Our Naples-based Dottoré pays a non-religious, albeit emotional tribute to the late pontiff.
Author: Mariateresa Fichele
Mariateresa Fichele is a psychiatrist and writer based in Naples, Italy. Fichele works in a public health facility in the bustling southern city of three million famously teeming with humor and heartache — not to mention unspeakably delicious food. She is the author of our series Dottoré.
Our Naples-based psychiatrist suggests replacing wishing-well prayers with something slightly more tangible — and edible.
A misplaced trash bag containing a secret stash sparks an argument between sisters — and our Naples-based psychiatrist.
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Marriage Counseling, Al Dente
Our Naples-based psychiatrist overhears a patient’s conversation on the phone, and comes up with a very Italian kind of culinary compromise.
For Neapolitans, electoral success isn’t just a win — it’s a step up.
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Who Cleans Up After Spilled Milk?
A couple’s therapy session puts its own mental load spin on an idiom.
Our Naples-based psychiatrist reassures one patients who is feeling guilty over wishing ill on a thief.
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Talent Show In The Therapy Room
A patient has our Naples-based psychiatrist reflect on trades and their assorted skills.
Our Naples-based psychiatrist reflects on summer calm in the city, or lack thereof, and Olympic fervor.
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Ieri, All My Troubles Seemed So Far Away
A Beatles-loving patient of our Naples-based psychiatrist has a very personal interpretation of arguably the band’s most famous hit.
After taking in an undocumented Nigerian baby some 30 years ago, a patient of our Naples-based psychiatrist is worn down by the legal process and the risk of her daughter’s “repatriation.”
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Brigida’s Dream Of All-Inclusive Hotels
On International Day against Homophobia & Transphobia, our Naples-based psychiatrist remembers Brigida, a former trans patient who shared her life story and aspirations.
As her patients turn to her to find an explanation to the unspeakable, our Naples-based psychiatrist admits that she may not have the answer.
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Vocational Acumen From An Early Age
The five-year-old son of our Naples-based psychiatrist has some very definite ideas about his future career.
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Assigned Mario At Birth, Monique At Jail
A patient runs into our Naples-based psychiatrist and has a few questions about his/her identity.
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Hypocrisy At The Easter Table
Our Neapolitan psychiatrist gets told off for not treating (and eating) animals equally.
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To Be Or Not To Be Citizen By Birth
A rude woman causes our Naples-based psychiatrist to get lost in thoughts of birthright and citizenship.
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Freud In The Time Of WhatsApp
Our Naples-based psychiatrist shares a one-liner that leaves little room for interpretation…
Our Naples psychiatrist on the difficulty of convincing her patients that no, sometimes a nice cup of chamomile tea won’t fix everything.
Our Naples-based Dottoré teaches the art of “double volunteering” to one of her bipolar patients.
Our Naples-based psychiatrist laments the state of Italy’s treatment of autistic patients.
New Year’s Eve can be challenging for her patients, but our Naples-based psychiatrist puts a sunny spin on end-of-year wishes.
A patient tells our Naples-based psychiatrist about his questionable plans for Christmas dinner.
In the wake of Giulia Cecchettin’s death, our Naples-based Dottoré remembers one of her old patients, a victim of domestic abuse.