Psychology practice Chiara Stramba-Badiale Psychologist and Psychotherapist
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Psychotherapy and psychological support

A process to understand distress, regain orientation, and give language to what currently feels heavy.

A space for anxiety, phobias, panic attacks, stress, crisis, life transitions, and those periods in which it becomes harder to recognise yourself in your own balance.

Who it is for

Young adults, adults, and older adults.

Psychotherapy can be useful when there is a sense of stuckness, overload, or suffering that does not yet have precise words. The clinical work helps clarify the problem, understand what maintains it, and open workable possibilities for change.

The frame is built clearly from the beginning: the first sessions are used to understand the need, define shared aims, and shape the most suitable process.

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A quieter space

Therapy does not ask for performance. It asks for enough space to think, feel, and regain direction.

Sometimes the first useful effect of psychotherapy is simple: making experience feel breathable again, lowering the inner noise, and giving a more intelligible shape to what is happening.

From there, deeper work can begin without haste and with tools that genuinely fit the person.

  • Listening
  • Orientation
  • Emotional regulation
  • Continuity

Common themes

Clinical themes that may look different from one person to another.

Anxiety and overload

Anxiety, phobias, and panic attacks

Periods in which everyday functioning narrows, alertness rises, or the sense of inner steadiness becomes less available.

Mood

Depressive symptoms

Periods in which energy, motivation, and mood lower and it becomes harder to feel connected to yourself and to others.

Identity

Self-esteem and self-image

Difficulties in experiencing yourself with continuity, confidence, and a stable sense of value.

Transitions

Relationships, change, and life phases

Evolutionary passages, losses, decisions, and personal or professional redefinitions that require a new inner organisation.

How the work unfolds

A process built with clarity, continuity, and shared goals.

First phase

Clarifying the picture

Understanding the request, the context, and the way distress is showing up in everyday life.

Second phase

Reading the knots

Identifying the emotional, cognitive, and relational patterns that keep the suffering in place.

Third phase

Building change

Shaping possible movements and tools with a realistic, sustainable pace.

Clinical frame

The therapeutic relationship remains central without giving up structure.

Clinical orientation

A cognitive-neuropsychological approach helps hold together listening, clarity, and tailored tools, avoiding both vagueness and improvisation.

  • Anxiety
  • Phobias and panic
  • Stress
  • Self-esteem
  • Relationships
  • Transitions
  • Mood