How to recognize, understand, and integrate character defenses in an ISTDP

A psychiatrist, psychotherapist, president of the Italian Society for Experience-Based Psychotherapy, runs a private psychiatric and psychotherapeutic practice in Rome. She specializes in the treatment of psychotrauma and somatization in adults, integrating the ISTDP approach with other trends (EMDR, sensory therapy, CRM, neurofeedback). She collaborates with other specialists in the world in the field of teaching and research on increasing the effectiveness of treatment of complex somatic disorders. She is a consultant at the Aviation Department of the Military Hospital in Rome and Florence. She conducts supervision and Core Training in the ISTDP trend