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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

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 …

Interpersonal dynamics and styles in personality pathology

We have finally presented our work on interpersonal dynamics and styles in personality pathology. During a symposium a was chairing on this topic at the 7° Congress of the European Society of Personality Disorders I summarized our pre-registered trial on the feasibility of our Evolutionary Systems Therapy for personality pathology at large. This study is …

An RCT on Mindful Compassion for Perfectionism

An RCT on Mindful Compassion for Perfectionism has been published. Mindful Compassion for Perfectionism is a recently developed group format for those struggling with perfectionism. We previously tested its feasibility in two cases series and then designed a randomized controlled trial (RCT). Mindful Compassion for Perfectionism (MCP) is an 8-week group intervention that integrates Compassion …