Valerio Scaramucci

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Counsellor

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Treats

Trauma

Relationships

Anxiety

Grief & loss

Speaks

Location

Age

Modality

Available

English, Spanish, Italian

Argentina

Adults only

Internal Family Systems

Online, In-person, Text

Specialisations

Trauma

Relationships

Anxiety

Grief & loss

Identity & self-esteem

Expat / cross-cultural issues

I am Italian, but I have spent most of my adult life abroad. When I was 19, I decided to leave the small town in the Italian province where I grew up to start a new life abroad. This new life led me to work in the hospitality industry and travel around the world. Despite the exciting adventures and exposure to different cultures, I began to feel unsatisfied. This dissatisfaction leads me to start an inner journey through the practice of yoga and meditation and travel extensively in Asia. I ultimately decided to change my career and become a yoga and meditation teacher. Even though those practices helped me a lot and changed my life for the better, there were aspects of myself that they didn't address. Some of my personal issues, the trauma, and the emotional wounds were still there, but I wasn't completely aware of it.

I underwent a therapeutic process, which helped me understand the impact of my childhood. This work enabled me to integrate aspects of my personality that I wasn't aware of. Getting to know myself, healing, and making peace with my past led me to choose a new path in life, and I decided to become a therapist.

We are born whole, but somehow, this wholeness gets disrupted during our upbringing.

We build protection around ourselves and develop a way of being that doesn't lead to a satisfactory life.

I believe that the ultimate outcome of a therapeutic process is to restore this wholeness that is still there, but from which we have become disconnected.

I offer a space where you can feel safe, understood and not-judge in sharing your personal issues; this safety prepares the ground for going deeper within yourself.

I am naturally curious and enthusiastic about learning. This has led me to study various therapeutic modalities, providing me with a diverse set of tools for working with people.

I'm well-versed in traditional counseling techniques, using active listening, empathic reflection, and supportive guidance to help my clients gain insight and self-awareness and develop effective coping strategies. I believe that creating a collaborative therapeutic relationship empowers clients to explore their challenges, discover their strengths, and achieve personal growth and transformation.

I also believe it's essential to consider the mind, body, and emotions when addressing psychological issues. To aid in this, I use different tools; one of them is a somatic body-centered approach to healing trauma.

Trauma is stored not only in the mind but also in the body; somatic interventions enable me to assist you in releasing physical and emotional tension, restoring the body's natural capacity for self-regulation, and fostering a sense of safety and embodiment.

Furthermore, I use Internal Family Systems (IFS), a powerful therapeutic model that focuses on understanding and transforming the different parts of an individual's psyche. The objective is to establish a harmonious relationship between these parts and the individual's core, or True Self.

By working together, we can explore specific events, behavioural patterns, or emotional reactions to gain insight and understanding about yourself and your difficulties, enabling you to move forward and live more fulfilling lives.

"My therapist has been excellent. She has helped me regain confidence and build up my self-esteem after a difficult breakup, and has helped a lot with my social anxiety. Also providing me with the tools to help myself going forward."
"I feel so happy and relaxed, whereas when I started I felt lost and hurt. The difference I feel is incredible and that's all thanks to the amazing therapists here."

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