Dr. Annamaria Mazzeschi is a Psychologist and Counselling Psychotherapist with experience in individual, couple, and family therapy in London.

Annamaria Mazzeschi received a BSc in Psychology and an MSc in Clinical Psychology from University of Florence in Italy, and obtained a PhD in Psychology of Music from University College London (UCL), UK. She currently works in Italy (Florence and Prato), and UK (London). Also she is a research assistant in Clinical and Health Psychology at the European University of Rome.
Her field of interest is childhood and adult psychopathologies with a particular focus on individual, couple and family therapy. She is a member of the following professional bodies: the Italian Psychological Association, the Italian Society of Relational Psychology and Psychotherapy and the European Family Therapy Association (EFTA). She is also a registered member of the British Psychological Society (BPS).

Work experience in Italy

She has been working with individuals, couples, families and groups as an independent psychologist and as well as in collaboration with other psychologists in Italy since 2008, providing therapies with the aim of improving health and well-being. She has been undertaking both short and long-term counselling and psychotherapy in a variety of areas including anger management, anxiety, burnout syndrome, depression, eating disorders, family concerns, general counselling, panic attacks, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, sleep problems stress, parenting issues, relationship problems, self-esteem and confidence issues and work related issues.

Work experience in UK

Dr. Annamaria Mazzeschi has been working as a private psychologist and counselling psychotherapist. She uses the Systemic-Relational Approach, and she conducts her work according to the needs of the individual client. The sessions are held in a safe, confidential, non-judgemental and relaxed environment. In addition, she has worked within the NHS (Bath) and at Great Ormond Street Hospital (London).

Expertise

Expert in anxiety, depression, eating disorders, panic attacks, stress, couple and family issues.

Languages

English and Italian

Summary

Dr. Annamaria Mazzeschi is an Italian psychologist and counselling psychotherapist in London who specialises in individual, couple and family therapy

Cristina Vismara is a Psychologist and a Psychotherapist with a relational psychoanalytic approach.

Cristina Vismara graduated in Psychology in 2007 at Cattolica University in Milan. The course of her studies continued at ‘Il Ruolo Terapeutico’, a four-year School of Psychotherapy with a psychoanalytic approach (recognised by the Italian Ministry in 31/07/2003). She eventually obtained the degree of psychotherapist in 2012.
She is registered under the Professional register for the Lombardy region (n. 12243), since 2008.
Since 2017 she is a Graduate Member of BPS, British Psychological Society, (n. 428169) and a Registered Member MBACP, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (Registration Number 349596).

Work experience in Italy

Cristina Vismara has been working for about seven years in a Family Counselling Centre in Rho (Milan, Italy), providing individual counselling and psychotherapy to young-adults and adults. Furthermore, she has been regularly engaged with projects in junior high schools and high schools.
She has also worked as a volunteer in the Neuropsychiatric Service for Children at Azienda Ospedaliera Salvini Garbagnate Milanese, where she dealt with assessment, counselling and psychotherapy for children and adolescents, as well as parents’ support.
As a self-employed psychotherapist she has been working for several years in Rho.

Work experience in UK

Since 2017 Cristina Vismara works as a self-employed psychotherapist in Ealing Broadway, dealing with young-adults and adults.

Expertise

Expert in anxiety (phobia, panic attacks, generalized anxiety), somatic disorders, depression and mood disorders, eating disorders, but also relational problems, internal or external to couple and family, and times of crisis related to separation, bereavement, migration or organic disorder.

Languages

English and Italian

Summary

Cristina Vismara is an Italian Psychotherapist in London.

Eleonora Bolla is a Psychologist and Psychotherapist with an individual psychoanalytic approach for adults.

She graduated in Clinical and Developmental Psychology and Neuropsychology (LM-51) at the University of Milan-Bicocca and obtained a postgraduate diploma in Psychotherapy, which is a four-year course at the School of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy (SPP) in Milan.

She is registered under the Professional register for the Lombardy region (n. 17395) and she is a member of the British Psychological Society and accredited as CPsychol (n ° 536962). She is a certified therapist in EMDR. She currently works in Italy (Milan and Bergamo) and UK (London).

Work experience in Italy

From 2013 to 2019 she collaborated with the Niguarda Hospital in Milan, dealing with both training, supervision and clinical interventions with patients belonging to the mental health department: ethno-psychiatry service, inpatient departments and CPS (11/12), where she developed experience on multiple clinical disorders and severe personality disorders. She dealt with individual treatment of dissociative, adaptation and post-traumatic stress disorders with political refugees, women victims of sexual crimes and patients in conditions of serious marginalization. For years she led mutual aid groups and designed multidisciplinary therapeutic interventions.

