DANIELE ARACO,
M. D.
Psychiatrist - Online Psychotherapist
“When I sit in front of people who are suffering, my first goal is to keep my heart open. I feel I have a responsibility to support them wherever they go on their journey. Point on their inner resources. I try to highlight the skills they already have but that they may not recognize.”
Frank Ostaseski
CONTACT ME
Please feel free to get in touch in order to get further information or to book a first appointment.
You can write me via e-mail, using the contact form or using via phone (WhatsApp is available too).
+39 3479025528
ABOUT ME
My name is Daniele Araco, I am a psychiatrist and psychotherapist.
I am board certified Psychiatrist (Medical Board of Perugia, registration number 6083) and a psychotherapy graduate from the Gestalt Institute in Florence.
As a patient I started my personal psychotherapy path at 16 and continued for over 12 years with therapists of different orientations: Freudian psychoanalysis, Jungian analytical psychology, constructivism, bioenergetics and Gestalt.
At the same time I started practicing different styles of meditation.
I graduated from Medical School on February 26th, 1999 and I completed my education with a Residency in Psychiatry and one in Gestalt Psychotherapy.
I have attended several courses and seminars on numerous psychological topics. I taught different types of classes at various psychotherapy programs.
To date, I have followed more than 1000 people; since 2003 I concentrated my activity on cancer patients and their families. Since 2007 I work daily as a Gestalt psychotherapist in my private practice in Perugia.
Over the years I have identified and tested a series of tools for managing psychological distress.
WHAT IS PSYCHOTHERAPY
The goal of psychotherapy is to reduce mental uneasiness through the effective management of one's difficulties.
Psychotherapy is a path of awareness: the individual learns to recognize the mechanisms in which he usually gets stuck and that cause him and those around him suffering.
Once these mechanisms are understood, the individual is supported by the therapist in the search for effective ways to defuse them, principally in experimenting with new and more satisfying behaviors and emotional reactions.
Therefor the therapy session becomes a sort of training ground for new and transformative experiences.
Often a person suffers because he/she continues to do the same thing expecting different results...
Through psychotherapy he/she can learn to do different things and reach new goals.
ONLINE PSYCHOTHERAPY
The assistance you were looking for, at your home
WHY ON LINE?
In today's world, interpersonal relationships are partly mediated by social and other virtual media.
Getting in touch with an online psychotherapist has now become a consolidated and continuously growing practice.
I have been doing online psychotherapy for some time and I find that the results are similar to those of in-person sessions.
Furthermore, for you online psychotherapy has several advantages:
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time savings: avoid travel, traffic, parking, etc.
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more providers to choose from: you can select the therapist you prefer, even if he/she is far from your living and/or working areas.
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continuity: if you have to move often for personal and/or work reasons, you can benefit from constant psycho-therapeutic support over time, which guarantees better results.
To perform online psychotherapy you only need a good internet connection and a device (smartphone, tablet, computer) that supports Skype, Whatsapp video, Facetime or other applications to decide together and, of course, a discreet environment where you can confide in tranquillity.​
THE INITIAL INTERVIEW
The first consultation is used to assess the situation and the causes of the distress. After this first session the goals of the therapy can be set and the journey to wellbeing can begin.
The sessions usually happen weekly. Regular sessions help you train yourself to change consolidated mental, emotional and behavioral habits.
Your personal data will be processed according to the EU Regulation 2016/679. Forms and paperwork regarding privacy regulations and an informed consent will be sent via email to be signed prior the beginning of the psychotherapy.
The cost of the sessions is 100 euros for a 50-minute interview.
You can pay the session fees by electronic means of payment: bank transfer or Paypal.
You will receive a regular health bill deductible for tax purposes in Italy.
AN ITALIAN PSYCHOTHERAPIST
More than 5 million Italians live permanently abroad, and many others move for longer or shorter periods.
Leaving your home, your affections, the places where you were born, is a choice often supported by expectations of a better and more fulfilling life.
But the transfer is indeed a very stressful event.
Individuals may present difficulties in adapting to new cultures, a new pace of life, the effort of having to speak another language, misunderstandings with the local population, bureaucratic difficulties.
They may present relationship issues: a sharp reduction in significant social relationships, the risk of secluding themselves by socializing with only people of the same language.
These individuals may present nostalgia for familiar places, for the affection of friends and relatives and food.
They may be disappointed by the lack of realization of the expectations that spurred the transfer.
All these difficulties could cause unremitting uneasiness such as dissatisfaction, sadness, worry, brooding, insecurity; or real symptoms like anxiety, panic, insomnia, depression.
Being an Expat could lead to a plethora of feelings and thoughts that might require psychotherapy, and most precisely the help of a psychotherapist who speaks your language and shares your culture.
Interacting in Italian eliminates many problems of understanding: it could be extremely helpful to share a similar point of view and the background with a therapist due to the fact that certain psychological dynamics are culturally determined.
Lastly, It is easy to obtain an education and training verification of an Italian psychotherapist, thereby starting a therapeutic with greater confidence.
