Qualifications

My Story.

I grew up in Genoa, Italy and since the age of 17 I embarked in numerous learning journeys that took me to live in 7 different countries. England, Scotland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and for 16 years now Austria.

I am happily married to a great wife, who steadily supports me and a father of 3 wonderful kids.

Coming from the language instruction sector ( in which I am still successfully in, by the way), over the years I’ve realised that I am working with humans with a heart and a soul and that the best way to have them achieve their desired transformation was to understand my client.

So I decided to dive deep into coaching and psychology (I was anyway already very passionate about), educational kinesiology, mental training and alternative medicine (Reiki and Touch for Health) to understand how to keep stress levels down in a corporate setting to create the best possible learning environment for my clients.

I started to create an holistic experience where their well-being is taken into account for the sake of their learning and their desired outcome. Keeping stress levels under control is absolutely necessary to be able to learn and remember.

The results were astonishing and that’s why I decided to study to become a professional Licensed life and social counselor (non-clinical psychological counseling) according to the Austrian Laws (I live near Vienna).

Here you can have a glimpse of my qualifications:

Professional Qualifications

→ licensed counselor → somatic specialist → language educator.

1. Academic foundation — intercultural communication — my origin story

“How a linguist and intercultural communication specialist became a licensed counselor and somatic specialist”

July 2005 Degree in Linguistic Mediation Sciences (Dottore in Scienze della Mediazione Linguistica) — Foreign Languages & Intercultural Communication — Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy

2. Non-clinical psychological counseling — Licensed LSB — my legal core in Austria

February 2021 – November 2024 Dipl. Life Coach / Licensed Life and Social Counselor (Dipl. Lebens- und Sozialberater – Psychologische Beratung) — Schlossberginstitut, Wiener Schule für Gesundheitsförderung, Baden, Austria

16.01.26 – ongoing Dipl. Preventive / Workplace Health Promotion (Gesundheitsförderung & Berufliche Gesundheitsförderung) — Schlossberginstitut, Wiener Schule für Gesundheitsförderung, Baden, Austria

22.05.25 WKO Seminar “Werte in Führung” (Values in Leadership) — WKO Vienna, Austria

17.06.25 WKO Seminar “Staying Calm in Couples Counseling” — WKO Vienna, Austria

21.10.25 WKO Seminar “Empathetic Support in Grief and Death” — WKO Vienna, Austria

26.11.25 “Heart Intelligence as a Key Competency in Everyday Counseling” WKO Vienna, Austria

19.03.26 WKO Seminar “When Words Are Not Enough – Body Awareness as a Key Tool in Counseling” — WKO Vienna, Austria

21.04.26 WKO Seminar “How Change Processes Work in the Psyche” — WKO Vienna, Austria

3. Coaching — goal-oriented, business-ready

August 2024 Courageous Coaching Method Cert. Coach — Kendall Summerhawk, Tucson, USA

December 2024 Cert. Money Breakthrough Business Coach — Kendall Summerhawk, Tucson, USA

June 2023 Licensed + Cert. Sacred Money Archetypes Method Coach — Kendall Summerhawk, Tucson, USA

January 2024 Systemic Board Constellation (Systemische Brettaufstellung) Seminar — Gabriele Reis, Vienna, Austria

14.06.21 – 20.03.23 Dipl. Mental Trainer — Institut Sitya, St. Pölten, Austria

April 2019 Dipl. Success Coach — Centre de Formation à Distance, Brussels, Belgium

Mars 2020 Dipl. Life Coach — Centre de Formation à Distance, Brussels, Belgium

4. Somatic stress reduction & energy work — my unique differentiator

04.01.21 – 15.07.21 Dipl. Mindfulness Trainer — Institut Sitya, St. Pölten, Austria

June 2020 Dipl. Stress Management — Centre de Formation à Distance, Brussels, Belgium

July 2020 Dipl. Practical Psychology — Centre de Formation à Distance, Brussels,

Belgium

June 2020 Dipl. Energy Work Therapies (Thérapies Énergétiques) — Centre de Formation à Distance, Brussels, Belgium

06.07.20 – 31.12.20 Dipl. Kinesiologist Touch for Health 1–4 — Institut Sitya, St. Pölten, Austria

22.05.22 – 12.03.23 Dipl. Kinesiologist Touch for Health 1–4 — Bablü, Graz, Austria

07.05.22 – 05.06.22 Cert. Brain Gym 1–2 Pedagogical Kinesiology — Bablü, Graz, Austria

January 2020 Cert. Hands-on Healing Practitioner (Praticien Magnétisme) — Société Française de Magnétisme, Toulouse, France

January 2020 Cert. Usui Reiki Master — Natural Healer, Greensborough, Australia

April 2020 Crystal Reiki Master/Teacher — International Reiki Organisation, Calgary, Canada

January 2021 Cert. Energy Healer + Cert. Reiki Master/Teacher — Academy of Energy Healing, London, UK

July 2021 Cert. of Quality in Energy Work (Qualitätsmanagement) — WKO Lower Austria, St. Pölten, Austria

June 2022 Dipl. Reiki Therapeut ÖBRT® — Shambala, Gesundheitszentrum für ganzheitliche Gesundheitsbildung und persönliche Entfaltung, Vienna, Austria

June 2023 Dipl. Reiki Teacher ÖBRT®— Shambala, Gesundheitszentrum für ganzheitliche Gesundheitsbildung und persönliche Entfaltung, Vienna, Austria

-Member of the Board- Österreichischer Berufsverband der Reiki Therapeuten (ÖBRT®)

5. HSP specialism — niche expertise

January 2021 Cert. HSP / Empath Healthcare Professional — Nickerson Institute of Integrative Health Training, Vancouver, Canada

June 2021 Cert. HSP (Hochsensibilität) — Schlossberginstitut, Wiener Schule für Gesundheitsförderung, Baden, Austria

Oktober 2021 Cert. HSP & Burn-Out — Deepening Module — Schlossberginstitut, Wiener Schule für Gesundheitsförderung, Baden, Austria

6. Teaching — the full circle

“From language to life — teaching has always been at the heart of my work”

ongoing Italian language teaching with my own private language school — Gablitz, Austria

17.03.26 “Positive Communication in Training: The Art of Active Constructive Responding” — WIFI Lower Austria

14.04.26 “Building Trust – with the Trust Formula” — WIFI Lower Austria

04.02.20 Smartboard Seminar for Trainers — VHS, Vienna, Austria

21.09.17 – 22.09.17 Seminar Project Management — WIFI St. Pölten

06.04.19 Seminar for Italian Teachers — Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Vienna, Austria

April 2009 Details II: Cert. to Teach Italian to Foreigners — Università Per Stranieri di Siena, Italy

May 2009 Cedils: Cert. to Teach Italian to Foreigners — Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italy