ItalyElisabetta Bettasso-Escobar, M.A., M.Ed
Location: Rome, Italy
Phone: (+39) 338 710 4752 Italy, or 703 241 1388 US but Rings in Rome
Email: jojoinoak@gmail.com
Website: The Ohana Counseling Center
Nationality: USA
Languages Spoken: English, Some Italian
Religious Affiliation: none
Clinical Specialties: Substance Abuse and other Addictive Disorders. Kids & Teens. Anxiety Disorders and Learning Disabilities. Individual, Family, Couples and Group Work. All Ages. I am an interventionist for www.lovefirst.net and I have worked in hospitals, schools, universities and alcohol & other drug treatment programs, both in and out patient.
Cross-Cultural Experience: I have lived in Russia, Argentina and Prague as well as Wash. DC, NYC and San Francisco where I worked with diverse populations on a variety of issues such as Grief Counseling, a Suicide Hotline and a Family Planning Clinic. I received my Masters of Education in Counseling Psychology from Columbia University in 1994 and a Masters of Arts Degree in Guidance & Counseling from Eastern Michigan University in 1984. I am also enrolled in the International Counseling Certificate Program at Lehigh University. I have a Clinical Supervisor who has earned his Ph.D in Clinical Psychology in the US but practices in Rome.
Dr. Rose Marie Delbert – Psychologist, Psychotherapist
Location: Imola (BO), Italy
Phone: (+39) 335 5950755
Email: delbert@virgilio.it
Website: —
Nationality: USA & Italian
Languages Spoken: English, Italian
Religious Affiliation: none
Clinical Specialties: Psychotherapy and Counseling: Individual, Family and Couples. Adults and Adolescents. I earned my Degree in Psychology at the University of Padua (1990) and specialized in Systems-Relations and Narrative Therapy at ISCRA in Modena (1995). I also taught in the same program for various years. My early experiences were in Social Services and I’ve been in Private Practice since 1997. [I am a certified Psychologist and Therapist, according to Italian Law, registered in the Albo degli Psicologi Italiani dell'Emilia Romagna.]
Cross-Cultural Experience: I was born in New Jersey, USA and moved to Bologna, Italy as a child: all of my extended family lives currently in the US, my personal & family network is mostly Italian. Along with my experience with English speaking clients, I have also been requested as translator for textbooks and seminars. I am supervisor for a cross-cultural team managing a group home for immigrant adolescents.
Philip Georgiou, Psychotherapist & Counselor (UKCP/MBACP/CCPC)
Location: Centro Di Psicoterapia, Rome, Italy
Phone: +39 349 149 3548
Email: phil@philgeorgiou.com
Website: www.philgeorgiou.com
Nationality: English
Languages Spoken: English & Italian
Religious Affiliation:
Clinical Specialities: PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELING. I am fully accredited by the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and hold the Italian Counseling accreditation CCPC® awarded by AssoCounseling. I have considerable experience of working in private practice and also in a consultative capacity in business, both in the commercial and not-for-profit sector. I People come for a variety of reasons; these include: depression, trauma, anxiety, career issues, sexuality, relationship issues, sexual difficulties, physical/sexual abuse, alcohol/drug use, bereavement, loss of meaning in life, and many others. Counseling and psychotherapy can help to improve the quality of your life, through providing a safe, confidential space to explore areas of difficulty, and focus on necessary changes. In addition to my private practice with individuals and couples, I also provide a range of training and consultancy initiatives to employees and managers in organisations, addressing areas such as resilience, psychological first aid, wellbeing, stress management, mediation. Furthermore, I work with directors, faculty, students and parents in universities and international schools across Italy providing regular and ad-hoc interventions around issues such as Parenting, Communication, Bullying, Alcohol/Drugs Awareness and Cultural Diversity. I am experienced at working with people who would like to address alcohol and drug use through counseling, as long as it is deemed clinically sound to do so at assessment. I am happy to support those who wish to work towards abstinence as well as those seeking to reduce the harm caused by using substances more responsibly.
Cross-Cultural Experience: I have lived and worked in England, Israel, Egypt, Greece and Germany and have now settled in Rome, Italy. I work in both English and Italian, seeing clients from all over the world. Having lived abroad extensively and coming from a mixed cultural background myself I have a ‘lived understanding’ of the joys and difficulties of ‘convivenza’, which in Italian means ‘to live together’. For further information about me and my work, please don’t hesitate to contact me for a preliminary discussion or visit my website www.philgeorgiou.com.
Piergiulio Poli, MSc. Professional Counselor (EAC standards)
Location: Turin, Italy
Phone: +(39)3276640527
Email: io@cambiodentro.it
Website: www.cambiodentro.it
Nationality: Italian
Languages Spoken: Italian, English, Spanish
Religious Affiliation: None
Clinical Specialties: Counseling, career counseling, change management, bereavement, gestalt counseling. Stress management. Academic research in the field of career development in the global labour market.
Cross-Cultural Experience: I lived several years in an english speaking country (Ireland), travelling extensively, working and living in an international context. Community worker carrying out counseling sessions with members of the Peruvian, Romanian and Brazilian communities in Turin. I belong to a network of English speaking mental health specialists.