Laura Pigozzi

Laura Pigozzi lives and works in Milan and is a psychoanalyst, clinical, legal, and forensic psychologist, and philosopher. Trained in Italy and France, she reinterprets contemporary social phenomena concerning young people, women, new family structures, and parent-child relationships in the light of analytical theory. She is on the board of the Fondation Européenne pour la Psychanalyse and is the Italian representative of Criva (Centre Recherche International Voix Analyse) in Paris.

She contributes to Italian, French, and Spanish cultural and psychoanalysis magazines and is a guest on television and radio programs. She has a podcast, Uscire dalle dipendenze affettive (Breaking Free from Emotional Dependencies), available on major platforms or at https://pigozzi.info/#podcast

Among her numerous publications: Mio figlio mi adora. Figli in ostaggio e genitori modello (My Son Adores Me. Children Held Hostage and Model Parents) (Nottetempo 2016 e 2019); Adolescenza Zero. Hikkikomori, Cutters, ADHD e la crescita negata (Zero Adolescence: Hikkikomori, Cutters, ADHD, and Denied Growth), (Nottetempo 2019). Finalist for the CNR Prize for Scientific Dissemination. Translated in France by Erès (2020) with the title Périlleuse Adolescence; Troppa famiglia fa male. Come la dipendenza materna crea adulti bambini (e pessimi cittadini) (Too Much Family is Harmful. How Maternal Dependence Creates Adult Children (and Terrible Citizens) (Rizzoli, 2020, Bur 2024), translated in France by Erés under the title Un mal d’enfance. De la dépendance maternelle à l’infantilisme social (Erès, 2023), with translation support from the Italian Ministry of Culture reserved for quality books; Sorelle. Il mistero di un legame tra conflitto e amore (Sisters.The mystery of a bond between conflict and love) (Rizzoli, 2021); Amori Tossici. Alle radici delle dipendenze affettive (Toxic Love. At the Roots of Emotional Dependency) (Rizzoli, 2023, Bur 2025); L’età dello sballo. Giovani, droghe, psicofarmaci tra conformismo e dipendenza (The Age of Getting High. Young People, Drugs, and Psychotropic Drugs between Conformity and Addiction) (Rizzoli, 2024).