PERSONAL INFORMATION

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name and Surname: SARA DELL’ARIA BURANI, MA

Qualifications: PSYCHOTHERAPIST (CBT, EMDR)

CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

Office: Via San Gregorio 44, 20124 Milano, Italy

Tel. : +39 335 59 44 953

E-mail: [email protected]

Web: Personal Site (saradellariaburani.it) LMP Network (lamiapsicologia.com)

WORK EXPERIENCE

09/2007-ONGOING PSYCHOTHERAPIST AND CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

(COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY, EMDR)

Private office - Via San Gregorio 44, 20124 Milano, Italy

Counseling - for individual and couples, adults and adolescents: Professional guidance of the individual in areas like:

▪Self-esteem

▪Social relations and intimate relationships

▪LGBT: psycoeducation and counseling (individual and family) on specific arguments (for ex., sexual identity, sexual orientation, parenting); psychological support in particular moments such as one’s coming out (or a loved one’s coming out)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) - for individuals and couples, adults and teenagers:

▪Anxiety and Anxiety Disorders ▪Depressive and Bipolar Disorders ▪Personality and Personality Disorders ▪Sleep Disorders (Insomnia)

▪Dissociative Disorders ▪Grief and Mourning

▪Trauma, abuse, emotional deprivation

▪LGBT: stress and trauma consequences of homophobia and internalized homophobia; trauma from verbal and physical attacks, from exclusion, violent aggressions, etc. Psychodiagnosis for adults and adolescents:

Psychological evaluation using clinical and diagnostic interviews, and standardized Italian and American psychological tests and questionnaires

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11/2012-ONGOING TEACHING (PSYCHOTHERAPY)

Istituto A.T. Beck and Istituto Beck CBT training school

▪Compassionate Focused Therapy (December 2013)

▪Couples Therapy for heterosexuals, for gays and for lesbians (September 2013)

▪“Complex cases”, theoretical and practical workshop (March 2009)

12/2009-10/2010 MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE OF AN INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS

40th Annual Congress of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy (EABCT) (Milan, Italy)

12/2007-10/2010 COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY TRAINEE AT ‘PROGRAMMA 2000’ Ca’ Granda Niguarda Hospital, Milano, Italy

▪Individual and group psychological support (psychotic patients and/or subjects at risk of a psychotic onset)

09/2006-09/2008 CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST

Istituto A.T. Beck (Rome, Italy)

Assessment and Psychodiagnosis (adults and adolescents):

▪Psychological interviews and administration of the principal Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) tests and questionnaires (for example: MMPI-2, SCID-II, MCMI III, BDI-2, BAI, STAI X-1, STAI X-2, WAIS-II, CBA 2.0)

Web Writer

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EDUCATION AND TRAINING

03/2014-10/2014

(Milan, Italy - Level I) TRAINING IN SENSORIMOTOR PSYCHOTHERAPY _{Trainers from the Sensorimotor Institute: Ame Cutler (Ph.D. Candidate)}

Esther Perez (MA, LMFT) Sensorimotor Institute - www.sensorimotorpsychotherapy.org Psicosoma - www.psicosoma.eu

Level I: Affect Dysregulation, Survival Defenses, and Traumatic Memory :

▪Traditional psychotherapy addresses the cognitive and emotional elements of trauma but lacks techniques that work directly with the physiological elements, despite the fact that trauma profoundly affects the body and that so many symptoms of traumatized individuals are somatically driven

▪ Sensorimotor Psychotherapy builds upon traditional psychotherapeutic techniques and principles, but approaches the body as central in the therapeutic field of awareness; theoretical principles and treatment approaches from both the mental health and body psychotherapy traditions are integrated in this approach

02/2012-03/2012 (Milan, Italy - Level II)

06/2011-07/2011 (Milan, Italy - Level I)

EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATIONAND REPROCESSING (EMDR)

Trainer Isabel Fernandez (Psychotherapist) EMDR Europe - www.emdr-europe.org

ASAG - Alta Scuola di Psicologia Agostino Gemelli - www.asag.unicatt.it C.R.S.P. - Centro di Ricerche e Studi in Psicotraumatologia

▪ EMDR is a complex method of psychotherapy which integrates many of the successful elements of a range of therapeutic approaches, and combines them with eye movements or other forms of bilateral stimulation in ways which stimulate the brain's information processing system.

