Hello, my name is Luana and I would like to welcome you to my page.

I am a qualified integrative counsellor and registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). I provide one-to-one counselling in my London practices in Chelsea and Hammersmith.

“What brings you here?”

This question potentially marks the beginning of our journey, where you will be invited to talk about what motivated you to look for help and what you would hope to achieve through our sessions.

I am fully committed to providing a confidential and relaxed space, within which you can feel safe to express your difficulties, worries and concerns, both past and present. Together we aim to co-create a stimulating and reflective collaboration that recognises and validates your personal experience and develops new perspectives to facilitate change.

My training is integrative; tailoring the therapy to sensitively attend to your unique needs, personality and expectations, drawing mainly from humanistic and psychodynamic theories.  

I share the humanistic belief that human beings, given the opportunity, have the innate tendency to develop their full potential. I am also particularly interested in a holistic approach that meets our biological and psychological needs to form secure and meaningful relationships to foster emotional wellbeing and growth during the course of our life.

Through the years, I have been supporting clients with their own subjective experiences of stress, depression, anxiety, loss, bereavement, work related issues, relationship difficulties, trauma, different forms of abuse, life transitions, sexual and gender identity, low self-esteem, physical illness related issues, loneliness and isolation.

I have considerable experience in both time limited and long term practice, in the public sector for the NHS Psychological Services as well as in agency settings. I can work either for an agreed duration or on an open ended basis. I would like to emphasise that there is no obligation for you to remain in counselling once you decide you no longer wish to do so.

Originally from Italy, I have been living in London for over 25 year and I offer my sessions in English and Italian.

In both my personal and professional capacity, I deeply respect and value diversity and warmly welcome to my practice, people from all communities, faiths, cultures, abilities, genders and sexualities.