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Remembering Gianfranco Cecchin

Five years ago, while fervently putting together the contents of the first edition of New Therapist, the handful of founding members was mulling how best to ensure a powerful, irresistible collection of articles to put the new publication on the map.

The centerpiece of the launch edition was an in-depth interview with Gianfranco Cecchin, the irreverent, gentle Italian who, along with three other psychiatrists had, in the 1970’s formed what became known as the Milan school of family therapy.

The interview hit the spot, for publisher and readers.

Cecchin’s approach embodied a professional and compassionate integrity that New Therapist could only wish to promote.

In the early hours of Monday, February 2, 2004, Cecchin was killed in a motor accident.

His most recent work had been about what he called prejudice – more specifi cally the prejudices that we, as therapists take into our consulting rooms and how they so easily color how we see our