Individual therapy
For when you’re juggling everything and still not getting where you want to be. We look at your patterns, find new ways of coping, and make change that holds.
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Sometimes we simply need to look at things from a different perspective.
I’m Corinna — a certified Systemic Practitioner and Family Therapist. I work with individuals, couples and families to understand the patterns they’re caught in, and to gently change them.
Sessions in
Italiano
English
Español
Català
Master’s in Family TherapyPlus a bachelor’s degree and studies in psychology
Certified Systemic PractitionerFor individuals, couples and families
Hospital de Sant PauClinical training and practice, Barcelona
Four languagesItalian, English, Spanish and Catalan
What I offer
Three ways to work together
Whether you come alone, as a couple or as a family, I work systemically: I look at the whole picture around you — your relationships, your history, your culture, the load you’re carrying — not just the symptom on the surface.
Couples therapy
For couples stuck in the same argument. We stop looking for who’s right and start understanding the cycle you’re both trapped in.
Read moreFamily therapy
For families feeling the strain — with teenagers, across separations, between generations, or between cultures. We work with the family as a whole.
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Individual therapy
You deserve to feel lighter and more in control of your life
Tired of feeling like you’re constantly juggling a million things, struggling to create the life you truly want? The relationship, the job, the family?
You don’t have to navigate it all alone. Whether you’re dealing with specific challenges or simply seeking a deeper understanding of yourself, individual therapy is a place to work it through with someone whose only job is to help you see it clearly.
Together we’ll dive into your patterns, discover fresh coping strategies and pave the way for meaningful change in your day-to-day.
How I help
- Identify and challenge anxious, unhelpful thinking
- Improve your relationship to yourself, through self-talk and supportive coping
- Build self-confidence and self-efficacy through life’s challenges
- Release self-defeating beliefs and behaviours that aren’t serving you
Couples therapy
You’re not failing. You’re stuck in a pattern.
Fights keep escalating. Someone always shuts down. The quiet tension is always there — you feel like you’re walking on eggshells so often. You love your partner, but you’re stuck in the conflict patterns.
You are not alone. My approach to couples therapy looks at the relationship as part of a system — the two families you each came from, your cultural backgrounds, the stress you are both carrying — and I help you understand the full picture, not just what’s happening on the surface.
A lot of couples come in saying “we just need to communicate better.” But communication isn’t only about what you say — it’s about what’s unspoken, what’s misunderstood, and what’s never been safe to say in the first place.
Whether you are newly dating or decades into a marriage, that is the work. I use a relational approach, grounded in systemic therapy. I don’t just work on skills — I explore the deeper patterns and dynamics keeping you stuck. Through this lens we’ll try to understand the cycle you’re trapped in, without looking for who is right and who is wrong in the conflict.
What couples bring to me
- Escalating arguments and emotional shutdowns
- Rebuilding trust after betrayal or emotional distancing
- Differing parenting styles or co-parenting conflicts
- Communication breakdowns and intimacy disconnection
- Family-of-origin baggage that still haunts the relationship
Family therapy
When one person struggles, the whole family feels it
A teenager who has stopped talking. A house where everyone is tense and nobody knows why. The same argument, on repeat, for years.
In family therapy we don’t look for the person who is the problem. We look at how the family works as a whole — the roles everyone has taken on, the rules nobody agreed to out loud, the loyalties, and the moments where things started to shift.
Often it is not the big confrontation that changes things, but a small shift in how two people in the house speak to each other. My work is to help you see those patterns clearly, and to open space for something different.
I work with families of all shapes: separated and blended families, intercultural families raising children between two languages and two sets of expectations, and families going through illness, loss or a difficult transition.
What families bring to me
- Conflict with teenagers, or a child who has withdrawn
- Separation, divorce and co-parenting after a split
- Blended families finding new roles and boundaries
- Intercultural families navigating different expectations
- Illness, loss, or a move that has changed everything
Draft copy — Corinna to review. You didn’t send a Family Therapy text, so I’ve written this in the voice of your other two pages, drawing on your Sant Pau experience and the intercultural angle. Rewrite freely — especially the bullet list, which should reflect the families you actually see.
About me
Hello, my name is Corinna
My curiosity about people and different cultures led me to leave my home country, Italy, and live abroad from a young age. I spent four years in the United Kingdom before moving to Spain, where I have been living in Barcelona since 2016.
I am one half of an intercultural marriage, and we have two young children.
My professional experience derives from a bachelor’s degree, a Master’s in Family Therapy, studies of psychology, and practical work at the Hospital de Sant Pau in Barcelona. I am a certified Systemic Practitioner and Family Therapist for individuals, couples and families.
