Dr Elisa Cunial-Trotta

I am a Chartered Counselling Psychologist/Psychotherapist in the UK, now working in Italy (face-to-face and online) with individuals, couples and groups as a counsellor, eco-therapist and group facilitator. I speak fluently English, Italian and French.

I am also a supervisor to students and qualified colleagues, member of the British Psychological Society’s (BPS) Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors (RAPPS). In Italy, I am registered as a counsellor-supervisor with AssoCounseling.

I have more than 20 years experience in the fields of education, psychology, counselling and psychotherapy with adults (individuals and couples), children and groups, both in the UK and abroad.

Over the years I have worked with a variety of issues, including:

• Loss, bereavement and the end of life
• Trauma and abuse
• Relationships and parenting
• Separation and divorce
• Abortion and miscarriage
• Depression (including post-natal depression)
• Anxiety
• Eating disorders
• Chronic and life-threatening illness
• Infertility problems and sexuality
• Mid-life crisis and life transitions
• Self-esteem and creativity
• Work related problems
• Spirituality

My professional life started in the health and care sectors, working with terminally ill people and with learning disability. I graduated both in special needs education and psychology, and worked with ‘differently-able’ children and adults, as well as in child development research. I continued my postgraduate studies in psychotherapy and worked for the National Health System (NHS) in the UK, and for a number of charities. I also worked in bereavement care, and in educational settings as a team leader and psychotherapist with adults, children and families from difficult backgrounds involving abuse and neglect.

I have extensive experience in working with a variety of cultural and ethnic backgrounds, in particular with expats and second generation migrants.

I am originally from Italy. I lived and worked in Switzerland before moving to the UK, where I remained for 15 years. I also lived in France, the US and South Africa for short periods of time.