A first conversation
One meeting to say what is going on and work out whether I can be of use to you.
- Length
- 60 minutes
- Where
- In Arquata Scrivia, or online
- How often
- One meeting, with nothing obliged to follow
Giada Stroppa
Psychologist In specialist training in psychoanalytic psychotherapy
Every story deserves to be heard, every person deserves their own space.
I am Giada Stroppa. I see people in Arquata Scrivia and online who are going through something they can no longer manage alone.
Starting is the hard part
Almost everyone who writes to me has been thinking about it for months. They searched, they read, they closed the page, and then they came back. If that is what you are doing, you are not late: this is exactly where it starts.
You do not need to be able to say already what this is about, or to have a name for what you are living through. That is what a first conversation is for.
Intervention areas
If one of these words resembles what you are looking for, start there.
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Anxiety
When the alertness never switches off and everything seems to need preparing for.
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Panic attacks
The moment the body sounds the alarm and the mind cannot find the danger.
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Difficulties in relationships
When the same story repeats itself with different people and you cannot see why.
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Insomnia and disturbed sleep
The nights when thinking switches on exactly when it should be switching off.
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Grief and loss
Afterwards, when everyone has gone back to their life and you are left with yours.
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Self-esteem and sense of self
The inner voice that comments on everything and is never on your side.
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How I work
Three ways of meeting, on the same terms in each.
Ongoing individual work
Continuing work, psychoanalytically oriented, at a frequency we decide together.
- Length
- 60 minutes
- Where
- In Arquata Scrivia, or online
- How often
- Usually once a week
Online consultation
The same meetings, by video call, for people who live far from Arquata Scrivia or travel often.
- Length
- 60 minutes
- Where
- By video call, wherever you are
- How often
- Usually once a week
Fees
Seventy euro for an individual session online, ninety for a couple. For in-person sessions at Polarmed, in Arquata Scrivia, the fee is set by the facility.
All fees- How it works
- What happens, from the first message to the last meeting. No surprises and nothing committed to in advance.
- Confidentiality
- What stays in this room, what I write down, who else could ever read it. With the limits stated in full.
From the blog
All articles-
What happens in a first session
Fifty minutes, no tests, no forms to fill in. Here is how they actually go. -
How long the work really takes
Why nobody serious gives you a number, and what can be said instead. -
When your breathing quickens for no reason
What the body is doing during a panic attack, and why precautions make it worse.