuore: Via Col Draga 1, Possagno (TV)
Learning from action is at the core of this training. This involves exploring other languages as well as verbal language. The focus of this Working Conference is on making actions meaningful by considering them part of a different language. The idea of these Working Conferences originates in the early 2000s from the joint thinking and cooperation between Robert D. Hinshelwood and Enrico Pedriali and then carried forward by Luca Mingarelli. The attribution of meaning to action becomes an essential working tool, not only owing to the dynamics present in all groups, but above all because of the difficulties encountered by most members of therapeutic communities in expressing emotion in words.
For information and registration:
Administrator: Federica Belosi
Email: lfa@ilnodogroup.it
Cell: +393497813278
PRIMARY TASK
The primary task is to learn from the experience of exploring how unconscious and nonverbal communication and group dynamics shape Decision-Making processes and influences accountability and other aspects of living and working together.
WHO IS THIS CONFERENCE FOR?
LFA is aimed at developing fundamental competences for all those who work in residential or semi residential institutions, and more generally in mental health institutions. Such competences are highly valuable for a wide range of professionals such as educators, nurses, assistants, administrators, managers, consultants, psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, neuropsychiatrists, social workers, carers, etc. However, as has already been successfully experienced in the past editions, professionals working in other areas, like the section of profit and corporate worlds, are also most welcome to join the conference.
METHODOLOGY STRUCTURE
Learning from action is the methodology of this training. This means that other languages are explored besides the verbal one. The focus of this Working Conference is to learn to give meaning to actions as constituting another language that conveys individual and group communications that are not expressed verbally because they are unconscious and not yet sufficiently elaborated to be mentalized.
SCHEDULE
Friday 16th October
11,45-12,45 Registrazione dei partecipanti e spuntino / registration and snack
13,00-14,00 Riunione Plenaria di apertura / Opening plenary
14,00-14,30 Pausa / Break
14,30-16,00 Riunione decisionale plenaria / Decision-making plenary
16,00-16,30 Pausa / Break
16,30-17,15 Gruppi decisionali 1 / Decision-making groups 1
17,15-18,45 Attività 1 / Activities 1
18,45-19,00 Pausa / Break
19,00-20,00 Riunione di comunità della sera 1 / Evening community meeting 1
20,00-20,15 Pausa / Break
20,15-21,45 Cena / Dinner
21,45-22,15 Tempo libero comunitario 1 / Community free time 1
Saturday 17th October
08,00-09,00 Colazione / Breakfast
09,00-10,00 Riunione di comunità del mattino 1 / Morning community meeting 1
10,00-10,30 Pausa / Break
10,30-11,00 Gruppi decisionali 2 / Decision-making groups 2
11,00-12,30 Attività 2 / Activities 2
12,30-14,00 Pranzo / Lunch
14,00-14,30 Tempo libero comunitario 2 / Community free time 2
14,30-14,45 Pausa / Break
14,45-15,15 Gruppi decisionali 3 / Decision-making groups 3
15,15-15,30 Pausa / Break
15,30-16,45 Gruppi di revisione / Rewiew groups
16,45-17,15 Pausa / Break
17,15-18,45 Attività 3 / Activities 3
18,45-19,00 Pausa / Break
19,00-20,00 Riunione di comunità della sera 2 / Evening community meeting 2
20,00-20,15 Pausa / Break
20,15-21,45 Cena / Dinner
21,45-22,15 Tempo libero comunitario 3 / Community free time 3
Sunday 18th October
07,00-08,00 Colazione / Breakfast
08,00-09,00 Riunione di comunità del mattino 2 / Morning community meeting 2
09,00-09,15 Pausa / Break
09,15-09,40 Gruppi decisionali / Decision-making groups 4
09,45-11,30 Gruppi di Applicazione / Application groups
11,35-12,45 Attività 4 / Activities 4
12,45-13,45 Pranzo / Lunch
13,45-14,15 Lavaggio piatti & pulizie conclusive / Washing up & cleaning
14,15-15,15 Riunione plenaria conclusiva / Closing plenary
15,15-15,30 Commiato / Leave taking (tempo libero comunitario 4 / Community free time 4)
Any changes to this programme will be decided according to Staff needs and shared with partecipants before and during the Event
STAFF
Director – Luca Mingarelli
Psychologist, social enterpreneur, founder director and creator of Therapeutic Communities for Adolescents, President of the Charity Rosa dei Venti onlus, Past President of Il Nodo Group, Board member Mito&Realtà Scientific Association, Director of The National Network Therapeutic Community for Adolescent, Board member of International Network DemocraticTherapeutic Communities Polyfonia, Board Member of The Consortium for Therapeutic Communities (TCTC). Director and Co-Director of LFA since 2011, LFA in Japan (2017 and 2019), of other GRCs in Italy (ALI, ECW) and abroad. Author of many volumes: Difficult Adolescents, an autobiography of a TC for adolescents; Roles in Therapeutic Community – life and care organization- (2018); Learning form Action: Working with the Non-Verbal with R.D.Hinshelwood (Phoenix 2022). Ambassador of Michelangelo Pistoletto’s Third Paradise.
Associate Director– Lili Valkó
Clinical psychologist and group analysis psychotherapist in Budapest, Hungary. Since 2007, she has worked in various capacities at the Thalassa Ház therapeutic community. She is an active member of CSAKIT (Hungarian Association of Group Analysis). She has been the editor of the Hungarian psychotherapy journal “Pszichoterápia” for over 15 years. She has been a member of the LFA staff several times since 2016, and co-director of LFA in Hungary since 2026.