She held the role of community manager at the Cena dell’Amicizia ONLUS association in Milan, she was in charge of supervision of operators, design and management of therapeutic interventions and social reintegration of patients. She supervised various work teams (psychologists, psychotherapists, educators) within reception and community centres. She collaborated with the Beccaria and San Vittore prisons in Milan in the psychological care of adolescents and young adults.

In the private practise she has dealt with adults, young adults and couples for years, dealing with issues related to life cycle and workplace issues.

Work experience in UK

Since 2019, Eleonora Bolla has been working as a private psychotherapist in London dealing with adults and young adults.
She is passionate about the interactions between classic psychotherapeutic models and cultural variables.The aim of his therapeutic work is to improve life quality of people by restoring minimum levels of psychic balance and self-confidence to facilitate the integration process of the personality and allow a better adaptation to changes and new contexts.

Expertise

Expert in anxiety disorders (panic attacks) mood disorders, sleep disturbances, study/work difficulties (motivation, stress, self-esteem, mobbing), adaptation difficulties (towards new job/living/relational contexts), relationship difficulties and/or couple (conflict, sexuality, fertility and generativity), re-elaboration of mourning or separation, dissociative disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Languages:

Italian

Insurance companies

AXA, Aviva and WPA and approved

Dr. Silvia Riva is a Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) and Cognitive-Behavioural therapist trained in Acceptance, and Commitment Therapy.

Her clinical work is focused on psychological support in several diseases’ experiences (e.g. cancer and chronic diseases). The Cognitive-Behavioural approach is focused on present life where patients are supported to maintain a good quality of life without renouncing to own professional and relational life which are all crucial aspects to cope with diseases’ negative outcomes.

Over the years, dr. Riva gained professional experience in the field of neuropsychological disorders (e.g. memory, attention, language) both in adult and paediatric populations.

She is a member of Italian Association of Medical Oncology (AIOM) guidelines for psycho-social assistance. She is registered under the Italian Professional register for the Lombardy region (n. 13162) and under the British Psychological Society-BPS (n. 490919). She is also member of the Division of Academics, Researchers and Teachers (DART) of BPS, UK. She is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as a Clinical Psychologist (No. PYL040957).

Work experience in Italy

Silvia Riva received a BSc in Psychology and an MSc in Clinical Psychology from Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Italy, and obtained a PhD in Psychology (Doctor Europaeus) in the same institution.

From 2013 to 2017 she collaborated with the European Institute of Oncology in Milan and at the IRCCS Ca’ Granda Foundation – Maggiore Policlinico Hospital as researcher and psychotherapist consultant working with cancer as well as chronic diseases patients and their families. She was involved in several national and international projects on psycho-social assistance and care.

Currently, she continues academic research collaborations with different Italian hospitals, particularly in the field of psycho-oncology, chronic diseases and neuropsychological disorders.

Work experience in UK

Dr. Silvia Riva moved in UK in 2017 after she was awarded the Marie Curie fellowship from the European Union working on a project on stress management.
Since 2019, Dr. Silvia Riva has been employed at the St Mary’s University in London as Associate Professor in Psychology. Her main teaching areas are cognitive psychology, clinical psychology and neuroscience. She is also involved in several projects on psycho-social support in cancer patients, the COVID pandemic and stress management.

Expertise

Expert in anxiety, depression, panic attacks, stress, psycho-oncology and neuropsychological disorders.

Languages:

English and Italian

Insurance companies:

WPA, Cigna, Axa, Bupa, Allianz and Aviva approved doctor

Summary:

Dr. Silvia Riva is an Italian psychologist and Cognitive-Behavioural therapist in London trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

Dr. Virginia Veruma is a Clinical, Counselling and Educational psychologist with a child-centered approach in London.

Dr. Virginia Veruma is a Clinical, Counselling and Educational psychologist with a child-centered approach.
Dr. Virginia Veruma received her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychological Sciences and Techniques in 2011 and her Master’s Degree in Psychology in 2014.
She is a member of the British Psychological Society (Registration n.481208) and Health and Care Professions Council (Registration n. PYL 039632).
She supports children and adolescents facing social, emotional and behavioural difficulties, depression, anxiety, sleep difficulties, selective mutism, Autism Spectrum Condition, Attention Deficit, Hyperactivity Disorder, learning difficulties, childhood trauma, family separation, grief and parent-child attachment difficulties.

