By Dr. Francesca Adriana Boccalari, Clinical Director at Therapsy You arrive in Rome, spend the day doing what should feel exciting, sign a lease, test your Italian over coffee, send photos home, then find yourself lying awake with a tight
You might be reading this late at night after another long day in Milan, searching for an english speaking psychologist milan because something feels heavier than it should. From the outside, life may look enviable. A beautiful city, an international
You may be in Italy for work, study, love, or a new start. On paper, life looks enviable. Then anxiety starts creeping in on Sunday evenings, small tasks feel heavier than they should, or you realise that every difficult conversation
You may be living in Italy for reasons that once felt exciting. A job in Milan. A partner in Rome. A degree programme in Bologna. A slower life in Tuscany. On paper, it can look like the dream. In your
You’re sitting with your phone in your hand, or a blank email open on your laptop, and you know you need support. But one question keeps getting in the way. How do you talk to a therapist when you don’t
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You may be living in Italy, functioning on the surface, and still feeling overwhelmed. Perhaps you are sleeping badly in Milan, crying more than usual in Turin, snapping at your partner in Rome, or losing motivation during your degree abroad.
Quick answer: To find an English-speaking psychologist in Italy, check three things in this order: that the person is registered with the Ordine degli Psicologi, whether they are a psicologo or a psicoterapeuta, and whether English is a working clinical
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