My Journey: From Personal Experience to Professional Practice
Hello, I'm Mauro Cappelli, Clinical Psychologist with a practice dedicated to supporting expats, immigrants, and binational couples across the globe.
My path to this work was shaped not only by my professional training but also by my own life experience. As the son of a Portuguese and Italian binational couple, I grew up navigating the nuances of a multicultural identity from an early age. This personal foundation was deepened by my own journey as an expat, having lived in cities like Prague and Innsbruck for so many years.
These experiences are not just part of my story; they are the foundation of my practice. They fuel my commitment to helping others navigate their own global lives with clarity, confidence, and a renewed sense of self.
Areas of Specialization
While I work with a wide range of challenges, my practice has a special focus on:
Therapy for Expats & Immigrants: Addressing issues of anxiety, depression, loneliness, identity, and adaptation to a new culture.
Couples Therapy for Binational Partners: Helping cross-cultural couples navigate communication gaps, different expectations, and build a deeper connection.
Burnout & Life Transitions: Supporting individuals through periods of professional exhaustion, major life changes, and personal growth.
Complex Psychological Processes: Including bereavement, co-dependency, and relationship difficulties.
Languages: I offer therapy in English, Portuguese, and Spanish.
Education & Specializations
Postgraduate Specialization: Psychoanalytic Couple and Family Psychotherapy (SEDES)
Postgraduate Specialization: Psychoanalysis and Contemporary Analysis (PURS)
Full Psychological Degree (2004-2009): Mackenzie Presbyterian University
Advanced Training & Coursework
Transcultural Psychology: Understanding the therapist's role in a multicultural context.
The Borderline Patient: In-depth study through the Winnicott Colloquium.
Complex Psychological Processes: Coursework in self-destructive behaviors, suicide, and bereavement.
Contemporary Philosophy: Applying the work of thinkers like Nietzsche, Foucault, and Deleuze to modern psychology.
Suicide and Grief: Postvention Task, Sedes Institute
Fundamental Skills Assessment: For children with Autism, AMA
Private Clinic practice since 2009
