This quarantine confronts us with various kind of powerlessness. (more…)

When I think of expats and family, the first thing that comes to mind is multicultural. Often, as a therapist, I meet couples who are struggling to integrate into the new culture reality they find themselves in. When one partner is Italian and the other foreign, it adds another (sometimes challenging) ingredient to the mix.

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How did you get fat?

Not a poor eating habit, or a lack of physical exercise provoked your additional kilograms. What made you fat is…

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For some time I’ve been feeling a disturbing sensation when I think of some public happenings in Italy and Europe, it is about the desperate need to create an “us” versus “them”. (more…)

What I am about to write is very eradicated in italian culture. I don’t know if in the anglophone culture there is as much envy as in the deeply catholic italy (deliberately not block capitol initial).  (more…)

Lately, thanks to my patients and one in particular I’ve found myself thinking about the issue of missing a romantic partner, which causes so much pain and unhappiness in both genders.
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A constantly growing phenomenon, and also continuously changing shape, is peoples’ interaction. In the last 20 years we’ve watched the arising of digital media and with them of the digital ways to interact and communicate.

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In my personal and professional life lately I’ve become aware of this  ‘phenomenon’. I therefore decided to throw some of my thoughts onto the page with the purpose of sharing and clarifying them, hoping it may be useful to me or the reader.

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