Ph.D, Clinical Psychologist and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapist, Deputy-Director of the MSc in Psychology and Tenured Lecturer at Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität Wien (Milan). She received her Ph.D in Psychobiology from the Medicine Faculty of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Italy). She was trained in TF-CBT for children and adolescents (by professors Judith Cohen and Anthony Mannarino). She worked as Contract Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at the University of Bologna. She is now Tenured Lecturer in Developmental psychopathology at the Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität Wien (Milan). Her main clinical and research interests are concerned with the developmental trajectories of mental health and resilience after early adversities and traumatic events. She took part in post-disaster psychological interventions after the earthquakes that struck the Molise Region (2002) and the Emilia Romagna Region (2012) in Italy. In 2006, she was member of a delegation of the General Direction for Development Cooperation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This delegation was in charge of visiting the areas hit by the tsunami (Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailandia) and developing a project to promote mental well-being in children and adolescents. As member of Telefono Azzurro, an Italian NGO, she was involved as researcher and senior evaluator in several European funded projects aimed at protecting children from different forms of violence and supporting the use of digital tools to improve psychological well-being in adolescents (e.g., Safer Internet Program, European Antibullying Network, E-ABC-Antibullying program http://www.e-abc.eu). Member of the International Board of the "Journal of Psychopathology".Blogger at Alley Oop - www.alleyoop.ilsole24ore.com/author/barbaraforresi/