Excellence and innovation in the treatment of addiction

Physician specialized in Psychiatry, with advanced training in Psychosomatic Medicine; Psychotherapist and Training Analyst with SIPI.

He has worked in the field of addiction since 1983 and has contributed, as both a clinician and a researcher, to advances in the understanding and treatment of addiction over the past 40 years. For 21 years he was Head of the Addiction Service of the Turin Local Health Authority. He has received several awards for his professional work from the Ministry for Public Administration, the Ministry of Health, Federsanità ANCI, the Tribunal for Patient Rights, and various scientific societies.

He served for three years as Director of the Adolescent Counseling Center for the Municipality of Turin and gained five years of experience in psychiatry and in a neuropsychiatric care facility.

He was responsible for overseeing the training of professionals working in addiction services in the Piedmont and Lazio regions; this project resulted in a book published by the Lazio Region and the Italian National Institute of Health. He served as National Coordinator for addiction policy within the States General of the Ministry of Justice.

He has taught in postgraduate master’s programs and university courses in Medicine, Psychology, Nursing Science, and Sociology, and for over 30 years has served as Professor of Psychopathology and Addiction Medicine at the SAIGA School of Specialization in Psychotherapy.

He has managed hundreds of highly complex clinical cases, both in public practice within the local health authority and in private practice as a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst.

He developed a goal-oriented approach to clinical care, which he implemented at IEuD through the Closer app, where he serves as the creator and developer of the clinical content.

He has held leadership roles on the boards of the Italian Society of Addiction Medicine (SITD) and the National Federation of Addiction Services (FEDERSERD), where he also served as Director of the Scientific Committee.

He has published more than 150 scientific papers in Italian and international journals, as well as books on the following topics: cocaine (use, psychopathology, and treatment); cannabis and cannabinoids; dissociative substances; addiction (development, stress, and adaptation); addiction (how to conceptualize it, understand it, and treat it); and therapeutic communities for people with substance use disorders in correctional settings.

He has delivered dozens of presentations at national and international conferences on addiction and psychopathology and has promoted research activities in collaboration with Italian universities in Medicine, Management, and Education Sciences, as well as with SISSA, the International School for Advanced Studies in Trieste.

He has carried out, and continues to engage in, supervision and training activities for public and private centers, both in healthcare and legal settings, at the national level in various cities, including Turin, Milan, Rome, Ancona, Trento, Piacenza, Reggio Emilia, Bolzano, Fermo, Caltanissetta, Perugia, Pisa, and Jesi.

Psychologist, Psychotherapist, and Training Analyst (SIPI – Italian Society of Individual Psychotherapy).

Lecturer in Affective Neuroscience and Psychotherapy, and in the Dynamic Psychopathology of Addiction, at the SAIGA School of Specialization in Psychotherapy in Turin.

As a clinical supervisor and trainer, she has over 20 years of experience in the field of addiction, gained through her work with the Addiction Services of the City of Turin’s local health authority and in private practice, as well as through her role as a psychotherapist in residential psychiatric and dual-diagnosis facilities.

She has delivered seminars in Italy and abroad on the application of affective neuroscience to the study of personality in addiction disorders.

Within the field of affective neuroscience, she has specialized in the theories of psychologist and neuroscientist Jaak Panksepp, further developing this work through interdisciplinary studies focused on the phenomenology of the body.

She has pursued advanced study of yoga, which she has practiced for more than twenty years, and its therapeutic applications, completing a master’s program at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice in “Yoga and Meditation in Asian Traditions.”

She has held theoretical and practical training seminars on yoga.

She has published numerous articles and participated as a speaker at conferences and seminars on addiction.

She has contributed to the development of specialized publications on addiction, including:

(e-book edited by Lugoboni F. and Zamboni F.) In essence. Manual on substance use disorders, Volumes I and II, CLAD Psychodynamic Therapy, Verona, 2018

Addiction. How to think about it, understand it, and treat it, professional manuals, Publiedit, Cuneo, 2017

(edited by D’Egidio P.F. and Lucchini A.) The addicted society: nature or nurture? Franco Angeli, Milan 2014

He is a member of the Animal Bioethics Working Group of the Turin Board of Psychologists.

He graduated in Medicine and Surgery in July 1978, with highest honors (110/110 cum laude). He is board-certified in Internal Medicine, Clinical Immunology, and Allergy. He continued his professional training by earning a master’s degree in Business Administration in 2002 at the University of Trento, a master’s degree in Healthcare Executive Studies in 2004 at ISTUD Milan, and, in 2013, a master’s degree in Economic Evaluation and Management in Addiction Medicine at the SDA Bocconi School of Management in Milan.
He served as Director of the Ser.D. (Addiction Services) of the Autonomous Province of Trento from 1997 to 2015. He served as the liaison for the Autonomous Province of Trento to the National Department for Anti-Drug Policies from 1997 to 2011.