This professional is available for new clients.
This professional is available for new clients.
About me
It seemed very clear to me then that the key to making art was not in surrendering your story, but in surrendering your desire to fight it." (Ann Patchett)
Why therapy ?
I believe that there is a time in life when we feel ready to start the therapeutic journey with somebody. This moment is called the "kairos", the appropriate time. I can help you find out if this is your moment to ask for help or not.
Most of us are dealing with anxiety, that feeling of having no choice but being trapped in a place, our lives, that is getting tighter and tighter. We feel we cannot breathe, we cannot move: our relationships go wrong, we don't feel supported. We are away from our families, our friends are busy. Having to face this, some of us rely on depression and sadness, other become even more activated and try every solution.
This is where I think there is a chance to find the right moment for therapy and find an ally that helps us make space for us to breathe. Life is too big for one person only.
I support therapy as an act of responsibility. By this I do not mean, culpability, blame or guilt. I mean the "the ability to respond" to ourselves and to other people or life events. We can't heal or fix everything, but we can relate and respond to what is making us suffer. I am not particularly focused on a therapy based on "who have you been" as much as "who are you being and who may you be". Therapy is the place where we can still surprise ourselves, where the unexpected is yet to come.
I have developed in the last few years a strong interest in working with masculinity and spirituality.
I do not practice CBT and I have a specific interest in an Integrative approach (Humanistic and Psychospiritual models) based always on the therapeutic relationship, how and what we do together in the sessions.
I believe that given the right conditions and support, we all sense and know what we need and are looking for. I trust that all we are and what we do is the best we can do given the conditions of our life. I am against a shaming model that implies that “we can always do better”. By being truly what we are, life might show us new options and ways of relating to each other.
I work creatively (also there is the possibility to use art materials for those who might want that, but it’s not a requirement) and do not expect me to ask you to lie on a couch or for me to be simply an interpreter of what you say.
What do I work with?
Some of the themes that interest me are:
- anxiety, general detachment and lack of interest for life
- relationships (couples therapy)
- ageing and illness
- spirituality
- complex trauma
- sexuality
- bereavement
- masculinity- fatherhood
- LGBTQ+
- artists and creativity (creative processes)
Training, qualifications & experience
Relational Counselling Diploma
(http://www.welshpsychotherapy.org.uk)
I have experience of working with people and part of my volunteering is within a bereavement service (CCIWBS) and in a drug and addiction centre (WDP).
Past trainings:
- Foundation year in Existential psychotherapy at NSPC (London)
- Psychotherapy Integrative training at CCPE (London)
- Coaching and Leadership (Post Grad Cert) with the Institute of Psychosynthesis (London)-
- Art therapy -Post Grad Cert at Hertfordshire University-
- BA and MA (Art, Anthropology and Politics) in Italy
Member organisations
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred). Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA). Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision. Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training. All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
I have a specific interest in working with
-masculinity;
-mysticism and spirituality;
-monogamy
-community and isolation;
-expats and digital nomads
Therapies offered
Fees
£50.00 - £70.00
Free initial online session
Concessions offered for
Additional information
Different prices for couples but open to discussing different needs.
Further information
I only offer on-line therapy at the moment but I do organise, with long term clients, some specific retreats or ways to meet. At times this happens in the UK or in Budapest where I sometimes travel.
I offer therapy in English and Italian.
