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.

Fewer than 1 in 100 therapists joins the Therapsy team. Dr. Frauneder 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 Salerno where you can meet in person, not only online.

Vincenzo Frauneder does not work alone. He is one of the Case Managers who lead Therapsy’s internal clinical supervision: standing groups where therapists bring their most demanding cases and train together. 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: Vincenzo Frauneder, 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. Frauneder is registered with the Italian Order of Psychologists. 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.