Piccirilli Romeo (Lugano)

After obtaining a commercial high school diploma in 1988, I undertook studies in clinical psychology at the University of Fribourg (CH), graduating in 1993. I later deepened my skills in psychotherapy by pursuing a four-year training in cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy at the School of Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapy in Como (I), graduating in 2000.

After graduation, I worked as a psychologist, and later as a psychotherapist, in various public and private settings. My main activities have been research, counseling, therapy, psychopathology, cross-cultural psychology, human resource management and selection, training and supervision.

Since 2006, I have owned a psychotherapy practice in Lugano (CH).

My current activities are counseling, psychotherapy, coaching, supervision and training.

Philosophy of intervention:

The step that leads a person to seek psychological help is often difficult, painful and experienced as a defeat to himself, since he is unable to cope alone with the difficulties he is going through. The therapist's task is to help the patient regain his or her critical spirit, decision-making ability, and make him or her autonomous and self-aware again. Psychotherapy is supportive and, consequently, the therapist does not under any circumstances replace the patient in making important choices for his or her life and in no case will he or she encourage a dependent relationship.

Therapeutic Approach:

The therapeutic approach to which I refer is the cognitive-behavioral approach. It is a model of understanding mental distress that allows for an individualized path to be built with the patient, which does not make the patient dependent on the therapist and allows him or her to directly assess progress.