Dr. Jasper Gardner-Medwin

Dr. Jasper Gardner-Medwin is an English-speaking clinical psychologist in Bologna. He receives patients in person in Bologna and works online with people living elsewhere in Italy and abroad, in English and Italian, with children, teenagers and adults.

His experience spans every age group, and that is less common than it sounds. Most clinicians settle early into either childhood or adult work. Having practised across the range, he reads a difficulty against the stage of life it belongs to: what is a symptom at thirty may be developmentally ordinary at thirteen, and the reverse is also true.

His areas of expertise are autism, ADHD and specific learning differences, alongside grief, trauma and family difficulties. On neurodivergence the aim is not to file the edges off a mind so it matches everybody else’s: it is to work out the conditions in which that person functions well, and what has to change around them, not only inside them.

He works with children and adolescents as a core part of his practice, which for a family raising children in a country that is not their own means the child can be seen by someone who works in their language, not through a parent translating in the room.

His approach is highly individualised. He builds a supportive, empathetic setting where a person feels safe enough to say the thing out loud, and works collaboratively towards resilience and usable tools rather than towards a verdict.

You do not have to pick him yourself. At Therapsy every person is matched by a human being, not by an algorithm: our clinical team reads your request, and if Dr. Gardner-Medwin is the right fit for what you are bringing, they will introduce you. The first call is free, and it is there to check that the fit is real before anything begins.

Fewer than 1 in 100 therapists joins the Therapsy team. Dr. Gardner-Medwin was personally vetted by our Clinical Director, Dr. Francesca A. Boccalari, on three non-negotiable criteria: he shares our values, he speaks at least one language beyond Italian, and he has a physical practice in Bologna where you can meet in person, not only online.

Jasper Gardner-Medwin does not work alone. He takes part in Therapsy’s internal clinical supervision, a standing group where therapists bring their most demanding cases, train together and ask for help when a situation calls for it. Every therapist in the network, Case Managers included, can turn to our Clinical Director for clinical questions and further training, and Therapsy runs regular professional training with senior therapists and external trainers. Scheduling, invoicing, payments and the rest of the paperwork are handled by Therapsy, so that his time with you stays clinical work and nothing else. On your side, the same platform gives you one place to see your sessions, invoices, payments and documents.

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: Jasper Gardner-Medwin, or one of his colleagues. Then you have a free introductory call with that therapist, and only after that do you decide whether to start.

And if the fit turns out not to be right, you are not back at square one. Dr. Boccalari and her team find you another therapist inside Therapsy, at no cost, without you having to tell your story from the beginning. 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. Gardner-Medwin is registered with the Italian Order of Psychologists. He receives in Bologna and works online with patients across Italy and abroad.