Work experience in Italy

During her training Dr. Veruma volunteered at the “Burlo Garofolo” children’s hospital in north-east Italy for one year, providing psychological support for parents and families who were experiencing a diagnosis of malformation, as well as coping support interventions to alleviate parents’ psychological distress during children’s hospitalisation and surgery, and play-therapy sessions for hospitalised children and siblings dealing with trauma, grief and disabilities. She worked for three years as Educational Instructor for the Local Authority of Trieste (Italy) where she supported children with social communication difficulties, emotional regulation difficulties and low
self-esteem using Mindfulness and Psychodrama-based techniques. In 2017 she participated as a speaker in the International Conference “IDENTITY AGONIES: LIVING DYINGLY” in Padua (Italy), with a talk about how to explain death to children.

Work experience in UK

Dr. Veruma moved to London in 2018 and worked as a Special Educational Needs Teaching Assistant for three years, supporting students with special educational needs on a 1:1 basis in the classroom and with individual sessions. She gained experience in supporting children who experienced traumatic events and obtained a Trauma – Focused Cognitive
Behavioural Therapy certificate in 2021. She currently works as Clinical Psychologist in a Mental Health Support Team in London. In her current role she provides psychological support to children and young people
facing mental health issues, and psychoeducation and coaching interventions to carers and families who are dealing with a young person’s difficulties. Dr Veruma works in partnerships with schools and regularly attends meetings to discuss her client’s needs with the whole network involved (family, teachers, other professionals).
She has written articles for the blogs “GetPsyched” about how to support children to deal with loss and trauma, and for the blog “The Happiest Place”.

Expertise

Social, emotional, behavioural difficulties, learning difficulties, Autism Spectrum Condition, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, grief, trauma.
Dr. Veruma is passionate about developing a strong therapeutic relationship with children and young people, and working with their families and the larger system to support their development. She uses a child-centered approach to allow them to feel safe, listened and accepted without prejudice, which is key for their healthy development
and to overcome their difficulties. Dr. Veruma is also available to work with parents should they require support following a diagnosis given to their child (ASC/ADHD or any medical condition).

Languages:

Italian and English

In summary:

Dr. Virginia Veruma is an Italian psychologist specialised in supporting children and young people with social, emotional, behavioural difficulties, learning difficulties, Autism Spectrum Condition, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, grief, trauma.

Dr. Elisa De Martini is a Psychologist, Psychodynamic Psychotherapist, and Psychosexologist specializing in individual, couples, and group psychotherapy.
After earning her degree in Psychology, she expanded her expertise in Clinical Sexology by completing a specialization at the Italian Association of Clinical Sexology in Rome. She then pursued her psychotherapy training at the School of Psychotherapy with a Dynamic Approach (SFPID) in Rome, deepening her understanding of intrapsychic and relational dynamics.
She is registered with the Order of Psychologists of Lazio (n°25716) and is recognized in the UK as a registered psychotherapist with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) (n°00977542) and as a psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS) (GMBPsS n°750603).

Work experience in Italy

During her experience in Italy, Dr. De Martini collaborated with various clinical and institutional settings, including the Celio Military Hospital in Rome, where she conducted psychological assessments and counselling, working alongside professionals in clinical evaluations and personality testing, such as the MMPI-2 (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 2).
As part of this role, she supported psychiatric and psychotherapeutic sessions, refining her ability to handle complex and sensitive issues, such as PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), while ensuring the highest levels of confidentiality and sensitivity.
In parallel, she gained extensive experience in clinical sexology, working privately with individuals and couples on sexual difficulties, identity-related concerns, and affective dynamics.

Work experience in UK

Since 2019, Dr. De Martini has been living and working in London, where she runs her private practice in Tooting Broadway.
For four years, she collaborated with EASE Wellbeing, a talking therapy centre, where she was responsible for clinical assessments, risk management, and therapeutic interventions for adults facing a wide range of psychological and emotional difficulties. She was also involved in planning and managing short, medium, and long-term therapeutic pathways and monitoring treatment progress through tailored follow-ups.

Expertise

Specialized in anxiety and mood disorders, relational and affective difficulties, individual and couples’ sexual concerns, trauma and grief processing, identity and self-image issues, and LGBTQIA+ related matters.

Languages:

Italian, English

In summary:

Dr. De Martini’s approach is rooted in a deep understanding of the psychological dynamics that shape emotional well-being, with a particular focus on relational difficulties, personal identity, and affective and sexual disorders.
Her professional experience between Italy and the UK has fostered a strong intercultural sensitivity, enabling her to work effectively with people from diverse backgrounds, integrating a broad and respectful perspective into her clinical practice.