▪ EMDR is an innovative clinical treatment, which has successfully helped over one million people who have experienced psychological difficulties which originate from some kind of traumatic experience, such as sexual abuse, childhood neglect, road traffic accidents and violence. It is also successful in treating other complaints such as performance anxiety, self-esteem issues, phobias, and other trauma related anxiety disorders

06/2011-07/2011

(Milan, Italy) EMDR FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS Trainer Anna Rita Verardo (Psychotherapist)

EMDR Europe - www.emdr-europe.org

ASAG - Alta Scuola di Psicologia Agostino Gemelli - www.asag.unicatt.it C.R.S.P. - Centro di Ricerche e Studi in Psicotraumatologia

▪ EMDR is a complex method of psychotherapy which integrates many of the successful elements of a range of therapeutic approaches, and combines them with eye movements or other forms of bilateral stimulation in ways which stimulate the brain's information processing system.

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11/2006-10/2010

(Rome, Italy) S_{(full marks with honors)}PECIALIZATIONIN COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL PSYCHOTHERAPY A.T. Beck Institute, Rome, Italy

Psychotherapist qualification recognized by the Italian Ministry of Education and Research:

▪DSM-IV-TR Axis I Disorders,

▪DSM-IV-TR Axis II Personality Disorders

▪Standard Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (assessment and therapy of disorders across the life span)

▪Third-wave and most recent developments of cognitive therapies (for ex. Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Compassionate Focused Therapy, Schema Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness Based Therapies, Metacognitive Interpersonal Therapy) (16/04/2011) _Thesis:

▪Case study n.1 - Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia and Borderline Personality Disorder ▪Case study n.2 - Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and Obsessive-Compulsive Personality

Disorder

10/1999-09/2004

(Milan, Italy) L_D_EVELOPMENTALAUREA (EQUIVALENT_P_SYCHOLOGYTO MASTER’S DEGREE) IN SOCIAL AND Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano - www.unicatt.it

Experimental Thesis:“Epilessie idiopatiche di nuova diagnosi e funzioni neuropsicologiche: studio di un campione di età evolutiva”.

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(Milan, Italy) EMDR

AND GRIEF

R. Solomon, Ph.D. (EMDR USA Faculty)

06-07/04/2013

(Milan, Italy) DR. Solomon, Ph.D. (EMDR USA Faculty)ISSOCIATION -ADVANCED WORKSHOP

26-27/01/2013

(Milan, Italy) S

TRUCTURAL DISSOCIATIONAND TREATMENTOF

CHRONIC TRAUMATIZATIONWITH EMDR

O. Van DerHart , Ph.D. (University Utrecht, The Netherlands) R. Solomon, Ph.D. (EMDR USA Faculty)

14/12/2012

(Milan, Italy) CG. Liotti, M.D. Professor of Cognitive PsychotherapyOMPLEX TRAUMAAND ATTACHMENT THEORY

29-30/09/2012

(Milan, Italy) EMDR

AND COMPLEX PTSD

J. Knipe (USA)

16-17/09/2012

(Milan, Italy) T

RAUMAANDTHE BODY. SENSORIMOTOR PSYCHOTHERAPY

P. Ogden, Ph.D. (Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, USA)

23-24/06/2012

(Milan, Italy) U_WERENDERSTANDING_A_BUSED_ANDAND_D_EPRIVED WORKING_AS_YWITH_OUNGSTERS PATIENTSTHAT

A. Leeds , Ph.D (California, USA)

22-23/10/2011

(Bologna, Italy) I

NTRODUCTIONTO COMPASSION FOCUSED THERAPY

Prof. P. Gilbert (Derby University, UK)

07-10/10/2010

(Milan, Italy) 40European Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT)TH EABCT CONGRESS, ‘LINKS’ - MILAN, ITALY

07/10/2010

(Milan, Italy T

HE CLINICAL REALITYOF COGNITIVE-BEHAVIOURAL

THERAPYFOR OCD: HELPING PEOPLETO CHOOSE CHANGE

Prof. P. Salkovskis (University of Bath, UK) - Workshop at the 40th EABCT Congress

