Qualifications and trainings
DC Psych C. Psychology and Psychotherapy – London, UK
Cert in Supervision – London, UK
Cert in Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes – UK
Chartered Clinical Psychologist (Psychoanalysis) – Rosario University, Argentina
Psychoanalysis with Children and Adolescents – Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Cert in Early Support and Infant Mental Health– Rosario, Argentina
My practice is influenced by and integrates the teachings of Argentinean critical psychoanalysts R & M Rodulfo (developing from Freud, Lacan, Winnicott, J Benjamin, Auglanier, etc.) and is further enriched by the work of Guattari, child development research, decolonial thinking and contemporary feminism. I work with adults of diverse ages, backgrounds and presenting issues in an exploratory, non-stigmatizing and collaborative way.
I do not follow predetermined ‘ways’ in response to specific ‘symptoms’ as I believe this aligns with and multiplies oppression and objectivation.
You can approach me with whatever concerns you may have. I will offer you a few initial consultations to see whether we can agree on ways of working together.
I work with a focus on the unconscious, with an attention to the wider environment(s) in which life begins for us and continues to develop, and the unique ways in which each of us experiences life in them.
As a supervisor, I offer a space for you to reflect about your practice in a similar way.
I have always been interested in supporting the development of life-enabling bonds since the early years and therefore working with parents to support this has been a passion for me. I am also in a wider sense committed to understanding ways in which other approaches to work can be therapeutic and life-enriching (i.e., with victims of state terror, or institutionalised/medicalised psychiatric patients). I studied closely the work of Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, who have allowed incredibly fertile terrains for direct survivors of unspeakable horrors to reconstruct with agency their positionings, stories and identities on the basis of historical truth, memory work and justice.
I trained and worked in Argentina in various settings and roles. I gained full accreditation and registration as a Clinical Psychologist specialized in Psychoanalysis and also trained and worked in Psychoanalytic Parent-Infant work and Psychoanalysis with children and adolescents in a multidisciplinary team working with children with complex developmental and psychological challenges. Alongside, I worked as part of multidisciplinary teams in marginalised communities, in institutions with groups, and in a transdisciplinary community-based HIV prevention program. I also had a small private practice there for 3 years after accreditation and before moving abroad.
In the UK, I joined the Centre for Freudian Analysis & Research (Cfar) as an associate member and started a small private practice while retraining as a doctor in Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy to regain full accreditation and registration with professional bodies in the UK. I also worked within the voluntary and local authority sectors in multidisciplinary teams, supporting asylum seeking and homeless families, families with young children or expecting, and developing and co-running with health visitors a psychoanalytic & attachment-based weekly group for new parents and their babies for many years.
