Dr. Vincenzo Frauneder

Dr. Vincenzo Frauneder is a German and English-speaking psychotherapist in Salerno. He receives patients in person in Salerno and works online with people living elsewhere in Italy and abroad, in German, English and Italian, with adolescents from 15 years old, adults and couples.

He is also a Case Manager at Therapsy, one of the clinicians entrusted with supervising the work of other therapists in the network.

His foundation is Ericksonian, and he is specialised in clinical hypnosis, EMDR, imagery rescripting and visual psychology. He works with phobias, and his method is naturalistic and empathetic rather than protocol-driven.

He is an aviation psychologist, and that is not a theoretical qualification: he worked for 32 years as a cabin chief for Alitalia. Very few clinicians combine a psychology practice with three decades of professional life in the air.

He is also a sexologist, and works with LGBTQIA+ individuals and couples, offering an inclusive and affirming space to explore identity, relationships and personal growth. Stating that plainly matters: it means a person does not have to establish, in the first session, whether they will be understood.

He holds further degrees in Sociology and in International Human Resource Management and Training Sciences, and a PhD in Leadership Development from Henley Business School in the United Kingdom, so he also works on difficulties tied to organisational and corporate processes.

He was born in Vienna, holds Italian and German citizenship, has part of his family in Canada, lived two years in London, and knows Africa, North and South America and Asia well through decades of professional life across them. For a patient explaining a life spread over several countries, none of this needs introducing.

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. Frauneder 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.

Dr. Frauneder is registered with the Italian Order of Psychologists (registration no. 22531). He receives in Salerno and works online with patients across Italy and abroad.

Further reading from Therapsy: therapy in your native language, separation and divorce as an expat.