As an Italian-American, with dual citizenship, I graduated and was licensed in 1990 in Michigan where I was in private practice until relocating to Rome in 2001. Since this time, I have worked with the English speaking expat community in and around Rome providing psychotherapy to individuals and couples.
My approach to psychotherapy, called Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), acknowledges each person’s unique experience in the world. Fundamental to CBT is the idea that our thoughts and perceptions influence our feelings and behaviors. In therapy the client and therapist work together to understand the relationship between emothions and behaviors causing or contributing to psychological distress and pain.