During the 42 years of its operation—and as a political intervention in psychiatry and psychotherapy—the Open Psychotherapeutic Centre (OPC) has accomplished much more than it had initially planned, aspired to or envisioned. By adopting the scarcely used model of first-hand psychotherapy, we have applied a principle of rigorous clinical training, always in balance with education. The four institutes (Institute of Group Analysis, Institute of Diagnostic Psychology, Institute of Psychodrama-Psychotherapy, Institute of Family Therapy) and the Centre co-existing under the same roof; this continuous interplay between therapeutic and educational activities, has led to multiple practical and theoretical revisions, reversals and innovations, both in terms of Therapy as well as Education.