“It is a serious thing/
just to be alive
on this fresh morning/
in this broken world.”
Mary Oliver
Evidence-based trauma-informed pychotherapy for adults in Bologna and online, with a focus on positive mental health, life transitions, and the psychological challenges of uncertainty in a changing world.
Psychotherapy · Climate & Nature · Talks & Workshops
Welcome- I'm glad you're here. My name is Lucia Tecuta, and I'm an American and Italian bilingual licensed clinical psychologist based in Bologna. I support individuals navigating life’s challenges, including anxiety, depression, painful life events, and life transitions including adjusting to new environments and challenges.
I also support individuals facing broader world-related distress tied to global events, climate disruptions and ecological losses and uncertainties about the future.
Whether you're struggling with painful thoughts, feeling stuck, or simply wanting to deepen your sense of well-being and connection, my approach is warm, collaborative, and grounded in evidence-based therapies.
What I offer
Psychology for people and a changing world
My work brings together clinical psychology, evidence-based psychotherapy, and a growing understanding of how our relationships, communities, and environments shape psychological well-being.
Alongside psychotherapy, I work in ecopsychology and climate psychology, exploring how people respond to climate change, ecological loss, and uncertainty, and how to foster connection with the natural world, resilience, and a renewed sense of meaning, both individually and collectively.
Individual Psychotherapy
My overall approach is grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), an evidence-based approach that has been extensively researched. I also offer trauma-informed therapy and am specialized in EMDR (Eye Movement and Desensitization Reprocessing).
I am a practitioner of Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT) and draw on different cognitive behavioural approaches, adapting them to each person’s needs, goals and life experiences. Therapy can help develop greater awareness of how we think and respond, recognize and question beliefs that may contribute to distress, and develop more flexible and helpful ways of thinking.
The aim is not to eliminate difficult emotions, but to learn to understand and make room for them, developing a more balanced relationship with ourselves and with what we experience, while fostering unconditional self-acceptance.
I also specialize in psychological responses to climate change, ecological distress and our relationship with nature.
Looking for Psychotherapy? Find out more:
→Cognitive-behavioral therapy
→Trauma-informed and EMDR therapy
Climate and Nature
I’m interested in understanding what happens psychologically when we are (dis)connected from the natural world, and how we respond to the drastic climatic and ecological changes unfolding around us. How can psychology help us navigate uncertainty, loss, connection, and hope, while supporting meaningful and conscious action?
I offer walk and talk ecotherapy to foster nature connection and therapy for climate distress to answer such questions.
Additionally I collaborate with local and international organizations to advance climate psychology and ecopsychology, and to bring these perspectives into clinical practice, education and public conversations in Italy and across Europe.
I am an active member of the following associations and organizations:
The Charter of Psychologists of Emilia-Romagna,
Looking for climate aware therapy or therapy in nature? Find out more about:
Looking to organize a workshop or training course? Check out upcoming and past events
→Courses, workshops and professional trainings
Talks, Workshops, and Media
I offer talks, workshops, training, interviews and collaborations for professionals, organisations, schools, festivals and the wider public.
After conducting scientific research in these fields, I write and speak on topics related to ecopsychology and climate psychology, exploring our relationship with nature, the psychological impacts of climate change, and the emotions associated with environmental transformations, including eco-anxiety, ecological grief, and hope.
My work translates psychological research into accessible, evidence-informed resources and conversations for the wider public. I have been featured in and contributed commentary, interviews and articles to media including Vanity Fair, La Repubblica, Psyche Magazine, Radio Popolare, Climalteranti and Italian Climate Network.
I am available for journalistic interviews, expert commentary, public talks, podcasts and collaborations on topics related to ecopsychology and ecotherapy, climate psychology and mental health.
Looking for a speaker? Check out past speaking engagements and interviews:
→Public speaking events and engagement