I am a psychologist working with children and young people from 4 to 18, and with their parents. Most of the children I see are autistic, have ADHD, or have other neurodevelopmental and emotional difficulties.

Selective mutism is an area I first specialised in at a developmental clinic in Hong Kong. I have also worked one to one with adolescents aged 11 to 18 on anxiety, low mood, emotional regulation, self-esteem and the pressure of school. Many of them were autistic or had ADHD, and were trying to manage in environments that were not built with them in mind. That work was ELSA-informed, drawing on emotional literacy approaches alongside CBT and person-centred practice.

I trained in Clinical Psychology at Erasmus University Rotterdam. I have worked as a counsellor in a developmental clinic in Hong Kong, within the neurodevelopmental support team at an international school there, and as a group coordinator running therapeutic programmes for children with neurodevelopmental needs in Rotterdam. I now work in private practice in Rotterdam, under the name Horizon Psychology.

I work in English, Spanish and Italian. This lets me tailor conversations to international families, and having grown up across cultures myself, I understand how much of a child's world sits outside any one of them.

I was born in Italy to Peruvian parents and grew up in Hong Kong. I studied in Padua and then in Rotterdam, where I live and work now. Being a third culture kid is not always straightforward, and it can be hard not to come from one single place, but it also means being exposed to a great deal and being able to call more than one place home. I think every child needs somewhere that feels like theirs, whether that is a country, a school, or a room.

Working across Hong Kong, Italy and the Netherlands has shaped how I practise, since each system does things differently and each taught me something about how children make progress. No single approach fits every child, and the useful question is usually what this particular child needs rather than what the method says should happen next.

Patience is most of what I bring to this work. I make it a priority to get to know a child before anything else, to understand how they work and to build trust at their pace, and I pay close attention to small progress, because that is usually where progress actually happens. I want children to feel praised, supported and believed in. Some situations are genuinely difficult, and in those what matters is staying level-headed and being proactive rather than waiting to see how things develop.

Where sessions happen depends on the child. For younger children, and for children who need a lot of predictability or find unfamiliar places hard, I usually work at home, where the sounds and the routine are already familiar and nothing has to be learned before we start. It also shows me what daily life actually looks like. An office room in Rotterdam is available for children and young people who prefer to meet somewhere separate from home. I also work online, which tends to suit parent consultations and older children and adolescents coming for emotional support, and is often simpler to fit around work and school.

I also work with the adults around a child, through parent guidance, contact with schools and classroom observation where it helps. Change tends to hold better when everyone around a child is working from the same understanding.

I offer a free 20-minute call before anything is booked. It is not an assessment, just a conversation about what is going on and whether I am the right person to help.

* Psychologist, MSc Clinical Psychology (Erasmus University Rotterdam) · BSc Psychological Sciences (University of Padua) · NIP registered (NIP-00253536) · SKJ registered · AGB Code · ELSA trained (Emotional Literacy Support Assistant) · VOG ·