My Approach

Philosophy

My work is rooted in deep compassion and kindness. I believe in creating a safe, welcoming space where you can feel genuinely met — not judged, not rushed, not managed. A space where your experience, whatever it is, is welcome.

I work by listening not only to what you say, but to what your body is expressing — the subtle signals, the tensions, the places of stillness or activation. The body carries wisdom that words sometimes cannot reach, and I believe that honouring this wisdom is at the heart of lasting healing.

Every person's journey is unique. There is no template for how healing unfolds, and I hold no fixed agenda about where our work should go. My role is to accompany you with care and skill — creating the conditions in which your own natural capacity for healing can emerge.

My deepest aspiration for each person I work with is that they rediscover a felt sense of safety, resilience, and well-being in their own body. Not as an idea, but as a lived, embodied reality.

Somatic Experiencing (SE)

Somatic Experiencing is a body-oriented therapeutic approach developed by Dr. Peter Levine for resolving trauma and stress-related disorders. Rather than asking you to relive or re-narrate traumatic events, SE works with what is happening in your body right now — the felt sense, the sensations, the subtle impulses and movements that your nervous system is generating.

When we experience something overwhelming — an accident, a loss, a sustained period of threat — the nervous system mobilises enormous survival energy. If this energy doesn't complete its natural discharge cycle, it can remain stored in the body, expressing itself as chronic tension, anxiety, hypervigilance, numbness, or disconnection. SE gently helps the nervous system release this stored energy and restore its natural rhythm of activation and rest.

SE is beneficial for trauma survivors, people experiencing chronic stress, anxiety, PTSD, and anyone who feels "stuck" in patterns they cannot shift through insight alone. It works equally well for recent events and for experiences that happened long ago.

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Hakomi

Hakomi is a mindfulness-based, body-centred approach to psychotherapy developed by Ron Kurtz and refined over decades by teachers including Halko Weiss, with whom I trained. The word "Hakomi" comes from a Hopi phrase meaning "How do you stand in relation to these many realms?"

Hakomi uses mindfulness — a gentle, non-judgmental awareness of present-moment experience — as the primary vehicle for therapeutic exploration. In a state of mindfulness, we can notice sensations, emotions, images, and impulses that are usually beneath conscious awareness. Through gentle experiments and body-based techniques, Hakomi helps you access and work with the core beliefs and organising patterns that shape how you move through the world.

Unlike more directive approaches, Hakomi follows the client's experience with precision and care. It is particularly gentle and non-confrontational, making it effective for anyone seeking deeper self-understanding, emotional growth, or the resolution of long-standing patterns — whether or not there is an identified trauma history.

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How SE and Hakomi Work Together

These two approaches are deeply complementary. Somatic Experiencing addresses nervous system regulation and trauma resolution — working with the body's survival responses, helping discharge stored activation, and restoring the capacity for safety and ease. Hakomi accesses the deeper psychological layer — the core beliefs, the self-organising patterns, the implicit meanings we carry — through mindfulness and present-moment body awareness.

Together, they offer a holistic, experiential approach to healing that works with both the body's physiological responses and the mind's organising patterns. The result is change that is not merely cognitive — not just a new way of thinking about yourself — but embodied and lasting.

All of this is delivered in a gentle, highly supportive environment where you are always in charge of the pace and depth of the work.

Craniosacral Therapy

For clients who see me in person in Perugia, I also offer craniosacral therapy as a complement to the somatic and psychological work. Craniosacral therapy is a gentle, hands-on approach that works with the subtle rhythms of the central nervous system — the craniosacral rhythm — to release tension and restore balance throughout the body.

It is an extraordinarily gentle modality, particularly well suited to those who have experienced trauma or who find more direct bodywork overwhelming. Many clients find that it deepens the somatic work we do together, supporting integration on a physical level.

What a Session Looks Like

Sessions are 60 minutes, held either online via video call or in person at my studio in Perugia (Via Beata Angela da Foligno 3A). Each session is tailored entirely to you — there is no fixed structure or script.

We typically begin with a check-in: how you are arriving today, what feels present, what you are carrying. From there, we follow what emerges — guided by your body's signals as much as your words. There may be periods of quiet inner exploration, gentle movement, body awareness exercises, or conversation. The work is collaborative: you are always in the lead, and we move at a pace that feels right for you.

Many clients describe sessions as leaving them feeling more settled, more themselves — sometimes in ways that are hard to articulate but unmistakable in lived experience.