Emotions and difficult moments
Anxiety, sadness, anger, stress, insecurity or other emotional states that may become harder to manage at a particular time.
Dott.ssa Chiara BentivogliPsychologistPsychological support
Psychological support
When something changes
There are times when finding or maintaining a sense of balance can become more difficult.
This may follow a change, a separation, a difficulty in a relationship, a new role, or a demanding period in study or work. At other times there is no single event to point to: something feels uncomfortable, a pattern keeps returning, or you simply feel the need to pause and gain some clarity.
Psychological support offers a space to talk about what is happening and to look at it together, with attention to your experience and the stage of life you are going through.
The sessions
What we can explore in our sessions
You do not need to know exactly what is wrong or arrive at the first session with a perfectly defined request.
Relationships
Difficulties in intimate, family or social relationships, conflict, separation, or situations where it may be useful to pause and look at what happens in relationships with others.
Relationship with yourself
Self-esteem, self-image, insecurity, difficulty making choices, or the need to pay closer attention to your feelings, needs and personal resources.
Study, school and work
Difficulties related to study or school, motivation, organisation, periods of strain or insecurity about one's abilities, as well as changes and difficulties in the workplace.
Choices and life transitions
Educational and career choices, moving, new relationships, separation, parenthood and other moments when it may help to pause, find direction or establish a new balance.
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 perceived, the feelings it brings up, the meaning it takes on in personal experience, and the relationships involved.
Having a space to pause over these aspects can help bring greater clarity to what you are experiencing and identify more helpful ways of approaching the moment or situation that led you to seek support.
The approach
How I work
My psychodynamic training informs the way I listen and respond to each request, with attention to the person as a whole and to the connections between emotional experience, personal history, relationships and life context.
I am a psychologist in psychotherapy training with a psychodynamic orientation. In psychological support, I pay attention not only to what happens, but to the meaning it takes on for the person experiencing it.
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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.
Who I work with
Adolescents · Young adults · Adults
Psychological support can address personal or relational difficulties, periods of change and situations in which you feel the need to make space for what you are experiencing. Parenthood can also be explored when questions or difficulties arise around the parental role or the relationship with children.
Format
Online · In person in Castenaso (Bologna)
Sessions can take place online or in person in Castenaso, depending on your needs and availability. The format can be agreed during the first contact.
Languages
Italiano · English
Sessions are available in both Italian and English.
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 to arrange a first consultation and check availability together.
Request a first consultation