About

Dr Giulia Neri

Clinical Psychologist

I’m a Clinical Psychologist and CBT Therapist offering online therapy in English and Italian. My approach is thoughtful, evidence-based and grounded in careful psychological understanding. I aim to offer a space where you feel understood without judgement, while also helping you make sense of what is happening and identify practical ways forward.

I trained in Clinical Psychology at the University of Oxford and am registered with the HCPC, the UK regulator for practitioner psychologists. I am also a BABCP Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist. My experience has developed across NHS primary and specialist settings, including adult mental health, neurorehabilitation, learning disability services, adolescent inpatient care, staff support, and services connected to physical health and visible difference, such as facial palsy and craniofacial conditions.

This background shapes the way I work, especially when difficulties are complex, overlapping, or do not fit neatly into a single category.

How I work

I work collaboratively and at a pace that feels manageable, balancing space for reflection with practical ways of moving forward. Therapy is shaped around your needs, goals, and circumstances, rather than following a fixed formula.

My approach is grounded in evidence-based practice and informed by different therapeutic models. This includes Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), DBT-informed skills, trauma-focused approaches, and systemic and narrative ways of thinking.

In practice, this means we might look at patterns in thoughts, feelings and behaviour, how you relate to yourself, what matters to you, how you manage difficult emotions and how your relationships, health, work, identity, culture and past experiences may be affecting you.

The focus is not on applying one model rigidly, but on developing a shared understanding of what is happening and finding an approach that feels helpful, relevant and clinically appropriate for you.

Clinical interests

My work includes supporting adults with a wide range of emotional and psychological difficulties, including anxiety, low mood, trauma-related difficulties, burnout, self-criticism, relationship patterns, identity concerns and life transitions.

I also have particular experience in areas where distress is connected to health, the body, work, identity, or more complex life circumstances. This includes the emotional impact of illness, diagnosis, treatment, medical procedures and persistent physical symptoms; Functional Neurological Disorder (FND); and difficulties where physical symptoms, stress, emotions and life context can interact.

I have a particular interest in the psychological impact of visible difference, such as facial palsy and craniofacial conditions, including the ways changes in appearance or facial movement can affect confidence, identity, relationships and everyday life.

Alongside this, I have experience supporting healthcare staff and others in high-pressure or caring professions, where sustained responsibility, emotional strain and the demands of looking after others can gradually affect wellbeing, confidence and day-to-day life.

What you can expect

In the first appointment, we will take time to understand what brings you to therapy, what you would like to be different, and what kind of support may be most helpful. You do not need to know exactly where to start; we can work that out together.

If we continue with therapy, sessions will be collaborative and purposeful. Some of the work may involve making sense of patterns, emotions, relationships, health or work pressures. Some may involve trying out practical strategies, building new skills, or finding different ways of responding to situations that feel difficult.

As I work online, it is important that sessions take place from a private and confidential space where you feel able to speak openly. We will also review things as we go, so that therapy remains relevant, manageable and connected to what you want from it.

Qualifications

My training and qualifications include:

  • - Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsych), University of Oxford
  • - PG Cert in Low Intensity CBT, University College London
  • - MSc in Clinical Neuropsychiatry, King's College London
  • - BSc in Psychology with Criminology, Middlesex University
  • - 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training

HCPC Registered Psychologist - PYL047983

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