The Center brings together people, ideas and reasoning for social solidarity and the care of migrants with the methodology of ethnopsychiatry.

WHO WE ARE
Centro penc was born with the idea of spread Ethnopsychiatry through a competent clinic aimed at people poised between Worlds​

CENTER OF ETHNOPSYCHOLOGY
Centro Penc was born with the idea of spreading Ethnopsychiatry through a competent clinic aimed at people in the balance between Worlds ​.
Centro Penc is a non-profit association founded in 2015 and recognized as an ONLUS in 2017; the association is registered in the First section of the Register of Associations carrying out activities in favor of immigrants of the Ministry of Labor and Social Policies, and carries out social solidarity and mental health activities aimed at the most vulnerable people and their care givers.
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Maria Chiara Monti
President
Psychologist and group analyst psychotherapist since 2010, expert in Ethnopsychology. In 2008 he founded and coordinated the Ethnopsychology Service at the "P. Giaccone" University Hospital in Palermo, and oversaw an extensive network work on the territory by connecting synergies and links between institutional and private social actors who deal with in various areas of migrant welfare.

Rosalia Terrana
Vice president
Psychologist and psychotherapist
systemic-familial at the Academy of Family Psychotherapy. Since 2015 she has been working in the migration field with a special focus on gender-based violence

Mauro Monti
Financial officer
Expert in tax consultancy and financial statements, he deals with the control and monitoring of the tax aspects of the Center and fulfills tax obligations.
PROJECT TEAM
Maria Chiara Monti
President
Psychologist and group analyst psychotherapist since 2010, expert in Ethnopsychology. In 2008 he founded and coordinated the Ethnopsychology Service at the "P. Giaccone" University Hospital in Palermo, and oversaw an extensive network work on the territory by connecting synergies and links between institutional and private social actors who deal with in various areas of migrant welfare.
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Rosalia Terrana
Vice president
Psychologist and psychotherapist in training at the Academy of Family Psychotherapy. Since 2015 she has been working in the migration field with particular attention to issues on gender volition.
Mauro Monti
Treasurer and consultant
Expert in tax consultancy and financial statements, he deals with the control and monitoring of the tax aspects of the Center and fulfills tax obligations.
La progettazione è il cuore e la forza del nostro lavoro
La progettazione è al centro di tutto ciò che facciamo. È attraverso un processo meticoloso e condiviso che traduciamo le idee in azioni concrete, creando valore per la nostra comunità.
Ogni progetto nasce da una rigorosa ricerca e analisi dei bisogni, seguita da una pianificazione attenta e strutturata. Ogni fase del nostro lavoro, dalla progettazione all'implementazione, è pensata per garantire che ogni iniziativa abbia un impatto reale e duraturo. Il monitoraggio e la valutazione costante ci permettono di adattarci e migliorare, affinché ogni nostro intervento possa rispondere sempre meglio alle necessità di chi ci sta vicino.
COMMUNICATION TEAM
Anna Laura Festa
CULTURAL LINGUISTIC MEDIATORS
collaborate in the clinical session to make experiences and words pass from the patient's world to that of the therapist, and vice versa
Elena Yakovets
Parla ucraino e russo
Dhaker Dhaou
He speaks Tunisian Arabic
Majdi Karbai
Parla arabo e francese
Ousman Drammeh
He speaks English and Mandinka
Drafa Madina (Mimi) Rose Outtara
She speaks French, Bambara, Dioula
Oksana Zhura
She speaks Russian and Ukrainian
Deborah Sunday Igiebor
She speaks english, pidjin english, edo
Nisha Kamrun Nahar
She speak Bengali.