She specialises in integration problems of people and families with international mobility backgrounds.

School of specialisation in Psychoanalytic PsychotherapyShe coordinates the annual seminar on Work Cultures and Psychological Intervention.Courses: Cultural differences in psychoanalytic psychotherapy; Psychoanalyitic theory and thoght

Department of Psychoanalysis and Clinical Consulting, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences.

Vernes is a center for psychosocial research and intervention. Main services: organizational development services, analysis of organizational and social groups’ culture, psychotherapy, services for families. Main fields of research and intervention: disability, healthcare, mental health, sustainable urban development, educational guidance and school-to-work transition. Clients: individuals, families, both public and private companies, institutions, nonprofit organizations.

Research project "Cultural representations of mental illness in contemporary Japan". The research project is carried out in cooperation with the Sociology Department, Graduate School of Letters, Kyoto University and thanks to funding from Canon Foundation in Europe. The research aims at exploring representations of mental illness in Japanese culture and society, in order to foster a comparison with the cultural representations of mental health problems within Italian culture.

Fellowship for the promotion of intellectual and cultural exchange between Japan and European Countries.

Research project on the conditions fostering or impeding the formation of collective identities and belonging among the inhabitants of the main suburbs surrounding the city of Rome. The project aimed at analyzing local cultures of citizenship and their role in founding the chance for a non-destructive use of spaces/communal resources within the neighborhoods.

Research project aimed at exploring the expectations and satisfaction of 130 families with an adult member with disability towards the services provided by a network of social co-operatives in Veneto.

Research project: “Promoting psychosocial competence in Italian mental health centers”. Commissioned by the Italian Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare, the project aimed at promoting a critical reflection on the present functioning of Italian mental health services and professions in the light of their historical-cultural background and of changes in the social demand for mental health. Research project:“An e-learning environment for HIV/AIDS education (E-Aids)”. Directed by Save The Children Romania; funded by Grundtvig Programme within the framework of the European Commission's Lifelong Learning Programme 2007-2013.

Research project: The demand for educational guidance in the students of the University of Perugia”. Commissioned by the Italian Minystry of Education, University and Research.

Research project: “The demand for psychological intervention and Psychology’s public image among the citizens of Tuscany”. Commissioned by the Professional Body of Psychologists of Tuscany.