NOGAP APS

NoGap is a not-for-profit association established in Italy, constituted by a multi – disciplinary Equipe: - psychotherapist of different schools working through the integrated-art and mindfulness approaches; - social workers experienced on socio-economic integration of vulnerable subjects having collaborated with private and public entities on rehabilitation and insertion; - professionals of the development cooperation sector and of the artistic sector (art therapy and music). The main objective of NoGap is the reintegration into society of people in dual diagnosis (mental health and addictions) with a special lens on the gender aspects resulting on triple vulnerability. The organization was set up in continuity to the Lahuén community (https://www.comunitalahuen.it), a psychotherapy community among the first in Italy to treat psychic pathologies and deviances such as alcoholism and drug addictions, according to a community and not a psychiatric clinic model designing with them programs for the families and the clients. At the moment hosting 40 youth. NOGap: - Undertakes research and professionals’ interventions aimed at exploring the world of vulnerabilities / commonalities among them / dependence / therapeutic treatments - Applies art (Theatre and Music) with the aim of fostering critical thinking on inclusion/double diagnosis/ and develop educational activities - Engages in international collaborations and projects to develop new tools / methodologies / approaches for learning and inclusion - Explores the potentialities of social and inclusive entrepreneurship