Dr Sonia Gallucci

I am a caring and thoughtful person with a great sense of observation. I am passionate about human relations and how they evolve depending on the contexts in which they are being negotiated. I am originally from Italy, but I spent 20 years in the UK, where I gained considerable experience in the Education and Mental sectors. I am currently based in Sardinia (Italy), but I do also spend part of the week in the U.K., where I teach Counselling and Psychotherapy in a university setting, and provide intercultural counselling sessions in Italian and in English.

The use of the title Dr in this directory listing relates to the member’s doctorate qualification. However, this does not imply a general medical qualification.

In my practice, I provide a safe and confidential space for empathic listening and for reflection. Our work together aims at gaining further insight into the specific issues you decide to share with me so that I can help you reinforce your personal resources and develop your ability to make choices. Over the years, I specialised in three main areas of therapeutic support, these are: Intercultural Psychotherapy, Academic Counselling and Focusing-Oriented Therapy. This mean that I can be of great help if you feel unsettled or uneasy in a new academic and cultural context. My approach combines a relational work between your internal and external worlds, including understanding how your mind, emotions and body work together to help regain wellbeing.

I am a caring and thoughtful person with a great sense of observation. I am passionate about human relations and how they evolve depending on the contexts in which they are being negotiated.

I am originally from Italy, but I spent 20 years in the UK, where I gained considerable experience in the Education and Mental sectors. I am currently based in Italy, but I do also spend part of the week in the U.K., where I teach Counselling and Psychotherapy in a university setting and provide therapeutic support to adults in Italian and in English.

The use of the title Dr in this directory listing relates to the member’s doctorate qualification. However, this does not imply a general medical qualification.

In my practice, I provide a safe and confidential space for empathic listening and for reflection, where issues can be explored, the ability to make choices can be reinforced and personal resources can be developed. of practice aims at raising awareness on the relations we have with others and with ourselves, including the relation between emotions, mind and body, with a view of fostering clients’ wellbeing.

Over the years, I specialised in academic and intercultural support.

This means that I can be of great help if you are experiencing the pressure of the university environment, often coming from deadlines, demands and expectations. The main aim of this type of support is to foster your lived experiences of studying or working in Academia. This therapeutic support can be particularly useful for issues related to anxiety, expectation, motivation, procrastination, public speaking and stress.

If you are living in a new cultural environment, I can help you understand and integrate to your new surroundings. I do that by raising awareness on your behaviours and those of others around you; by exploring your communication skills and cultural beliefs and finally by helping you remodelling your beliefs and attitudes in accordance with the new contexts. This type of support can be particularly useful for issues related to intercultural communication, cultural identity, culture shock, discrimination, integration and prejudice.

I provide this support by using a humanistic-existential approach, informed by focusing-oriented therapy. For more information about my modality of practice, please feel free to visit my website <www.soniagallucci.com>.