Marisa De Carli was born in Mestre in 1961, where she lives and works as a psychoanalyst. She graduated in Venice with a thesis on the relationships between psychoanalysis and certain areas of neuroscience. In 1985, she began her training in Venice while simultaneously following the activities of the School of Freudian Psychoanalysis in Milan. She served as an editor for the journal Thélema – La psicanalisi e i suoi intorni. She has participated in conferences, seminars, and study days in Italy and abroad.