born 1962, is a Full Professor of Dynamic Psychology at the Department of Psychology of the University of Bologna, where she directs the Psychological Consultation Service for children and parents and the Research Lab for the study of Developmental Psychopathology and Psychotherapy. She teaches Clinical Psychology and Developmental Psychopathology in the undergraduate programs of Medicine and Psychology and Education, and in postgraduate programs as well. She is a psychotherapist and a member of the Italian Psychological Association for the division of clinical and dynamic psychology. Her clinical and research activities revolve around clinical child (prematurity, eating and evacuative behavioral disorders), and adult (obesity, psychological distress and emotional intelligence, parenting) psychology with a main focus on the development of psychodiagnostic methods and psychotherapeutic intervention. She is the author of several papers published on international peer-reviewed journals and has a number of national and international research collaborations.