When something changes

There are times when finding or maintaining a sense of balance can become more difficult.

This may happen after a change, a separation, a difficulty in a relationship, a new role, or a demanding period at work or in your studies. At other times, there may be no single event to point to: something feels uncomfortable, a pattern keeps returning, or you simply feel the need to pause and understand more clearly what you are experiencing.

Psychological support offers a space to talk about what is happening and to explore it together, with attention to your individual experience and the particular moment in your life.

The sessions

What we can explore in our sessions

You do not need to know exactly what is wrong or arrive at the first consultation with a perfectly defined request.

Emotions and difficult moments

Anxiety, sadness, anger, stress, insecurity, or other emotional experiences that may feel particularly difficult or become more present at certain times.

Relationships

Difficulties in intimate, family, or social relationships; conflict or separation; or situations in which you may want to understand more clearly what happens in your relationships with others.

Your relationship with yourself

Self-esteem, self-image, insecurity, difficulty making choices, or moments when you may want to understand more clearly what you feel, need, or expect from yourself.

Study and work

Difficulties related to studying, motivation, organization, periods of strain or uncertainty about your abilities, as well as changes or difficulties in the workplace.

Choices and life transitions

Educational or career choices, new relationships, separation, parenthood, and other periods of change that may bring uncertainty or raise questions about what comes next.

Life Transitions & Relocation

Adjusting to life in a new country, changes in work or relationships, feelings of disconnection or not quite belonging, and the personal and relational experience of building a life in a different cultural context.

Not only what happens,
but how it is experienced.

The experience

The same situation can carry different meanings

The same situation can carry a very different weight and meaning for each person.

For this reason, I do not consider a difficulty separately from the person experiencing it. Alongside what is happening in the present, I pay attention to how it is experienced, the feelings it brings up, the meaning it takes on within a person's history, and the relationships involved.

Taking the time to explore these aspects can help us understand more clearly what you are experiencing and what may be making this particular moment difficult.

The approach

How I work

My psychodynamic training informs the way I listen to and understand each person's experience, with attention to the connections between emotional life, personal history, relationships, and the context in which someone is living.

I am a registered psychologist currently completing postgraduate training in psychodynamic psychotherapy. In psychological support, I pay attention not only to what is happening, but also to the meaning it takes on for the person experiencing it.

Getting to know each other

The first consultation

The first consultation is a space to get to know each other and begin to focus on what led you to seek support.

You do not need to arrive with everything already clear or know exactly where to begin. We can start with what is happening now, with questions that have emerged, or simply with the sense that something deserves more attention.

The first meeting helps us understand your request more clearly and consider together whether and how to continue with psychological support.

A space that can take different forms,
depending on the person and the moment.

Who I work with

Adolescents · young adults · adults

Psychological support can address personal or relational difficulties, periods of change, and other moments when something in your experience feels difficult, unclear, or worth understanding more closely. Parenthood can also be explored when questions or difficulties arise around the parental role or the relationship with children.

Format

Primarily online · In-person consultations in Castenaso (Bologna)

I work primarily online and am based near Milan, Italy. The format can be discussed during our first contact, depending on your needs and availability.

Languages

English · Italian

I grew up speaking both English and Italian in an Italian-American family. Both languages are part of my personal history and, today, of my professional work as well. Psychological consultations can take place in either language. When both are part of a person's experience, there can also be room to move between them when that feels natural.

A first conversation

If you are considering psychological support, you can send me a request through the contact form.

I will get back to you personally so that we can arrange a first consultation and check availability together.

Request a first consultation