Dr. Lucia Fortunato
Ph.D. student in Ph.D. student in Health Promotion And Cognitive Sciences
University of Palermo
Psychologist, psychodynamic psychotherapist of teens and young adults, project manager. I am currently studying for a Ph.D. in Health Promotion And Cognitive Sciences at UNIPA.
My clinical activity is focused on the diagnostic assessment and treatment of adolescent’s and young’s mental disease, with a focus on internalizing symptoms. I collaborate with the Neuropsychiatric Unit of Naples (DS24).
As project manager, I plan prevention programs and field actions for children and adolescents in collaboration with no-profit organizations.
In 2020 I started my Ph.D. at Palermo University. I am currently working on a research project that aims to contribute to the understanding of the impact of SMU on wellbeing and mental health among clinical and not clinical adolescents.
In addition, I am working on research projects about individual and group psychotherapy, with a particular interest in the characteristics of online psychotherapy.
My research interests include: the relationship between adolescence Mental Health and Social Media Use; the study of outcome and process of individual and group psychotherapies, in particular online and among young people.
