{"id":595,"date":"2025-03-10T14:22:48","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T14:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alessandrabrenapsicologa.com\/?page_id=595"},"modified":"2026-04-10T13:38:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:38:49","slug":"chi-sono","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alessandrabrenapsicologa.com\/en\/chi-sono\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"595\" class=\"elementor elementor-595\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-765a27b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"765a27b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8a479a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b8a479a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>About<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-307dc1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"307dc1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"647\" src=\"https:\/\/alessandrabrenapsicologa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Psicologa-Italiana-a-Londra-1024x647.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1039\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alessandrabrenapsicologa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Psicologa-Italiana-a-Londra-1024x647.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alessandrabrenapsicologa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Psicologa-Italiana-a-Londra-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alessandrabrenapsicologa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Psicologa-Italiana-a-Londra-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alessandrabrenapsicologa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Psicologa-Italiana-a-Londra-1536x970.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alessandrabrenapsicologa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Psicologa-Italiana-a-Londra-2048x1293.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/alessandrabrenapsicologa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Psicologa-Italiana-a-Londra-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84f0d49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"84f0d49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"1232\" data-end=\"1632\">My name is Alessandra. I am a Counselling Psychologist and currently training in Narrative Constructivist Psychotherapy at the Narrative Constructivist Institute of Padua.<\/p><p data-start=\"1232\" data-end=\"1632\">I am registered with the Order of Psychologists of Lombardy (no. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opl.it\/psicologi\/28070\/Brena-Alessandra\">28070<\/a>) and, in the United Kingdom, I am a registered Counselling Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), a Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS), and a Student Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)<\/p><p>I have lived and continue to have life experiences abroad, and I am interested in topics related to parenting and life transitions.\u00a0<\/p><p>I believe that a counselling journey provides a safe space to explore and better understand ourselves, with the opportunity to create new narratives of our experience.<\/p><p data-start=\"1637\" data-end=\"1669\"><strong data-start=\"1640\" data-end=\"1667\">Training and Professional Experience<\/strong><\/p><ul data-start=\"1672\" data-end=\"2144\"><li data-start=\"1672\" data-end=\"1742\"><strong data-start=\"1674\" data-end=\"1695\">Master's degree<\/strong> in Clinical Psychology (University of Padua)<\/li><li data-start=\"1745\" data-end=\"1807\"><strong data-start=\"1747\" data-end=\"1767\">Bachelor's degree<\/strong> In Psychological Sciences and Techniques (University of Bergamo)<\/li><li data-start=\"1810\" data-end=\"1877\"><strong data-start=\"1812\" data-end=\"1836\">Counselling sessions<\/strong> at Ease Well Being, Hackney, London<\/li><li data-start=\"1810\" data-end=\"1877\"><b>Counselling sessions<\/b> at Solace Women's Aid, London<\/li><li data-start=\"1880\" data-end=\"1962\"><strong data-start=\"1882\" data-end=\"1906\">Social and community activities<\/strong> at Centro Veneto Progetti Donna (Domestic violence centre)\u00a0<\/li><li data-start=\"1965\" data-end=\"2041\"><strong data-start=\"1967\" data-end=\"1978\">Research<\/strong>\u00a0<b>and training<\/b> on topics of well-being, relationships, and cultural adaptation (University of Padua).<\/li><li data-start=\"2044\" data-end=\"2142\"><strong data-start=\"2046\" data-end=\"2070\">Teaching assistant and tutor<\/strong>\u00a0for the short specialisation programme in Personal Construct Psychology and Counselling (University of Padua)<\/li><li data-start=\"2044\" data-end=\"2142\"><b>Counselling Psychologist<\/b> OCEAN Maternal Mental Health service East London NHS\u00a0<\/li><li data-start=\"2044\" data-end=\"2142\"><b>Counselling Psychologist<\/b> Newham Secondary Care Psychological Services NHS<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d30643 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4d30643\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e035e15 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e035e15\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>The constructivist approach<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-676ff39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"676ff39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"158\" data-end=\"213\"><strong data-start=\"161\" data-end=\"211\">Exploring the world through one\u2019s own lens<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"215\" data-end=\"510\">The hermeneutic constructivist approach is based on a fundamental principle: <strong data-start=\"278\" data-end=\"324\">Each of us constructs our own reality<\/strong> through experience, relationships, and the meaning we assign to the events in our lives. There is no single absolute truth, but multiple ways of interpreting the world.<\/p><p data-start=\"512\" data-end=\"545\"><strong data-start=\"515\" data-end=\"543\">A journey of re-discovery<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"547\" data-end=\"859\">The constructivist approach aims to understand <strong data-start=\"662\" data-end=\"716\">how people construct their personal narrative.<\/strong>. In<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this journey, through dialogue, I help the individual, couple, or family to give <\/span><b>new meaning to their experiences<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, exploring <\/span><b>alternative routes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to face one's difficulties and challenges<\/span><\/p><p data-start=\"861\" data-end=\"921\"><strong data-start=\"864\" data-end=\"919\">Re-writing our own narrations<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"923\" data-end=\"1137\">If you feel trapped in repetitive patterns or in a version of yourself that no longer represents you, the constructivist approach can help to <strong data-start=\"1070\" data-end=\"1098\">redefine your personal narrative<\/strong> and open new paths for the future.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chi Sono Mi chiamo Alessandra Brena, sono una psicologa e sono specializzanda in 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