Dr Vania Piludu

Psychologist in London

BSC MSc HCPC (Clin. Psych)

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Dr Vania Piludu is a renowned chartered clinical and counselling psychologist and psychotherapist based in London. She is expert in all areas of child, adolescent and adult psychology and specialises in mindfulness techniques, cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) and psycho-dynamic approaches to treatment.

Dr Piludu obtained both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s in clinical psychology from Italy’s Università degli Studi di Padova in 1994 and 1996 respectively. Following this, she underwent further training on various psychotherapeutic approaches, including cognitive behavioural, dialectical behaviour and cognitive analytic therapies. She also completed a four year postgraduate programme at Rome's Freudian Institute and has since received ADOS2 training on autism as well as further training with the Autism Ambassador Association.

For many years, Dr Piludu has worked as a psychologist and psychotherapist within Italy’s national mental health services as well as the NHS and UK social services. Throughout her esteemed career she has amassed has vast clinical experience in treating children, teenagers and adults and is particularly skilled in finding creative ways to engage with young people who show reluctance towards treatment. She offers bespoke therapy centred around the needs of each individual patient and fosters a safe and non-judgemental atmosphere within her practice. She currently sees private patients at The Italian Psychology Clinic in London.

Dr Piludu is registered with several professional bodies including the British Psychological Society and the Health and Care Professional Council. She became a reiki master in 2016, having received instruction at the Yoga Centre of Varanasi, India and further training the following year in Portsmouth. She also collaborated with the ONLUS charitable project in Zambia to provide psychological support to disadvantaged young people in for several months in 2013.

HCPC: PYL34019

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Professional experience

• More than 25 years of experience
• Clinical and counselling psychologist and psychotherapist, The Italian Psychology Clinic and Space To Be You under SEIK Psychiatry (2020 - present)
• Clinical psychologist, CBT Clinics (2020 - present)
• Clinical psychologist, LD CAMHS Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (2020)
• Clinical psychologist and specialist practitioner, Hartfordshire Community NHS Trust (2019 - 2020)
• Clinical psychologist, Cygnet Health Care CAMHS Godden Green (2018 - 2019)
• Clinical psychologist, NELFT, Barking and Dagenham CAMHS (2018)
• Clinical psychologist, AMH, CAMHS, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership (2018)
• Support time recovery worker, EIP, AMH, CAMHS, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust (2017 - 2018)
• Honorary assistant psychologist, Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (2016)
• Mental health support worker, NHS Guildford (2014 - 2018)
• Clinical and counselling psychologist, Arci Ragazzi Association, Italy (2010 - 2013)
• Clinical and counselling psychologist, AETAS Association, Italy (2010 - 2013)
• Diversional therapist and psychologist, Istituto Birgnole Nursing Home, Italy (2008 - 2013)
• Clinical and counselling psychologist, Comunità Terapeutica Il Montello (2005 - 2008)
• Assistant psychologist, La Redancia Mental health Hospital, Italy (2001 - 2005)
• Assistant psychologist, Il Biscione Association, Italy (1999 - 2001)
• Clinical psychologist trainee, ASL, Italian National Health System (1997 - 1998)

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Sub-specialties

• Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)
• ADHD
• Anger management
• Anxiety
• Asperger's syndrome
• Attachment disorder
• Autism
• Avoidant personality disorder
• Behaviour problems
• Bereavement
• Bipolar disorder
• Body dysmorphic disorder
• Borderline personality disorder
• Cognitive analytic therapy (CAT)
• Cognitive and behavioural therapies (CBT)
• Compassion-focused therapy
• Couples counselling
• Dependent personality disorder
• Depression
• Dialectical behavioural therapy (DBT)
• Gender dysphoria
• Generalised anxiety disorder
• Humanistic therapies
• Low self-confidence
• Mindfulness
• Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD)
• Panic attacks
• Paranoia
• Personality disorders
• Person-centred therapy
• Play therapy
• Phobias
• Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Postnatal depression
• Psychoanalytical and psychodynamic therapies
• Schizophrenia
• Separation anxiety
• Stress

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Positions in public associations

• Volunteer psychologist, Africa Call, ONLUS Association, Zambia (June - August 2013)

Education

• BSc, Clinical psychology, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy (1994)
• MSc, Clinical psychology, Università degli Studi di Padova, Italy (1996)
• CBT Training, ASL Genova, Italy (1998)
• Systemic Therapy Training, Il Biscione Social Cooperative of Genoa (2000)
• Lacanian psychoanalysis postgraduate programme, Freudian Institute, Rome (2003)
• MSc, Development and international cooperation sciences, Institute for International Political Studies (2013)
• Conflict management, NHS Professionals (2014)
• HCPC Registration, Clinical psychologist (2016)
• Master reiki, Yoga centre of Varanasi, India (2016)
• Training and development, The London Society of the New Lacanian School (2016)
• Master reiki, Reiki Association Portsmouth (2017)
• Autism training, Autism Ambassador Association (2017)
• ADOS2 Training, Autism, Pearson (2019)

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Professional membership

• Member, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
• Member, British Psychological Scoiety
• Member, Health and Care Professional Council
• Member, Reiki Association UK

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Languages spoken

English
Italian