Simona Di Folco

My working framework is psychodynamic psychotherapy. This approach involves facilitating a deeper understanding of one's emotions and feelings to help people gain a greater insight into what they feel and think. It focuses on helping the client to build his/her internal resources and strengths to be able to deal with problems and issues everyday life poses. By improving this understanding, people can make more conscious choices about their lives. Psychodynamic psychotherapy involves the interpretation of mental and emotional processes rather than focusing only on behavior and it focuses on the psychological roots of human suffering. It entails self-reflection and relying on the client-therapist relationship as a window into the patterns of difficult relationships the client experiences in his life. The main goals of psychodynamic psychotherapy are 1) to enhance self-awareness and 2) to promote the understanding of thoughts, feelings, and beliefs related to past experiences and that impact on the present. Psychodynamic psychotherapy helps people to learn, bear, and gain perspective on their life experiences, facilitating the expression of emotions in adaptive and healthier ways.

2016 to present- Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, School of Health in Social Science 2014-2016- Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Cagliari, Italy For more details about my professional experience, training, and qualifications, please refer to my website, www.simonadifolco.com or to my LinkedIn Profile: www.linkedin.com/in/simonadifolcopsy

2017-2021- Qualification as Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist Psychodynamic Oriented (4 years training), personal analysis and placement under supervision, Istituto di Ortofonologia, Rome (Italy) 2010-2013- PhD in Dynamic, Clinical, and Developmental Psychology, "Sapienza”, University of Rome, Rome (Italy) 2007-2009- Master of Science Degree in Dynamic, Clinical, and Developmental Psychology, "Sapienza”, University of Rome, Rome (Italy) 2004-2007-Bachelor of Science Degree in Science and Psychological Techniques for clinical assessment and counselling, "Sapienza", University of Rome, Rome (Italy)