'Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.'
S. Freud
'Worldly wisdom teaches that it is better for reputation to fail conventionally than to succeed unconventionally.'
J. M. Keynes
'For me the value of a climb is the sum of three inseparable elements: aesthetic, history and ethics.'
W. Bonatti
MaVie.
I am Maria Vittoria Ceschi, born in 1991 in Verona (Italy) and currently living and working in Milan. I am a multi-faceted person, with an interdisciplinary background combining different experiences: research, business analysis, project management. I like to define myself as a perpetual learner, with an insatiable appetite for knowledge. This is the main trait that shapes my identity.
I studied and am studying psychoanalysis and economics, and I currently passionately work in both fields.
I am a passionate entrepreneur seeking to enhance the climbing experience, either outdoor or indoor, by connecting all the actors (climbers, guides, gyms, brands) through an innovative end-to-end platform: NIVA.
I also work as psychoanalyst and I conduct research work focusing mainly on metapsychology, epistemology, and the integration of psychoanalysis with economics.
I love the outdoors, visual arts, and traveling in unusual places.
entrepreneurship.
Embarking upon the endeavor of funding a startup company constitutes a formidable and intricate journey fraught with an abundance of uncertainty and multifaceted challenges. I like to compare it to mountaineering expeditions, characterized by the inherent volatility of landscapes, where nascent enterprises navigate a labyrinthine terrain fraught with financial, market, and operational issues. Indeed, starting a start-up company necessitates a meticulous, complex, and risky orchestration of diverse elements.
Still, this hard work pays off with in-depth knowledge, the ability to understand and manage complexity, and, last but not least, a strong network composed of industry stakeholders, investors and academics. That's why I am always open and keen to share my experience with people interested in my journey and, on the other side, to know other interesting persons and journeys.
So, let's have a virtual coffee together!
My startup company is NIVA, a tech company operating for the climbing industry, learn more here below.
NIVA represents an entire ecosystem of services, users and businesses in which value is created and shared
NIVA in a nutshell...
NIVA is the digital knot for the vertical world, designing secure and effective ties between all the actors to create and distribute value. Born from the merger of two previous start-ups (Climby and fjello), NIVA has partnered with some of the most important players in the climbing world and created a community of over 10.000 active in-app users.
Climbers in Italy grew by 66% in 2022: a global trend related to all "vertical experiences"; however, these people are not empowered by digital tools to help them live their passions. Moreover, on the B2B side, businesses lack effective marketing channels and industry specific process management tools.
In NIVA, climbers can find a vibrant and well-connected community - a space for networking and improvement - and they can access targeted and convenient products offered by businesses. On the other hand, gyms, brands and event organizers are offered highly specific management and marketing services.
NIVA therefore is the link between all players in the vertical world, offering users an end-to-end experience and B2B stakeholders unprecedented ways to interact with them.
psychoanalysis.
I am a Freudian psychoanalyst, trained at the School of Freudian Psychoanalysis (Scuola di Psicanalisi Freudiana - SPF) in Milan, where I also hold the position of Vice President.
At SPF, I had the opportunity to deepen my understanding of psychoanalytic theory and its method of investigation, as well as to explore the naturalistic and rationalistic foundations of psychoanalysis as a science of nature.
Psychoanalysis is the science of the unconscious established by Sigmund Freud. Its body of theory is constituted by Freud’s milestones and by the contributions of later authors who built thereon without fundamental contradictions. In the preface to the “Dictionary of sexology” by Max Marcuse published in 1922, Freud delineated a more precise and detailed definition of psychoanalysis, according to which this is:
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firstly, a method for investigating psychological processes otherwise inaccessible;
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secondly, a treatment against neurotic disorders, which is based on such investigation;
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thirdly, a body of psychological knowledge obtained in this manner, which gradually accumulates and converges into a new scientific field.
As a lay psychoanalyst, I don't provide healthcare advice. Individuals seeking analysis should understand that it is primarily a method of investigation, and the extent of symptom relief depends on their own utilization of the knowledge they gain throughout the process. This means they must be motivated by a genuine curiosity about the causes and development of their symptoms.
The scope of psychoanalytic practice, unless it is a didactic analysis, mainly focuses on psychoneuroses such as obsessive neuroses, phobias, hysterias, and character neuroses. These categories encompass individuals experiencing symptoms like physical issues without an organic basis, anxiety, sexual difficulties, depressed mood, insomnia, disordered eating, obsessions, chronic pain, inhibition, panic, compulsion, and uncontrollable emotions. Additionally, it is important to consider distress within the realm of relationships.
Psychoanalysis is applicable to children, adults, and the elderly, with necessary precautions taken in specific situations.
I work in Milan or online, in Italian, English or French.
research.
I conduct research work focusing mainly on metapsychology, epistemology and the integration of psychoanalysis and economics, the latter having been the subject of my university studies.
In particular, I have been investigating the correspondences between neurobiology and psychoanalysis, the logical-epistemological issues of the Freudian method of investigation, and the formalisation of certain structural aspects of psychoanalytic theory.
Last but not least, for some years now, I have been conducting studies on the relations between economics and psychology by integrating the metapsychological perspective regarding topics such as the discussion on the rationality of homo oeconomicus, the analysis of the role and causes of fundamental uncertainty, the psychological dynamics inherent in economic choices (especially with reference to investment choices) and finally about methodological, epistemological and epistemic issues.
You can find my research here.
If you are interested, we can discuss my researched via a dedicated call: book here.
metaeconomica.
Metaeconomica is an under-development project aimed at integrating the metapsychological perspective into economics. The purpose of the project is to question the methodological and epistemic aspects of economic science through the metapsychological lenses and approach. We are currently building the core team around this endeavor. We'll soon launch an independent newsletter, and part of the results will be published in some academic journals. Our manifesto will be soon out.
If you are interested in learning more or collaborating, you can follow the project from our social pages and fill in the form at the end of the page.
We can also discuss via a dedicated call: book here.
multimedia.
blog.
events.
Multiple DatesSat, 22 MarMilanoThe Oedipus theme will be the subject of an in-depth theoretical examination of the myth-related aspects and the psychoanalytic conception of the complex.