Working at the Hospital de Sant Pau allowed me to gain valuable skills in helping people, and in understanding how often we simply need to look at things from a different perspective. Small changes in communication and interaction patterns can significantly improve relationships and strengthen emotional bonds.
I have always been deeply curious about human beings and the ways they relate to each other. If I were to use a metaphor, I would describe myself as a fly on the wall in people’s homes — watching how they move around each other, and trying to understand the patterns that hold them where they are.
I offer therapy sessions in Italian, English, Spanish and Catalan.
Fees & practical details
Clear pricing, no surprises
Sessions can take place in person in Barcelona or online by video, in whichever of my four languages feels most natural to you.
Individual
60 minutes
€ 00 / session
One-to-one work, in person or online.
Couples
90 minutes
€ 00 / session
Both partners present, in person or online.
Family
90 minutes
€ 00 / session
For the family members it makes sense to include.
Sessions are invoiced individually. [Corinna: confirm the IVA treatment with your gestor before launch — psychotherapy by a registered health professional is IVA-exempt, other practice is charged at 21%.]
Sessions cancelled with less than 24 hours’ notice are charged in full.
Payment by bank transfer or card. An invoice is issued for every session.
Placeholders — Corinna to fill in. Replace “€ 00” with your real prices, and confirm session lengths, the payment methods you accept and the cancellation window. For reference, private systemic practices in Barcelona currently sit around €70–90 for individuals and €130–160 for couples and families — but price for your own practice, not the market.
Questions
Before you get in touch
Is the first call really free, and what happens on it?
Yes — twenty minutes, by phone or WhatsApp, at no cost and with no obligation. I’ll tell you how I work, you can ask me anything you like, and we’ll get a feel for whether I’m the right person for you. Nobody should have to pay to find out whether their therapist is a good fit.
What actually happens in a first session?
We use the first session to understand what has brought you here and what you would like to be different. There is nothing to prepare. You can tell me as much or as little as you want to — and by the end we’ll decide together whether it makes sense to continue, and at what rhythm.
What is systemic therapy, and how is it different?
Systemic therapy looks at people in context. Rather than treating a difficulty as something happening inside one person in isolation, it looks at the relationships, patterns and circumstances around them — family, partner, work, culture, history. Very often the change that unlocks things isn’t a change in one person, but a change in a pattern between people.
Which language will we work in?
Whichever you prefer, of Italian, English, Spanish or Catalan. In couples and family work we can also move between languages if that’s how your family actually speaks — for many intercultural families that matters a great deal.
Do you work online?
Yes. Online sessions by video work well for individuals and couples, and are a good option if you live outside Barcelona, travel often, or are more comfortable speaking from home. [Corinna: confirm whether you offer family sessions online too.]
How many sessions will I need?
It depends entirely on what you bring. Some people come for a focused piece of work over a few months; others stay longer. We review together as we go, and you are never committed to more than the next session.
Is everything confidential?
Yes. What you share stays between us, within the limits set by professional ethics and Spanish law. In couples and family work I’ll also be clear with everyone at the start about how I handle information shared with me individually.
Before you decide
Start with a free 20-minute call
You need some sense of the person before you can talk to them about the things that matter. So the first step costs nothing.
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You write to me
A few lines through the form below, or a WhatsApp message. Tell me roughly what’s going on and which language you’d rather speak.
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We speak for twenty minutes
By phone or WhatsApp voice call, at a time that suits you. I’ll explain how I work, answer your questions, and we’ll see whether I’m the right person for what you’re carrying.
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You decide — with no pressure
If it feels right, we book a first session. If it doesn’t, I’ll gladly point you towards a colleague who fits better. Either outcome is a good one.
What the call isn’t
It isn’t a therapy session, and it isn’t the place to go into the whole story — twenty minutes wouldn’t do it justice. If you’re coming as a couple, I’ll keep this first call to how I work and the practical arrangements, and we’ll leave what’s happening between you for the first session, when you’re both in the room. That way I meet your relationship for the first time with both of you present.
The first call
Free
20 minutes, by phone or WhatsApp.
Already sure you’d like to begin? You don’t have to do the call first — you’re very welcome to book a first session straight away.
Corinna to confirm. Two decisions here: (1) that you’re happy with 20 minutes by phone/WhatsApp rather than video, and (2) the couples rule I’ve written above — practical matters only on the first call if just one partner is on the line. Change it if you’d rather insist both partners attend the call.
Get in touch
Let’s start with a conversation
Write me a few lines about what’s going on. I’ll reply personally, usually within two working days, and we’ll arrange either the free 20-minute call or a first session — whichever you’d prefer.
If you need help right now
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