Clinical Experience

Simona has considerable experience of working with a range of human difficulties and the particular ways in which these become articulated in each individual life. This has included one-to-one and group work with adults and young adults, and more particularly with the following:

People from diverse economic, ethnic, racial, religious and linguistic backgrounds
People with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities
People with physical disabilities
People with learning disabilities
People with a mental health diagnosis
People with a dual or more complex diagnosis
Asylum seekers, refugees, immigrants and migrants
Offenders and detainees

Those who suffer as a result of:

A painful or disturbing recent or past event
Loss and bereavement
Loneliness, isolation
Feeling ‘stuck’, confused
Difficulties with decision making, achieving goals
Stress, anxiety, social anxiety, phobias, compulsive behaviour
Depression, insomnia, obsessive thoughts, persistent guilt or shame
Trauma
Relationships, sexual difficulties
Divorce proceedings, employment disputes, other  litigations
Body image, physical changes
Anorexia, bulimia, obesity
Infertility, IVF treatment, miscarriages, termination of  pregnancies
Acute, chronic, or terminal conditions
Aggressive forms of medical treatment
Severe injury
The effects of aging
Domestic violence, other forms of violence
Sexual, physical, emotional abuse
Human trafficking, sex trafficking
Torture
Large scale disasters