26-27/11/2009

(Genova, Italy) AIPP II N

ATIONAL CONGRESS

Italian Association of Early Intervention in Psychosis (AIPP)

24/10/2009

(Torino, Italy) S

EXUAL ORIENTATIONAND GENDER IDENTITYIN CHILDHOOD

LGBT Service of the city council of Torino

19-22/06/2008

(Rome, Italy) 6International Association of Cognitive Psychotherapy (IACP)TH ICCP INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS

19/06/2008

(Rome, Italy) C

ONTEMPORARY COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR THERAPYWITH

COUPLESAND FAMILIES: A SCHEMA ENHANCED APPROACH

F. Dattilio, Ph.D.(Harvard Medical School & University of Pennsylvania) - Workshop at the 6th

ICCP Congress

04-07/12/2006

(Rome, Italy) L

EGAL PSYCHOLOGY (seminar)

Istituto A.T. Beck

04-07/12/2006

(Rome, Italy) E

TNOPSYCHIATRYAND TRANSCULTURAL PSYCHOLOGY (workshop)

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PERSONAL SKILLS LANGUAGES BILINGUAL ITALIAN/ENGLISH

OTHER LANGUAGE(S) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING

Listening Reading Spoken

interaction

Spoken production

FRENCH B1 B1 A2 A2 A1

Levels: A1/2: Basic user - B1/2: Independent user - C1/2 Proficient user Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

COMMUNICATION SKILLS •

Team work: Good ability to adapt to multicultural environments, since childhood and gained through my work experience abroad

• Personal skills: I am a quick learner, I am flexible, responsible and diligent, and in my work I have a keen sense of duty (e.g. respect of confidentiality)

• Good communication and strong interpersonal skills, developed through team sports (basketball and volleyball), educational, and professional work experiences

ORGANIZATIONAL / MANAGERIALSKILLS

• Good experience in preparation & implementation of courses and workshops for students & health professionals (Istituto A.T. Beck)

• Organization of international conferences: member of the organizing committee of the 40th Annual Congress of the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapy (EABCT Links Congress; October 2010 in Milan, Italy) and liaison with foreign professionals at the 6th International Congress of Cognitive Psychotherapy (ICCP2008, Rome, June 2008)

COMPUTERSKILLS • Deep knowledge of the following operative systems and tools: MAC OC X, Windows XP andWindows VISTA; Microsoft Office Home and Professional 2000/2007 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint,Outlook and Outlook Express), Office for Mac 2008, and iWork 2009 (Pages, Keynote and Numbers); Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari and Google Chrome

• Bibliographical research software (PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, PubMed, MedLine)

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PUBLICATIONS • Dell’Aria Burani, S. (2013). Terapia cognitivo comportamentale per le coppie e le famiglie, Eclipsi, Firenze. Translation from English to Italian of: Dattilio, F.M. (2010), Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy with Couples and Families: A Comprehensive Guide for Clinicians, The Guildford Press, New York, NY.

• Dell’Aria Burani, S. & Dattilio, F.M. (2009), “La tecnica della matita e del taccuino: calma dopo la tempesta”. In Psicoterapia cognitiva e comportamentale, vol.15, n.2, 241-247.

• Dell’Aria Burani, S. (2008). Le sfide della Terapia Cognitiva. Cosa fare quando le tecniche cognitive di base non funzionano, Carlo Amore Edizioni, Roma. Translation from English to Italian of: Beck, J. S. (2005) Cognitive Therapy for Challenging Problems:What to do when the basics don’t work, The Guildford Press, New York, NY.

• Fresco, A., Galvan, F., Muolo, B., Dell'Aria Burani, S., Fascendini, S., Meneghelli, A. (2008), Multimedia workshop: social competence through film making & advertising. (poster) 6th International Conference on Early Psychosis - IEPA - 20 - 22 October, Melbourne Australia.

MEMBERSHIPS • Member of EMDR Europe, the European Association of EMDR (Eye

Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Association)

• Member of EMDR Italia, the Italian Association of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Association)

• Member of the Italian Society of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy - Società Italiana di Terapia Comportamentale e Cognitiva (SITCC)