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
