Valeria Bizzari

I am a philosopher with a background in phenomenology, psychopathology, and the philosophy of emotions. I currently work at the Husserl Archives of the Catholic University in Leuven where I teach and conduct research on vulnerability, limit situations (death, disease etc), and dreams. 

From 2018 to the end of 2020, I worked at the Clinic for General Psychiatry, Universität Heidelberg on a project exploring autism and neurodivergence under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Fuchs. I spent visiting research periods at the Center for Subjectivity Research in Copenhagen, the Oxford Empathy Programme at the University of Oxford, the Departments of Philosophy at the University of Wien (Austria), Milan Vita-Salute San Raffaele (Italy) and Macquarie University in Sydney (Australia). 

I have a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Pisa (Italy), but I also have a master in Special Educational Needs and a Master in Philosophical Counseling. I am also trained in qualitative, clinical interviews such as the Examination of Anomalous Self Experiences (Copenhagen University); and I have trainings in “Autism and Sensory Experiences”, “Autism and Communication”, “Women and Girls in the Autism Spectrum” from the National Autistic Society (UK). Recently, I did develop my own qualitative interview, the Examination of Autistic Intersubjective Experiences (EAIE, with T. Fuchs and T. Schnitzler).

In our meetings, we will work together on a specific problem not only by means of a therapeutic dialogue abut also by using specific methodologies, such as the occidental meditation (whose focus is one specific emotion, according to the individual need) and philosophical, Jungian-inspired games that elicit our imaginal and pre-reflective abilities and skills. These will allow me to help you in exploring yourselves, (re)discovering your inner resources and becoming more aware of them, by adopting novel perspectives on the world and improving your relationship with your inner life, the others and society.

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