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Hello! I’m a clinical psychologist and researcher in mental health sciences. My main area of interest is personality.

Clinical practice

I have been trained in different therapeutic approaches that I daily use in my clinical practice. I believe that understanding one’s own personality and promoting self-compassion are the first steps in pursuing a life worth living.

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Who I am

I am a clinical psychologist (PsyD, PhD), adjunct professor at the St. John’s University in Rome, and founding president of Tages Onlus, a charity member of Mental Health Europe.

I am also member of the editorial board of BMC Psychology and of the advisory board of Oxford University Press book series on Treatment that Works.

I have worked for 15 years in the Italian public healthcare services and at the University of Florence, while founding and leading Tages Charity.

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Publications

I am author of over 100 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters in English and Italian. I’m also the editor of an Italian book series on recent advances in psychotherapy and have served as guest editor of a few special issues.

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News

Complex cases and comorbidities between personality and eating disorders

Complex cases and comorbidities between personality and eating disorders are tricky challanges for the clinician. Indeed, patients live their experience and (rightly!) have little interest in psychiatry, psychopathology and psychotherapy manuals. The condition of a single disorder is rare. And even in the case of complex symptoms such as eating disorders it is important to …

Two new studies registered

Two new studies registered at our lab! The main goal of Evolution & Personality Lab is to investigare personality and its pathology through the lens of evolutionary psychology and psychopathology. Consistently with this goal and ongoing studies, we registered two research protocols. The first study is aimed to validate cross-culturally the evolutionarily informed conceptualization model …