With this phrase, a beautiful thirty-year-old Marilyn Monroe expresses the desire of 'Chérie,' the protagonist of 'Bus Stop,' the film from which the Association takes its name, to go to Hollywood. The blonde Southern dancer represents, more than any other character, the painful experiences of Norma Jean: 'Men have been interested in me since I was thirteen,' she says in a scene from the film.
While in the film Chérie manages to end her wild run during a stop on a bus journey, Marilyn, on her turbulent path to fame, could not find the time and place to overcome the traumas of her past. In May 1998, when the therapeutic community was founded, the first house was located near a bus stop and an old bus station.
The association with the film and Marilyn Monroe was instant. 'Fermata d'Autobus' aims to be the resting place and refuge for all those who, like Norma and Chérie, need to regain strength and courage to leave behind old dependencies by addressing ancient traumas.
The group includes people who were already involved in 1983 when the "Il Porto" Community began its activities, following a period of study and work by Raffaella Bortino in New York at the Areba Community directed by Dr. Daniel Casriel, and at the request of several parents of young people who found help for their drug addiction there.
Over the years, encounters with drug addicts who also exhibited forms of psychological distress and discussions with professionals such as Dr. Claude Olievenstein, Dr. Giovanni Carlo Zapparoli, Dr. Luigi Cancrini, Dr. Enrico Pascal, Dr. Alessandro Bonetti, Dr. Mario Perini, and Dr. Miriam De Bernard, to name just a few, led to a reevaluation of the intervention method and gave rise to the newly established "Bus Stop."In May 1998, it became autonomous, defining its field of intervention as dual diagnosis and representing one of the first attempts to integrate the behavioral model with the psychoanalytic model in the treatment of addictions.
Today, “Fermata d'Autobus” is configured as a “Care Circuit” that includes three residential facilities: one in Moncalieri (“Il Melograno”) and two in Oglianico (“Il Glicine” and “Fragole Celesti,” which welcomes women with dual diagnosis who are victims of mistreatment and abuse). Additionally, there are Apartment Groups in Trofarello, Moncalieri, Oglianico, and Favria. A fond memory of Fermata d'Autobus is the house “La Perche” in Berry, France, which remained active until 2021. This house allowed guests to experience their therapeutic journey, supported 24 hours a day by staff, immersed in a family environment completely detached from daily urban life. During their stay, group and individual activities were interspersed with leisure moments such as nature walks, bike excursions, and visits to nearby towns.
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