Finder

Specialises in

• Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
• Counselling
• Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT)

• Mindfulness based CBT
• Psychotherapy

• Solution Focused Brief Therapy
• Trauma focused CBT

About me

CPsychol, AFBPsS, EFPA, HCPC, MBACP -
I work with people from the Performing Arts/City/Business arenas since 2007. I specialise in multi-modal approaches to psychological consultation and supervision. I have over 24 years of clinical experience in psychology working in the NHS, charity and private sectors with a wide range of issues, disorders and areas of concern both with individuals and with couples. I have also lectured in psychology and psychotherapy at university undergraduate and postgraduate levels, conducted specialist psychological research and consulted on several large multidisciplinary research projects. For over 14 years I have been a clinician at the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine in London and a member of the peer review panel of the Journal of the Society for Existential Analysis.

From 1995 I undertook Psychology and Psychotherapy training in Italy (Alma Mater Studiorum Universita' di Bologna), Canada (York University, Toronto) and the UK (LMU and Regent's University London). I qualified as a Chartered Existential�Counselling Psychologist at Regent's University in 2006 and since early 2008 my clinical work is regularly supervised by Professor Ernesto Spinelli. From 1995 I studied Psychology in my home town at the University of Bologna and in 1997 I was awarded a full international scholarship (EU-Canada Cooperation Programme in Higher Education Scholarship) to specialise at York University in Toronto where I studied with Professors David Rennie and Raymond Fancher and worked at the Toronto Distress Centre. After 5 years in Canada I came to London in 2002 and further specialised in cognitive-behavioural approaches at London Metropolitan University and successively in existential-phenomenological and experiential modalities at Regent's University funded by a NHS Bursary awarded in a 2-years clinical practicum at Kingston Hospital Foundation Trust.�I practiced in the NHS and other organisations and lectured psychology, counselling and medical students, publishing and presenting my research in peer-reviewed professional journals and at several international scientific conferences, multidisciplinary panels, symposia, festivals and community outreach programs. Based upon my publications I was also awarded a two-years AHRC bursary to undertake social science postgraduate research on the psychosocial aspects of emotions and their function in the process of human individuation by the University of Brighton.�I offer creative solutions to complex problems and assistance for your perspectives in the process of becoming.



- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC): Registered Counselling Psychologist



- British Psychological Society (BPS): Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow and Senior Practitioner in the Register of Psychologists Specialising in Psychotherapy



- British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP): Registered Practitioner



- European Federation of Psychologists Associations (EFPA): Registered Psychologist



- British Association for Performing Arts Medicine (BAPAM): Assessing and Consulting Clinician

- Royal Musical Association (RMA) Music and Mental Health Group Committee: Special Advisor

Areas of interest

Anxiety;
Stress;
Trauma;
Performance anxiety;
Impostor syndrome;
Health anxiety;
Perfectionism;
Addictions;
Panic;
Phobias;
Occupational health;
Depression;
Low self-confidence;
Lack of meaning;
Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD);
Relationship problems;
Perinatal and parenting difficulties;
Intimacy and sexuality;
Psychosomatic problems;
Medical and chronic conditions;
Sleep problems;
Work problems;
Voice hearing;
Grief and bereavement;
Crises;
Transitions;
Expatriation;
Multicultural and minority issues.

Specialist interests and expertise in the following physical conditions

• Eating disorders
• Gastrointestinal disorders
• Musculoskeletal conditions

• Oncology
• Pain management

• Psychophysiological disorders
• Physical disability