Dr. Alexandra Kraslavski

Dr. Alexandra Kraslavski is a Hebrew and English-speaking psychologist in Milan. She is a Clinical Psychologist and Psychotherapist, and she receives patients in person in Milan and works online with people living elsewhere in Italy and abroad, in Hebrew, English and Italian, with people from 16 years old onwards.

She has studied and trained in London, Tel Aviv and Milan, and lived for years in London, where she also worked within the university, in roles that included success coach and student support programmes. Alongside English, she has close ties with Spanish culture, having lived in Spain for a period, and with French, Dutch and Vietnamese contexts. For someone building a life in a language that is not their first, that experience is not a line on a CV: it is the difference between being understood and being translated.

She graduated with honours in Clinical Psychology from Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, where she published her research thesis on a case-control study investigating the mechanisms underlying addictive behaviours. She trained within the Psychiatry Department for Alcoholism and drug addiction, working with people affected by behavioural addictions and substance abuse.

She also worked in the Bariatric Surgery department at ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco in Milan, with people living with obesity and clinical overweight, and co-authored scientific research on emotional regulation in pathological eating behaviour in bariatric patients. She is an EMDR therapist and trained in CBT-E for eating disorders and obesity, with a specialisation in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.

Her clinical practice is built on continuous training, which lets her work with innovative and scientifically validated protocols. She believes the therapist-patient relationship is a crucial part of the healing process, not a backdrop to it.

Alexandra Kraslavski also collaborates with Fondazione Don Carlo Gnocchi at Istituto Palazzolo as a neuropsychologist, carrying out neuropsychological interventions for people with dementia, cognitive impairment and neurodegenerative disorders.

Fewer than 1 in 100 therapists joins the Therapsy team. Dr. Kraslavski was personally vetted by our Clinical Director, Dr. Francesca A. Boccalari, on three non-negotiable criteria: she shares our values, she speaks at least one language beyond Italian, and she has a physical practice in Milan where you can meet in person, not only online. She is part of a clinical group followed by a Case Manager, with check-ins on new cases and monthly group supervisions.

At Therapsy you do not have to pick your therapist from a list. You start by speaking with Dr. Francesca Boccalari, our Clinical Director, who listens to what you are going through and matches you with the therapist she believes is right for you: Alexandra Kraslavski, or one of her colleagues. Then you have a free introductory call with that therapist, and only after that do you decide whether to start. Choosing a therapist while you are struggling, in a language that is not your own, is a lot to ask of a person. That is the part we take on.

Dr. Alexandra Kraslavski is registered with the Italian Order of Psychologists under number 25289, and practises in Milan as part of the Therapsy network of licensed multilingual therapists.