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Paola Filotico Crafted therapy
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How we work together

Therapy is a place and time to reflect, explore, and gain self-knowledge. It is challenging at times, but also immensely rewarding.

What happens in a session

During a session, we will be curious about all sorts of circumstances, past and present — an issue in your relationship, a feeling for a sibling, your colleagues at work, a specific memory, sex, spirituality, dreams, or anything that is on your mind. No topic is too mundane, too personal, or not fitting for therapy.

I will listen, ask questions, and at times offer input; together, we will be able to spot patterns, make more sense of life, and create change.

My approach

I have an evidence-based approach that embraces creativity. I integrate tools from various schools of therapy — including CBT, psychodynamic, systemic and attachment-based therapy — to explore situations, and then tailor the intervention to you.

What I offer

  • Short, medium and long-term online individual therapy
  • Short, medium and long-term online relational therapy — partners, siblings, friends, chosen family
  • Individual and relational stand-alone sessions
  • Sessions from 50 to 75 minutes
  • In English and in Italian

First steps

It can be difficult to decide whether someone is the right person to help, even more so in times of distress. These are the three steps.

  1. Get in touch

    Get in touch by email to discuss what you hope to change through therapy. We will see whether I am the right fit to work with you.

  2. An initial assessment

    If it feels right, we meet for an initial assessment: a chance to understand what you are going through and make an initial plan. An individual assessment takes one or two sessions. A relational assessment takes one 75-minute session with all the people in the relationship, and one 50-minute individual session each.

  3. The work itself

    We could decide to focus on a specific issue and agree on a set number of sessions, or consider therapy an open-ended journey with an exploratory focus. As therapy is a process of change, plans around it can change too, so from time to time we will review our work together.

Making the most of online therapy

Add small rituals
Use consistent elements — a space, a blanket, a mug of tea — to help you get into therapy mode.
Respect your session
Switch off your phone, turn off notifications, close your browser tabs. This is your time.
Put yourself at ease
Sit somewhere comfortable. Plug in your laptop or phone. Have water and tissues with you.
Allow time before and after
Ten to fifteen minutes at each end, to clear your mind and ground yourself.
Remember privacy
Prioritise this above everything else — how can you be open if someone else is listening?
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