About me

CLINICAL AND COUNSELLING PSYCHOLOGIST

Hi, I am Giorgia.

I work with adults online — in English and Italian — using an IFS-centred, integrative approach. I specialise in trauma, ADHD, and relational difficulties, with a particular interest in people-pleasing, perfectionism, and disconnection from the self.

I help people navigating anxiety, low mood, trauma, burnout, life transitions, relationship difficulties, and questions around identity and belonging.

BACKGROUND

I began my training in psychology in 2011 at the University of Bologna (BSc in Sciences of Behaviours and Social Relations and MSc in Applied Cognitive Psychology), qualifying in 2017.

In 2018 I then moved to the UK and in 2020 I continued my training at London South Bank University, deepening my clinical and theoretical foundation within an international context. I completed all my degrees with honour.

In 2022 I registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) — the statutory body that regulates practising psychologists in the UK — and have been working in private practice since.

Throughout my career I have worked with adults, children, and young people across private and public mental health services, charities, and schools. I now work exclusively with adults.

MODERN LIFE,CONNECTION, PLAYFULNESS, LIGHTNESS

We live in a world that moves fast and asks a lot. There is always something to do, someone to care for, something to achieve. Slowing down can feel like a luxury — or even a failure.

And yet I believe that connection, playfulness, and a sense of aliveness are not extras. They shouldn't be luxuries. They are not rewards for when everything else is sorted. They are, I think, an essential part of life and they can function as a form of healthy medicine — and available to us even within a busy, complicated, very modern life.

Many of us grew up without much room to play freely — busy caring for others, meeting expectations, or simply surviving. That lighter, more spontaneous part of us didn't disappear. It just learned to stay quiet.

A meaningful part of my work is helping people find their way back to that part of themselves — gently, without forcing it. Because reconnecting with your aliveness and your playfulness is not regression. It is not a distraction from the serious work. It is, often, the most healing thing we can do.