Dr. Eleonora Montorfano

Dr. Eleonora Montorfano is a German and English-speaking clinical psychologist in Milan. She receives patients in person in Milan and works online with people living elsewhere in Italy and abroad, in German, English and Italian, with adults, couples and parents.

She graduated with honours, 110/110 cum laude, in Clinical Psychology from Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, and works in an integrative way, blending relational and cognitive perspectives into individualised, goal-oriented paths. Her position is explicit: effective therapy rests on a robust therapeutic alliance and on interventions that respect how complicated a particular person actually is.

She specialises in substance use and behavioural addictions, personality disorders, mood and anxiety disorders, ADHD, burnout and sleep difficulties. Addiction and personality difficulties frequently arrive together, and she works with that combination rather than treating one and referring the other on.

She also supports people through grief and loss, through separation and its consequences when children are involved, and through the psychological weight of chronic and oncological illness. Her clinical services include individual therapy, couple counselling, family support and group work in multidisciplinary teams.

She is half German and knows the culture well, is at ease with the Swiss context, and has studied and worked in Spain, Germany, Switzerland, the United States and Brazil. That is what stands behind her culturally sensitive approach, and it is why she can hold a session in German without it being a favour.

She is actively involved in research on personalised psychotherapy, presented at international conferences, and is completing advanced training at the Integrated Psychotherapy School of Milan in EMDR, DBT, CBT-E, Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy, Attachment-Based Family Therapy and Schema Therapy.

You do not have to pick her yourself. At Therapsy every person is matched by a human being, not by an algorithm: our clinical team reads your request, and if Dr. Montorfano 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. Montorfano 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.

Eleonora Montorfano does not work alone. She 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 her 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: Eleonora Montorfano, 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.

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. Montorfano is registered with the Italian Order of Psychologists. She receives in Milan and works online with patients across Italy and abroad.