My academic background — rooted in a B.Sc. in Psychology and a M.Sc. in Brain and Cognitive Sciences — provided me with a strong, interdisciplinary understanding of human behavior, cognition, and emotion. Through these studies, I gained not only empirical knowledge about how minds function, but also critical tools to question and refine how we conceptualize mental health, how we draw the boundaries of diagnostic categories, and how we measure meaningful change in therapeutic processes.

Immersed in scientific research, I learned to value precision, rigor, and careful interpretation. I developed skills in experimental design, statistical reasoning, and theoretical thinking — skills that remain foundational to my approach today. Yet as I advanced academically, a quiet but persistent realization began to take shape: intellectual understanding, while crucial, is only one side of the human experience. I came to recognize that what draws me most deeply into psychology is not only the fascination with cognitive mechanisms or neural processes, but also the profound human relationships that form the context in which those mechanisms matter. While research illuminated patterns and theories, it was in the unique, irreducible experiences of individuals — in their stories, struggles, and aspirations — that psychology came fully alive for me.

Psychotherapy, for me, represents the meeting place of these two dimensions: the intellectual and the emotional, the scientific and the lived. It is a field where careful analysis and deep empathy must coexist, and where knowledge serves not abstraction, but connection. Engaging in therapeutic work allows me to bring together the full range of my training and interests — to understand, to accompany, and to support people in navigating the complexities of their own worlds. In this way, my academic journey did not end with research; it expanded into a broader, richer path — one that seeks to honor both the structures that shape human experience and the unique individuals who live them.