Profile
I am an Italian
psychotherapist based in Paris,
offering therapy in English and
Italian online and face-to-face
in Paris 16 for expats,
internationally mobile adults,
and professionals living in
France. I work with people
navigating anxiety, stress, OCD,
overthinking, relationship
difficulties, life transitions,
and the emotional challenges
that can come with living
abroad.Many of the people I
work with appear to be coping
well from the outside. Inside,
however, they may feel
overwhelmed, disconnected,
caught in repetitive patterns,
or exhausted by the pressure of
holding everything together.
Living in another country can
add another layer to this:
questions of belonging,
identity, uncertainty,
loneliness, language, cultural
adjustment, and the feeling of
having to rebuild parts of your
life away from familiar
supports.
My understanding of these
experiences is shaped not only
by my clinical training, but
also by my own personal and
professional journey across
countries and cultures. Before
retraining as a psychotherapist,
I worked in asset management and
quantitative finance. This helps
me understand the pressures many
professionals carry:
responsibility, performance
expectations, decision-making,
and the challenge of appearing
capable while feeling very
different internally.
My interest in psychotherapy
deepened while living in
Ireland, following the end of my
marriage and a significant
period of life transition and
personal growth. That experience
led me to explore mindfulness,
psychotherapy, and the process
of building a more honest and
meaningful relationship with
myself and my life. It continues
to shape the way I work today:
practical, grounded, and
connected to real life rather
than abstract theory.
My work is grounded in
Acceptance and Commitment
Therapy, known as ACT. ACT is an
evidence-based approach that
helps people develop
psychological flexibility: the
ability to work differently with
difficult thoughts, emotions,
uncertainty, and inner pressure,
while taking steps towards what
matters. I also integrate
humanistic and integrative
psychotherapy, mindfulness,
somatic approaches,
psychodynamic understanding, and
Exposure and Response Prevention
when working with OCD.
I do not believe therapy is
about eliminating difficult
emotions or endlessly analysing
problems. Instead, I aim to help
clients understand the patterns
that keep them stuck, learn
practical psychological skills,
and build a more workable
relationship with themselves,
others, and the life they are
trying to create in France.
Therapeutic Approaches
• Acceptance and Commitment
Therapy
• Humanistic and Integrative
Psychotherapy
• Exposure and Response
Prevention
• Mindfulness-Based Approaches
• Somatic Approaches
• Psychodynamic-Informed Therapy
Specialities
• Anxiety
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
• Stress and Burnout
Areas of Expertise
• Trauma
• Overthinking and Rumination
• Life Transitions and Change
• Relationship Difficulties
• Self-Esteem and Confidence
• Expat and International Living
Challenges
• Identity, Purpose and Meaning
• Perfectionism and High
Self-Criticism
• Feeling Stuck and Loss of
Direction
• Adjustment to Life in France
