Hello! I’m a clinical psychologist and researcher in mental health sciences. My main area of interest is personality.
Clinical practice
I have been trained in different therapeutic approaches that I daily use in my clinical practice. I believe that understanding one’s own personality and promoting self-compassion are the first steps in pursuing a life worth living.
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I am a clinical psychologist (PsyD, PhD), adjunct professor at the St. John’s University in Rome, and founding president of Tages Onlus, a charity member of Mental Health Europe.
I am also member of the editorial board of BMC Psychology and of the advisory board of Oxford University Press book series on Treatment that Works.
I have worked for 15 years in the Italian public healthcare services and at the University of Florence, while founding and leading Tages Charity.
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I am author of over 100 peer-reviewed papers and book chapters in English and Italian. I’m also the editor of an Italian book series on recent advances in psychotherapy and have served as guest editor of a few special issues.
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An RCT on Mindful Compassion for Perfectionism
An RCT on Mindful Compassion for Perfectionism has been published. Mindful Compassion for Perfectionism is a recently developed group format for those struggling with perfectionism. We previously tested its feasibility in two cases series and then designed a randomized controlled trial (RCT). Mindful Compassion for Perfectionism (MCP) is an 8-week group intervention that integrates Compassion …
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Cross-cultural invariance of perfectionism
Cross-cultural invariance of perfectionism has been tested in a study of Canadian and Italian samples. In this study we got interesting findings. Perfectionism measures developed in English-speaking populations have become frequently used in many non-English contexts, including in Italy. Establishing structural and measurement equivalence of instruments between Canadian and Italian samples is therefore important in …
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New advancements in Evolutionary Systems Therapy
We are collecting new advancements in Evolutionary Systems Therapy. This is a new form of psychotherapy that integrates evolutionary psychopathology, compassion focused therapy and metacognitively oriented treatments. To date, Evolutionary Systems Therapy (EST) has shown promising results in the treatment of personality disorders with traits primarily related to psychoticism and detachment: one randomized controlled trial …
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