Core Qualifications

  • “Neurofeedback Basic Course” - Bee Medic, 4-7 April 2025 *

  • “Diploma in Clinical Supervision” - The Link Centre - October 2023-April 2024

  • “Foundation Year in Group Analysis” - Institute of Group Analyis, London - October 2023-July 2024

  • “Deep Brain Reorienting” (DBR)- Dr Frank Corrigan, November 2023-February 2024 *

    • Level 1: DBR Introduction

    • Level 2: DBR for Attachment Shock and Wounding

    • Level 3: DBR for Dissociative and Other Complex Trauma Disorders

  • "Sensorimotor Psychotherapy , Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute *

    • Level I: Affect Dysregulation, Survival Defenses, and Traumatic Memory", 2017 (advanced treatment of psychological trauma and psychosomatic conditions)

    • Level II: Emotional Processing, Meaning Making, and Attachment Repair”, London, March 2019-May 2020

  • “EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)”, Levels 1-3, London, February-December 2018

  • "Certified Transactional Analyst (Psychotherapy)" (CTA-P), EATA (European Association for Transactional Analysis), 2017

  • "MSc Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy", Middlesex University, London, 2017

  • "Clinical Diploma in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapy", Metanoia, London, 2017

  • “Diploma in Transactional Analysis Psychotherapeutic Counselling”, Metanoia, London, 2014

  • “NLP Master Practitioner”, John Seymour Associates Ltd, Bristol, 2009

  • “NLP Practitioner”, John Seymour Associates Ltd, Bristol, 2008.

    See complete list at Previous CPDs/Conference.

*NOTE:

  • Deep Brain Reorienting (DBR) is a trauma psychotherapy. DBR aims to access and process traumatic experience by tracking the original sequence of physiological responses that occurred when the deep brain had been alerted to a threat or an attachment disruption.

  • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (SP) is a therapeutic modality for trauma and attachment issues. SP welcomes the body as an integral source of information which can guide resourcing and the accessing and processing of challenging, traumatic, and developmental experience. SP is a holistic approach that includes somatic, emotional, and cognitive processing and integration.

  • Neurofeedback, or EEG biofeedback, is a non-invasive therapy that measures brainwave activity with sensors on the scalp to provide real-time feedback to the user. The feedback, which can be auditory and/or visual and/or kinestetic, reinforces desired brain states by rewarding the brain when it produces a healthier pattern. Through this process, individuals can learn to self-regulate their brain activity to potentially improve conditions like anxiety, ADHD, depression, trauma, and other conditions. I use Neurofeedback as an add-on to the psychotherapy process.

    You can read more about trauma at https://www.presentingpast.co.uk/special-interests .

Professional Accreditation/Registration Bodies

Professional Memberships

Other information about my professional background

  • Prior to working full time as a psychotherapist and clinical supervisor, I worked in the Telecommunication domain for over 25 years, about 10 of which overlapped with my psychotherapy initial training, additional trainings and running my psychotherapy practice. 

  • Main qualifications related to my previous profession include:

    • Laurea in Scienze dell'Informazione (University of Pisa, Italy) (~MSc Computer Science)

    • MBA (Technology Management) (The Open University-Business School)

    • PRINCE2 Practitioner Certificate (BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT)

    • Associate's Certificate in Project Management (ESI / The George Washington University, London)

    • BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis (BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT)

    • Management of Portfolios (MoP) Practitioner (Axelos), TKA, London

    • Management of Successful Programmes (MSP) Practitioner (Axelos), TKA, London.

 

“Like a filing cabinet, the past is a resource of information for learning, but it is not a place to live.“ - Anonymous

“It is a joy to be hidden, and disaster not to be found.” - D.W. Winnicott

“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in” - Leonard Cohen

“Your trauma might or might not have started with you, but it could end with you” - unknown

“I am not defined by my scars, but by the incredible ability to heal.” - Lemn Sissay

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” - Rumi

“And suddenly you realize that silence Has the face of the things you've lost” - translation from “La voce del Silenzio”, Paolo Limiti and Mogol

“I go out looking for You and find You coming towards me.” - Yehudah Halevi

“It was a while before we came to realize that our place was the very house of difference rather the security of any one particular difference.” - Audre Lorde

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