My name is Sonia Merolla, I was born in L'Aquila and since high school I have been passionate about humanistic philosophical studies and then about Psychology, a science that studies human behavior in all its facets. I graduated from La Sapienza University of Rome in Developmental Psychology. Subsequently, I became passionate about Psychodiagnostics and Forensic Psychology, and then deepened the clinical field by attending the School of Specialization in Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapy, following the teachings of A.T. Beck, John Bowlby, Vittorio Guidano and others. In 2002 I won a competition as a Psychologist Officer and since then I have been working in the Armed Forces, where I have mainly dealt with Emergency Psychology, personnel selection for military competitions and currently with Defense Veterans, so I study and deepen the issues related to traumas, even complex ones. I am therefore a cognitive behavioral psychotherapist, so I help my patients to identify those recurring thoughts and dysfunctional patterns of reasoning for the interpretation of reality, so that they can be replaced or integrated with more functional beliefs. On a daily basis, we may experience emotions such as anxiety, depression, anger, guilt, and shame. When these emotions become too intense or long-lasting, you should consider the possibility that there is an emotional problem and therefore you need valuable help from a professional to start cognitive behavioral therapy. For example, if an argument with someone makes us feel bad for a few days, if small flaws in the things we do make us feel like nothing, if performing daily activities, such as shopping or talking to work colleagues, generates intolerable anxiety, we are probably facing psychological distress that may require my professional intervention. I also practice EMDR therapy. Very often people with post-traumatic stress disorders, panic attacks, sleep disorders, mood disorders such as depression or emotional disorders related for example to fear, anger, obsessive disorders or those disorders that can arise due to relationship dynamics or emotional bonds of dependence and separation. Thanks to my long experience, I also use the EMDR method to ensure a targeted and timely approach to traumatic disorder. EMDR is a psychotherapeutic methodology that uses alternating right/left eye movements or bilateral stimulation, as a treatment of trauma or particular emotional events that create disorders. I am therefore in charge of supporting and guiding my patient in his therapy. I start from focusing on traumatic events to a work that allows me to recover images, bodily and emotional sensations, so that we can start a process that allows my patient to change perspective. After the treatment, my patient remembers the event, but no longer experiencing it as disturbing but as far away. In this way, those post-traumatic disorders that did not allow him to live a peaceful life disappear. I also carry out psychodiagnostic evaluations that aim both to recognize symptoms and diseases and to help the psychological understanding achieved through emotional and cognitive sharing. In a clinical setting, the diagnosis serves as a proposal for a therapeutic plan. My patient, by deepening his knowledge of his personal, relational and contextual characteristics, is able to make decisions independently based on his needs and aspirations.