Dr. Giovanni Matragrano

Dr. Giovanni Matragrano is an English-speaking clinical psychologist and cognitive behavioural psychotherapist in Trieste. He receives patients in person in Trieste and works online with people living elsewhere in Italy and abroad, in English and Italian, with children, adolescents, adults and couples.

He specialises in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and integrates DBT, REBT, Schema Therapy and mindfulness-based interventions. He also leads DBT skills groups for adolescents and adults, working on emotional regulation, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness.

That is worth translating out of the jargon. DBT was built for people whose emotions arrive at full volume and faster than any explanation: the point is not to understand the pattern next week, it is to have something usable in the moment it happens. It is one of the few approaches with a specific answer to that problem.

He works with anxiety, depression, emotional dysregulation, attention difficulties and ADHD, self-harm, bullying, adolescent and existential crises, personality difficulties, PTSD and specific trauma, phobias, panic, grief, burnout and work-related stress, mobbing, addiction and relationship difficulties.

He has experience in both outpatient and psychiatric settings, including leadership roles in different clinical contexts. Psychiatric settings are where the most acute presentations arrive, and they change what a clinician recognises early.

He holds a Master’s degree in Psychodiagnostics and Psychological Assessment, so his treatment plans start from a formulation rather than an impression. He also works closely with families, offering parent training and support for caregivers.

His approach is structured, empathetic and goal-oriented: the aim is that a person feels understood and leaves with practical skills, not only with insight.

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. Matragrano 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. Matragrano 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 Trieste where you can meet in person, not only online.

Giovanni Matragrano 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: Giovanni Matragrano, 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. Matragrano is registered with the Italian Order of Psychologists. He receives in Trieste and works online with patients across Italy and abroad.