Program Overview

Psychology of living - XI edition

Lifelong learning course

Scientific director: Francesca Pazzaglia
Period of performance: 15 and 29 November 2025

Main Objectives

• Stimulate reflection on the meaning that the inhabited environment has for each individual, in order to increase awareness of the psychological processes involved in choosing one's living place and in the process of living according to the principles of Environmental Psychology.

Additional Objectives

• Provide cognitive and methodological tools to intervene in order to create a home-space in tune with the needs of those who live there.

Recipients

• The course is aimed at all professionals who work, at different levels, in the home and well-being sector: designers, builders, real estate agents, psychologists, interior designers, landscapers.

Training Methodologies

• The lessons will include both a theoretical and a more operational part in which participants will be involved in the discussion and reflection of specific cases.
• The lessons will be completed by exercises, group and individual work in e-learning mode with the use of free platforms.

Registration fee

• €1200 per package (if purchased by a company for 5 employees);
• €360 per single participant

Registration Method

• Connect to the dedicated link.

Course Facilities

• Zoom platform

Teachers

• University teachers: Francesca Pazzaglia
• External teachers:
  • Leonardo Tizi, architect and environmental psychologist and psychotherapist, freelancer
  • Donatella Caprioglio, writer, psychologist and psychotherapist, freelancer

Course Modules

Module 1: HOUSE AND PSYCHE

• Symbolic aspects of living linked to one's inner world.
• Parallelism between building a house and building an identity;
• Imaginary space, physical space, mental space;
• Symbolic meaning of the rooms;
• Pathology of walls;
• Healing architectures and pathogenic architectures

Module 2: THE HOME AND LIVING

• The point of view of environmental psychology.
• An evidence-based approach
• The psychological needs of living
• Environmental stress factors inside and outside the home
• Domestic space and its effects
• When designing, renovating or selling a house

Course Material

• Information sheet
• Poster