Administrator – Federica Belosi (under the supervision of Stefano Rambelli)
Pedagogist specialized in planning and management of educational intervention in social hardship. She worked as an educator in facilities for intellectual disabilities and later as a coordinator in a community for minors. Since 2018 she has been coordinator of residential facilities for the La Pieve cooperative, (Ra), dealing to date with both intellectual disability and mental health, including in patients with dual diagnoses and/or criminal offenders. Since 2022, contact person in the psychiatric area for the Sol.co Ravenna consortium. She participated in two editions of LFA in 2022 and 2023, Administrator in training in LFA2024, Administrator LFA2025
Consultants:
Stefano Rambelli
Psychologist, psychotherapist. Currently working with Sol.co Ravenna. For years he has been involved in therapeutic pathways and communities for patients with mental suffering, including criminals, and in the supervision and training of healthcare teams; he also provides consultancy, training for groups, organizations and institutions in both the Profit and No-Profit sectors. He is a member of the Board of Directors and Treasurer of the Nodo Group, of the Board of Directors of Mito e Realtà and of the National Table for Mental Health of Federsolidarietà-Confcooperative
Iwona Munia
Therapeutic community practitioner, Clinical Psychologist and Special Educational Needs teacher. She works at Community Housing and Therapy as Head of Learning and Development. Iwona has experience of working with vulnerable adults and children in variety of settings, including secure units, day centres and schools. She is interested in group work, group analysis and therapeutic communities and has been working with groups since the 2000s.
Ran Carmeli
Senior psychologist at Neve Tze’elim, a therapeutic residential care facility for adolescents in Israel. He teaches and supervises psychoanalytic psychotherapy with a particular emphasis on institutional settings, and maintains a private practice with adults and adolescents. He is a member of OFEK, serves on its scientific committee, and directed the first LFA conference in Israel.
REGISTRATION AND FEES
FEES
The A group’ s fee for the conference is €658,80 (vat included) in a double room and €770,00 (vat included) in a single room
The T group’ s fee for the conference is € 793,00 (vat included) in a double room and €900,00 (vat included) in a single room
Fees include participation to the whole Working Conference and overnight stay, including meals.
Request for any additional nights must be submitted to the Administrator
3 Special Fees are available to participants,: Special Fees must be requested by mail using this email: lfa@ilnodogroup.it
There will be: a 10% discount for persons from abroad, from the organizations in partnership and for two participants from the same association or company, a 20% discount for three or more participants from the same organization (it’s possible to use only one kind of discount).
Option to register at a reduced early bird rate by September 15, 2026, with a 20% discount. (Discounts cannot be combined.)
To enroll to LFA 2026 fill out the form
Participation fees must be paid before the start of LFA 2026.
FOR INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
Administrator: Federica Belosi
e-mail: lfa@ilnodogroup.it
phone +393497813278
Application form: www.ilnodogroup.it
HOW TO REACH THE SITE
Possagno is 30 KM from Bassano which is the closest train station. The town is located near the airports of Treviso (Ryanair) and Venice respectively 1 hour and 1.30 by car, while the distance from Orio al Serio is 2.5 hours.
PARTNERSHIP
AIRSAM – www.airsam.it
Cooperativa Sociale UTOPIA – Comunità Acquaviva www.cooputopia.it
FENASCOP- www.fenascop.it
Fondazione ROSA DEI VENTI onlus – www.rosadeiventi.org
OFEK – http://www.ofek-groups.org
Thalassa Haz T.C. – www.thalassahaz.hu
The Network of Therapeutic Communities in Japan – www.reflective-tc.jimdofree.com
Metanoia Instituutti – https://www.metanoiainstituutti.fi
International Network of Democratic Therapeutic Communities – www.indtc.org
Polyfonia the international network of democratic community-based relational pratice- www.polyfonia.org
Group relation international
AKRIce https://www.akriceinstitute.org/
C.N.C.A. Coordinamento Nazionale Comunità Accoglienti https://www.cnca.it/
La Pieve Cooperativa Sociale onlus – www.lapieve.it
Il Porto onlus http://www.ilporto.org/
Laura Cooperativa Sociale onlus – www.cooperativalaura.it
Consorzio Sol.co Ravenna Cooperativa Sociale- www.solcoravenna.it
Austen Riggs Center – www.austenriggs.org
MULBERRY BUSH SCHOOL – https://mulberrybush.org.uk
CSAKIT (Csoportanalitikus és Kiképző Társaság) –https://csoportanalizis.
TCTC – www.therapeuticcommunities.
Lituanian group relation society
OPUS – www.opus.org.uk
Cooperativa Sociale LE VELE Onlus – www.levelemilano.it
China American Society of Studying Group and Organization (Cassgo) – 中美团体与组织研究学会 (cassgo.cn)
CHT Community Housing and Therapy’s https://cht.org.uk/
C.O.I.R.A.G. www.coirag.org
World Association for Psychosocial Rehabilitation WAPR Italia- https://www.wapritalia.eu/
Partnership in attesa di conferma
SIRPLo – https://riabilitazionepsicosociale.it (voce : Sezioni regionali)
Center for the Study of Groups and Social Systems – www.csgss.org
Società psicoanalitica italiana
Italian Society of Epidemiological Psychiatry (SIEP) https://siep.it/
